Senior Backend Engineer

The team you'll be working with: Mitigation Requirements

At Wise, we're on a mission to make financial services faster, simpler, and more accessible for everyone. To achieve our mission, we also need to safeguard our platform against financial crime and ensure our customers' money is safe. The Mitigation Requirements team plays a critical role in this by providing a highly scalable system to orchestrate which information we need to request from our customers, and then have automations and Servicing Agents to review it.

We are developing the infrastructure that provides teams at Wise with insights into the operational cost and risk associated with their ownership of the Wise product. The infrastructure also enables automation of Servicing processes through a rich API in a distributed environment, and it is the core connection between customers and our Servicing agents.

We're a backend focused team, focused on high quality, scalable distributed systems. Collaboration is at the heart of what we do. We value ownership, knowledge sharing, and a commitment to building stable, scalable systems while embracing fast-paced learning and iteration.

What we expect from you

As a Senior Engineer, you'll take the lead on solving complex technical problems, driving the implementation of solutions, and mentoring team members along the way. You'll also play a key role in cross-team collaboration, essential for building and growing our platform for other Wise teams.

Technical excellence

• Strong technical skills, particularly in backend development with Java or other JVM-based languages.
• Experience with Spring framework, databases, and distributed systems.
• Ability to understand and decompose complex features into deliverables.
• The ability to design technical solutions that balance latency, throughput, and scalability.
• A passion for learning new technologies, tools, and patterns to solve problems effectively.

Product mindset

• A customer-first approach: you prioritise work that solves real customer pain points and use data to drive decisions.
• The ability to take ownership of complex problems, propose solutions, and drive projects end-to-end.
• A knack for identifying opportunities to deliver value faster and providing constructive feedback on product and design decisions.

Collaboration

• Strong communication skills: you can break down complex technical concepts for non-technical audiences.
• A proactive mindset: you take initiative to improve our codebase, architecture, and processes.
• A passion for mentoring and knowledge sharing.

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.