
About Wheely
Luxury ride-hailing with a focus on privacy
Key Highlights
- Founded in 2010, headquartered in London, UK
- Available in London, Moscow, Paris, and Dubai
- $43.1M raised in Series B funding
- Thousands of certified chauffeurs driving under the Wheely brand
Wheely is a privacy-first luxury ride-hailing platform founded in 2010, headquartered in Brackenbury Village, London. The company operates in major cities like Moscow, St. Petersburg, Paris, and Dubai, providing high-quality chauffeuring services with a rigorous driver certification process. With $4...
🎁 Benefits
Wheely offers a stock options plan, monthly credits for rides, generous training allowances, comprehensive healthcare benefits, and a daily lunch allo...
🌟 Culture
Wheely prioritizes quality and customer satisfaction by employing a strict driver certification process, ensuring a premium experience for clients. Th...
Skills & Technologies
Overview
Wheely is seeking a Technical Lead Manager to oversee a team of developers and drive the development of a user-centric platform. You'll work primarily with Go and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This role requires 5+ years of experience in backend services.
Job Description
Who you are
You have over 5 years of experience developing scalable and reliable backend services, demonstrating your ability to manage complex systems and lead a team effectively. Your proficiency in programming languages such as Go, Ruby, Python, C++, Java, and Kotlin allows you to contribute to various projects and mentor your team members. You possess in-depth knowledge of databases and messaging systems, including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Redis, Kafka, and RabbitMQ, which enables you to design efficient data architectures. Your upper-intermediate English proficiency ensures clear communication with international teams and stakeholders.
You thrive in a collaborative environment, working closely with designers, testers, and product managers to gather requirements and discuss project goals. You are skilled in project management and enjoy participating in planning sessions to ensure timely delivery of features. Your experience in writing clean, scalable, and efficient code is complemented by your ability to review and provide constructive feedback on code written by peers, ensuring consistency and quality across the team.
Desirable
Experience with cloud services like AWS and infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform is a plus. Familiarity with container orchestration using Kubernetes and CI/CD pipelines with Jenkins will further enhance your contributions to the team.
What you'll do
As a Technical Lead Manager at Wheely, you will manage a team of approximately 10 developers, guiding them in their day-to-day activities and supporting their career development. You will participate in planning and project management, ensuring that your team is aligned with the company's goals and objectives. Your role will involve collaborating with cross-functional teams to gather requirements and discuss project goals, ensuring that all stakeholders are on the same page.
You will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and evaluating technical requirements alongside your team, contributing to the overall architecture and design of the platform. Writing clean, scalable, and efficient code will be a key part of your responsibilities, primarily using the Go programming language. You will also review code written by your peers, providing feedback to maintain high standards of quality and efficiency.
In addition to your technical responsibilities, you will maintain technical documentation, including software design documents and user guides, to ensure that knowledge is shared and accessible within the team. Your leadership will foster a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement, encouraging team members to share ideas and learn from one another.
What we offer
Wheely offers flexible working hours and a competitive salary, along with employee stock options and a range of exceptional perks and benefits. You will have access to medical insurance, including dental coverage, and a lunch allowance to support your well-being. We also provide a relocation allowance for those moving to Nicosia, ensuring a smooth transition to your new role. Our commitment to professional development means you will receive subsidies for training and courses to enhance your skills and advance your career. You will be equipped with best-in-class equipment to ensure you can perform at your best.
Join Wheely and be part of a team that values user privacy and strives to deliver a five-star service to millions of rides across multiple cities. We encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't match every requirement, as we believe in the potential of every candidate.
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