# (Senior) Backend Engineer, Platform at Wheely

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- **Company:** Wheely (https://jobs.trythestack.co/companies/wheely)
- **Location:** London, England, United Kingdom
- **Work arrangement:** On-site
- **Employment type:** Full-time
- **Experience level:** 5–10 years
- **Visa sponsorship:** Offered, according to the listing
- **Key skills:** Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, Thrift, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, TDD, DDD, Microservices, System Design, Backend Engineering, Ruby
- **Posted by employer:** 2026-05-22
- **Added to The Stack:** 2026-05-23
- **Status:** May no longer be active (posted more than 60 days ago)
- **Apply:** https://boards.greenhouse.io/wheely/jobs/7746904003?gh_jid=7746904003 (the employer's own application page)
- **Human page:** https://jobs.trythestack.co/jobs/senior-backend-engineer-platform-wheely

## About the role

Responsibilities:
- Write clean, maintainable, performant backend services primarily in Go.
- Design and implement new microservices, and help migrate functionality from the Ruby monolith.
- Collaborate with product managers, designers and data scientists to translate requirements into technical designs.
- Ensure system reliability and low latency through testing (TDD), observability and CI/CD practices.
- Contribute to platform tooling, infrastructure (Terraform, Kubernetes) and operational runbooks.
- Participate in code reviews, system design discussions and mentoring of colleagues.

Requirements:
- 3+ years experience for mid-level, 5+ years for senior roles building scalable backend services.
- Practical experience with Go preferred; strong candidates using Python, Java, C++ or Ruby will be considered.
- Familiarity with PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis and message brokers (RabbitMQ/Kafka).
- Experience with AWS, Kubernetes and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform).
- Strong engineering fundamentals, TDD/DDD approach and a focus on shipping reliable software quickly.

## Responsibilities

Develop high-quality, performant code in Go to build new microservices and migrate away from a legacy Ruby monolith. Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate abstract requirements into reliable technical designs.

## Requirements

Requires 3+ years of experience for mid-level and 5+ years for senior roles in building scalable backend services. Proficiency in Go is preferred, though candidates with strong fundamentals in other languages like Python, Java, or C++ are welcome.

## FAQ

- **Is this (Senior) Backend Engineer, Platform role still open?** It was posted on 2026-05-22. Listings more than 30 days old may no longer be active, so check Wheely's site before applying.
- **Does Wheely offer visa sponsorship?** This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Wheely's site.
- **Where is this role located?** The listing gives the location as London, England, United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.
- **What skills does this role ask for?** The listing names: Go, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, RabbitMQ, Redis, gRPC, Thrift, AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, TDD, DDD, Microservices, System Design, Backend Engineering, Ruby.

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