1 day ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Design and build public-facing APIs for Wise Platform and its partners.
- Own technical roadmaps and address technical debt, reliability, scalability, and security concerns.
- Architect robust and scalable microservices using event-driven design patterns.
- Influence product roadmaps and strategy with product management and cross-functional teams.
- Lead high-impact cross-team initiatives that unlock partner features and value.
- Mentor and influence engineers and leads through code reviews and engineering best practices.
Requirements
- Strong foundation in modern Java or another JVM-based language and experience with the Spring framework.
- Deep experience building and operating microservices, distributed systems, concurrency patterns, and event-driven architectures.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems, including robust and scalable event pipelines.
- Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, schema design, and data lifecycle management.
- Product-oriented thinking and experience using customer needs and data-driven decisions to shape roadmaps.
- Experience leading cross-team and interdisciplinary initiatives.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to non-technical audiences and guiding debates to decisions.
Benefits
- Starting salary of £111,000–£145,000 plus RSUs.
- Inclusive and diverse international work environment.
- Role based in London.
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About Wise
Wise builds a cross-border payments and multi-currency account used by individuals and businesses to send, receive, hold, and spend money in 40+ currencies. Revenue comes from transfer and account fees, card interchange, and enterprise partnerships via Wise Platform, which lets banks and large companies embed its international payments. Founded in 2011 as TransferWise, Wise is a London-headquartered public company.