Senior Backend Engineer, Marketplace

At the heart of Wheely’s platform is Marketplace, our matching service that connects hundreds of passengers with waiting chauffeurs every minute. As we continue to hire and develop the best chauffeurs in the industry, we want to maximise their time spent with passengers while keeping wait times low.

This is a great opportunity to mix your strong engineering skills and your research passion to drive our efficiency to the next level.

Responsibilities

• Identify problems/insufficiencies of the current systems by yourself or in cooperation with our data scientists
• Research, adopt/design and defend fault-tolerant server solutions for our matching, pricing and gamification systems
• Implement, deliver and maintain these solutions with the help of your fellow engineers

Requirements

• Algorithmic foundation: data structures, complexity analysis, mathematical (formal) proof methods
• Expert level in one of the following languages: Go, C++, Python, Java
• Willingness to work with Go
• 3+ years experience in backend development
• Good to Great understanding of the best code practices and software engineering fundamentals
• Good to Great understanding of abstract distributed system design
• Proficiency or ability to level up to a proficient level of technical English

What we Offer

We expect excellence from our people — both on the road and in the office. In return, we offer flexible working hours, stock options, and a range of exceptional perks and benefits.

• Office-based role located in Nicosia
• Competitive salary
• Employee stock options plan
• Medical insurance, including dental
• Life and critical illness insurance
• Lunch allowance
• Relocation allowance
• Best-in-class equipment
• Professional development subsidies