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Wheely

Backend Engineer

London, England, United Kingdom
Salary
£90,000
Level
Mid
Visa
Sponsors visas

Not stated in the posting: work type.

Open. First seen 8 October 2026.

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About the role

About Wheely

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Wheely is redefining premium transportation across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East. We blend cutting-edge technology with the craft of five-star chauffeuring to deliver an experience trusted by more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts.

We’re a profitable, fast-growing scale-up with $43M raised and over $100M in annual revenue. Having recently launched in New York City, we’re expanding rapidly across the US and EMEA. If you take pride in your craft and want to help shape the next chapter of our growth, we'd love to hear from you.

About The Role

We’re looking for a Backend Engineer to join one of our teams that keeps frameworks lean and focuses on what matters: clean, maintainable code, shipped fast with TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery.

We are a Go shop, and while we’re busy migrating away from our Ruby monolith, our stack includes PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, and Thrift. Everything runs on AWS and Kubernetes, managed via Terraform.

Our interview process includes a recruiter screen, algorithms and live coding. Senior+ candidates also complete a system design section and a structured review of past experience and achievements.

Responsibilities

  • Write high-quality, performant code primarily in Go.
  • Implement new microservices while helping us responsibly manage and migrate away from legacy services.
  • Work closely with product managers, designers, and data scientists to turn abstract requirements into concrete technical designs.
  • Ensure our systems stay responsive under heavy load, optimising for both latency and reliability.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable backend services.
  • We use Go. If you know it, great. If not, we’ll interview you in your strongest language (Python, C++, Ruby, etc.). We hire for engineering fundamentals, not syntax.
  • In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis) and experience with message brokers like RabbitMQ or Kafka.
  • Upper-Intermediate (B2) English proficiency or higher. You should be comfortable debating technical trade-offs with your peers.

What We Offer

What We Offer

  • Office-based role in West London, four days a week with flexible start and finish times, plus one remote day of your choice
  • Salary starting from £90,000
  • Employee stock options plan
  • Private medical and dental insurance
  • Life and critical illness cover
  • Latest-generation MacBook Pro and 4k display
  • Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys
  • Cycle to Work scheme
  • Professional development stipend
  • Relocation support, including visa sponsorship and allowance
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What this role asks for

Standard for backend roles

AWS · Kubernetes · PostgreSQL

Common in backend postings at any company.

In most of Wheely's ads

Python

Named in most of its open postings, whatever the role.

86% of this description is written for the role. The rest is Wheely's standard text, folded away below.

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The team: Backend HIRES STEADILY

This role is one of 8 open in Backend. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in April: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.

WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS

AWS (8 of 8), C++ (8 of 8), Golang (8 of 8), gRPC (8 of 8), Kafka (8 of 8), Kubernetes (8 of 8), Microservices (8 of 8)

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