5 hours ago
London, United KingdomStaff+
Responsibilities
- Drive the technical vision for the backend solution powering the recipient user experience.
- Build and scale Wise’s recipient management product and supporting distributed systems.
- Design, deploy, and maintain clean RESTful APIs.
- Work with relational and non-relational databases, including schema design and query optimization.
- Collaborate with designers, product managers, analysts, and other engineers to solve customer problems.
- Write testable code and follow code reviews, coding best practices, and Test Driven Development.
Requirements
- Experience working with large-scale distributed systems.
- Several years of Java 8+ experience.
- Experience with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and schema design.
- A strong product mindset focused on customer experience and data-driven prioritization.
- Experience designing, deploying, and maintaining RESTful APIs.
- Ability to collaborate effectively and solve problems with others.
Benefits
- Starting salary of £111,000–£145,000 per year.
- RSU package of $75,000 new grant plus a $37,500 annual refresher.
- Wise benefits package.
- Team operates across Tallinn and London offices.
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.