Backend Engineer (Mid/Senior), Marketplace

About the role

The Marketplace team builds models and algorithms to balance supply and demand, optimizing pricing and matching. We are looking for a Mid/Senior Backend Engineer to join our team, focusing on clean, maintainable code using TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery.

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.

Required skills

• Go
• PostgreSQL
• MongoDB
• Redis
• RabbitMQ
• Kafka
• Backend services
• Microservices

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable backend services
• Upper-Intermediate (B2) English proficiency or higher

Benefits

• Employee stock options plan
• Private medical and dental insurance
• Life and critical illness cover
• MacBook Pro
• 4k display
• Monthly credit towards Wheely journeys
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Professional development stipend
• Relocation support
• Visa sponsorship

About the Company

Wheely is a profitable, fast-growing scale-up redefining premium transportation across 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.