Engineering Lead - Account Details Experience at Wise

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

14 Oct, 26

Salary

135000.0

Posted On

16 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Team Leadership, Product Mindset, User Experience, Technical Communication, Distributed Systems, Web Application Development, Clean Code, Continuous Delivery, Relational Databases, Non-relational Databases, Query Optimisation, Schema Design, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, On-call Rotation

Industry

Financial Services

Description

Company Description 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. More about our mission and what we offer. Job Description Team you will be working with: Account Details Experience The Account Details Experience team is on a mission to make Wise the first account people think of when they need to receive money internationally: quickly, easily, transparently, and like a local wherever they are. We own Wise’s Account Details, helping customers discover, obtain, and use local account details to receive payments, salaries, freelance income, marketplace payouts, and more. We’re also expanding our alias offering, so customers can receive money using identifiers like email addresses and phone numbers wherever these are supported locally. We want Wise to become our customers’ primary account for receiving income. To get there, we’re focused on making account details easier to discover and use, localising the experience in key markets, building trust that receiving is reliable and safe, and scaling the platform efficiently for future growth. As Engineering Lead, you’ll lead a team of backend and web engineers, mentor and grow people, and work closely with Product to shape what we build next. You’ll help evolve a critical Wise platform that powers receiving money for millions of customers around the world. You will also join the team 24/7 on-call rotation, normally on-call every 6-10 weeks. How we work The Account Details Experience team is part of the Global Product tribe, dedicated to enabling customers to receive money seamlessly and efficiently into their Wise accounts. We build innovative payment products that serve both businesses and consumers, creating convenient and reliable ways to get paid internationally. What will you be working on? Building out the receive to alias experience and platform Build the roadmap for next 2 quarters together with PM What do you need? We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you! Experience leading teams and expand products in order to navigate to ongoing expansion. A strong product mindset and passion for user experience, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences Leading and inspiring your team of engineers to build the prioritise building right things, in the right way Ability to deliver work across multiple teams, coordinating your efforts across the organisation.. Your work will frequently involve cross-team collaboration. Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment Experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean code that is performant and well tested Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas is a plus Knowledge of Java and Spring boot and experience with a messaging system, like Kafka, is a plus Being part of the on-call rotation for our critical services and helping the team improve it, normally being on-call every 6-10 weeks. …but don’t worry we don’t expect you to know everything! Interested? Find out more: How we work – a practical guide DEI @ Wise Wise Tech Stack (2025 update) See what it's like to work at Wise London! Our Engineering career map Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering What do we offer: Starting salary: £105k - £135k + RSUs Wise Benefits #LI-AB3 #LI-Hybrid Additional Information 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. If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs. Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram. Compensation: GBP 105000 - GBP 135000 - yearly

Responsibilities

Lead a team of backend and web engineers to evolve the Account Details platform and expand the receive-to-alias experience. Collaborate with Product Managers to build the quarterly roadmap and mentor engineers to deliver customer value.