Staff SW Engineer- Regional Payments Platform at Wise

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Jul, 26

Salary

145000.0

Posted On

13 Apr, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Yes

Skills

Java, Spring Boot, Software engineering, Payments platform, System architecture, Scalability, Technical leadership, Mentoring, Continuous delivery, Code reviews, Documentation, Cross-team collaboration, Risk mitigation, Automation, Problem solving

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 Current traditional banking infrastructure is antiquated making it inherently slow, complicated, and expensive to send, spend, or receive money internationally. This inefficiency is often rooted in the reliance on costly, legacy payments systems. Our goal is to provide reliable and scalable services that can be used by all the other product teams in the company. We provide such systems for transfers, and payouts domains. We want our platform to be easy to use, integrate, and extend, while also enforcing good practices, risks mitigation, and maintaining high performance. What does success look like?: You’ll have onboarded and found your place through understanding your team and tribe vision and how you can contribute You’ll understand how our values can help you guide your work You’ll understand the reasons behind problematic payments and customer difficulties and how to go about solving them You’ll be raising the automation level to enable scaling of the product Understand our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives. You’ll help us scale-up and build a world class money transfer product by finding solutions to our technical challenges and opportunities Qualifications What do you need? Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot. A strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects. Ability to work independently while also being a collaborative team player, frequently engaging in cross-team efforts. The ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value. Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning and improvement. Adherence to and advocacy for best coding practices, continuous delivery, and code reviews. A proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers. Good discipline and skill in producing written documentation and diagrams. Additional Information What you get back: 🚀 RSU's in a growing company 💪 An annual self-development budget ❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption ❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay 🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life 🌍 Relocation and visa expenses covered 🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years Find out more about our benefits in our London office. Interested? Find out more: 👀 How we work – a practical guide 📹 Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead 💻 Wise Tech Stack (2025 update) 📈 Our Engineering career map ❤️ Our Engineering values …or check out our Engineering blog. 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. 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 111000 - GBP 145000 - yearly

Responsibilities

You will design and maintain scalable payment systems to improve international money transfers and support product teams. Your role involves leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team projects to enhance platform performance and reliability.