Senior Backend Engineer (Maps)

Location: Cyprus; office-based in Nicosia four days a week with one remote day of choice. Relocation support is available, including visa sponsorship and an allowance.

Salary: from €5,500 net per month.

Company

Wheely operates a premium transportation platform across major cities in Europe, the US, and the Middle East, serving more than 100,000 active riders and 1,200 corporate accounts.

What you will do

• Write high-quality, performant backend code primarily in Go.
• Implement new microservices and responsibly manage migration away from legacy services.
• Build mapping capabilities including road matching, low-latency ETA predictions, and high-volume coordinate processing.
• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and data scientists to turn requirements into technical designs.
• Optimize systems for responsiveness, latency, and reliability under heavy load.
• Apply TDD, DDD, and continuous integration and delivery practices.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining scalable backend services for senior candidates; 3+ years for mid-level candidates.
• Strong engineering fundamentals and proficiency in Go, or the ability to interview in another strongest language such as Python, C++, Java, or Ruby.
• In-depth knowledge of relational and NoSQL databases, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, and Redis.
• Experience with message brokers such as RabbitMQ or Kafka.
• At least 1 year of hands-on mapping-related experience, including noisy geospatial data processing, map-matching techniques, or road network graphs and routing algorithms.
• Upper-intermediate English proficiency (B2) or higher, with the ability to debate technical trade-offs.

Nice to have

• Driver-side intuition for navigation systems, including rerouting, GPS drift, missed turns, and real-world edge cases.
• Experience with routing engines such as OSRM.
• Proficiency in C++.
• Familiarity with open geospatial datasets such as OpenStreetMap.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid office setup in Nicosia with flexible start and finish times.
• Employee stock options plan.
• Private medical and dental insurance.
• Daily lunch allowance.
• Latest-generation MacBook Pro and 4K display.
• Professional development stipend and relocation support.

Hiring process

• Recruiter screening.
• Algorithms and live-coding interview.
• Senior-level candidates complete a system-design section and a structured review of past experience and achievements.