4 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Own backend solutions from problem definition through production operation.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable Java and Spring Boot services in a microservices architecture.
- Lead development in event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar messaging systems.
- Architect and optimize relational databases such as PostgreSQL for performance and scalability.
- Collaborate with product managers, partner banks, and engineering teams on payment-platform integrations.
- Improve testing and observability, diagnose production issues, and increase service dependability.
- Participate in code reviews, share domain knowledge, and mentor junior engineers.
Requirements
- Hands-on experience building or substantially contributing to large-scale distributed systems.
- Strong backend engineering experience with relational databases, event-driven systems, and an object-oriented language.
- Ability to understand customer problems, explain solution value, and use product metrics and data to assess impact.
- Ability to take ownership, work autonomously through ambiguity, and involve relevant experts.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills.
- Curiosity about funding, settlement, foreign exchange, payments, or related business domains is useful.
- Experience with Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, payments, financial technology, or product metrics is useful additional experience.
Benefits
- Starting salary of £111,000–£145,000 plus RSUs.
- Wise benefits package.
- International, inclusive, equitable, and collaborative work environment.
Tech Stack
Categories
BackendProduct Engineering
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.