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Director of Engineering
Wheely
London, England, GB
Swiss-founded British luxury services company offering premium chauffeur-driven transportation and ride-hailing in London, Paris, Dubai and New York, built on a booking platform and chauffeur training systems.
Wheely is a Swiss-founded British luxury services company, headquartered in London, that provides premium chauffeur-driven transportation and luxury ride-hailing in the world's megacities. Founded in 2010, it operates in London, Paris, Dubai and New York, and employs more than 200 staff. The company launched as an online booking platform for taxis and minicabs, spending eight years iterating before pivoting in 2018 to focus exclusively on the luxury market.
The technology organisation works across an online booking platform and mobile ride-hailing technology, modern engineering and product design, and the service operations and chauffeur training systems that underpin the service. Products include the Wheely luxury chauffeur ride-hailing service, positioned as a genuine replacement for private car ownership, and the Wheely Chauffeur Academy, through which all of the company's 3,500 professional chauffeurs graduate.
Wheely states a core belief that time is our most precious asset and describes itself as committed to excellence and to the finest details, aiming to set the industry standard for service, safety, etiquette and discretion. Environmental concern is cited as a driver of the business. The company is Swiss-founded, with a founder background at the University of St. Gallen.