Wise

Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Team

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2 days ago
London, United KingdomSenior

Responsibilities

  • Design and build end-to-end features across pricing services.
  • Contribute to architecture decisions, code reviews, and improvements to quality, reliability, scalability, security, and observability.
  • Own project technical roadmaps and deliverables through long-term iteration and delivery.
  • Lead incident resolution and post-incident reviews for minor and major incidents.
  • Partner with product, compliance, and stakeholder teams to shape requirements and priorities.
  • Mentor and coach engineers and own onboarding for new team members.

Requirements

  • Strong software engineering background with significant contributions to large, impactful projects in complex production environments.
  • Experience with Java or a similar object-oriented programming language.
  • Expertise in the technical discipline and ability to design systems for long-term iteration and scale.
  • Ability to own the availability, reliability, and security of systems built.
  • Ability to balance delivery speed, scalability, and risk while maintaining a predictable delivery cadence.
  • Ability to explain customer problems, product rationale, and expected impact.
  • Clear communication with technical and non-technical audiences and effective feedback skills.
  • Preferred experience in payments, fintech, globally distributed teams, compliance, audit, regulatory requirements such as SOX, fee disclosure, or tax, and configuration-heavy domains.

Benefits

  • Starting salary of £87,500–£111,000 plus RSUs.
  • Wise benefits package.
  • International and inclusive work environment.

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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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