Senior Backend Engineer I - Account Details Core at Wise

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

26 Jan, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

28 Oct, 25

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Product Mindset, User Experience, Communication, Team Player, Project Management, Web Applications, Distributed Systems, Design Patterns, Clean Code, Relational Databases, Non-Relational Databases, Java, Spring Boot, Kafka

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 Core The team’s mission is to enable people and businesses to get paid faster, cheaper in any currency via any payment method, anywhere. We’re building a wide array of innovative products across our Acquiring, Payin and Account Details domains to facilitate receiving cross-border payments from around the world. Our product engineering teams strive to truly understand what our customers need; working hand-in-hand with Product Managers, Analysts and Customer Support to create powerful, scalable solutions for millions of customers. This role offers the chance to make a significant impact, addressing challenges like frictionlessly onboarding customers and enabling seamless international money transfers. We are looking for an engineer that is passionate about solving complex problems for their stakeholders. Someone who thrives working in an environment where they are empowered to make decisions and drive features and products forward. To do this, we believe that to make the best technical decision, you should have a strong understanding of the products you’re building. How we work: We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design. We need to sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run, with a focus on availability, security, and ease of use. We’re looking for an engineer with relevant experience who can analyse complex requirements and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence. What will you be working on? We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer who will help build our Receive platform within the Account Details Core team. You will work closely Product, Engineering and Analytics to design and build features and products while limiting risk and ensuring that we are scaling our operations to support millions of customers across the world. You will work on expanding and scaling the account details platform to add support for more currencies and enhance payment processing for bank transfers. Qualifications Strong product mindset with a passion for user experience; driven by customer needs and data-informed decisions. Excellent communicator, able to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. Independent and proactive, while being a supportive and collaborative team player. Skilled at breaking down complex projects into clear, incremental milestones that deliver customer value. Hands-on experience developing web applications and distributed systems in production environments. Strong understanding of design and architectural patterns; committed to writing clean, performant, and well-tested code Experience with relational and non-relational databases, including query optimization and schema design. Knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, and messaging systems such as Kafka. Additional Information Interested? Find out more: How we work – a practical guide Wise Tech Stack (2025 update) Our Engineering career map Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work Wise Engineering Wise Benefits 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.

Responsibilities

You will help build the Receive platform within the Account Details Core team, working closely with Product, Engineering, and Analytics. Your focus will be on designing and building features while ensuring scalability and risk management.