Wise

Staff Software Engineer - APAC Onboarding and KYC

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12 hours ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design scalable onboarding solutions tailored to diverse APAC markets.
  • Implement scalable KYC controls across multiple regulatory markets while minimizing customer friction.
  • Build and maintain automation and tooling for customer documents and sensitive identity data.
  • Use observability and analytics to identify gaps and opportunities for growth and operational excellence.
  • Lead technical roadmaps, architecture, delivery, and large projects with meaningful product and customer impact.
  • Own the team’s technical domain, set technical direction, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product, analytics, design, and operations.

Requirements

  • At least 10 years of professional experience in software engineering or related roles.
  • At least three years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
  • Extensive experience with JVM-based systems, Java 17+, and Spring Boot.
  • A proven record of delivering high-impact, production-grade systems and large-scale architectures.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems and highly available, fault-tolerant services.
  • Experience with relational and non-relational databases, schema design, and query optimization.
  • A product mindset with data-driven problem-solving skills and the ability to explain technical strategies to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience managing the full service lifecycle from design through deployment and production observability.
  • Preferred experience with financial systems, global money movement, third-party verification providers, sensitive identity data, and modular KYC workflows.

Benefits

  • Base salary of 185,000–230,000 SGD per annum plus RSUs.
  • Singapore office role.
  • Opportunity to lead large projects, own a technical domain, architect scalable services, and train other engineers.
  • Inclusive and diverse international team environment.

Tech Stack

JavaSpring Boot

Categories

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About Wise

10,000+ employees

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.

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