Senior Software Engineer, Wise
Database Platform
ÂŁ80-102k
Plus Restricted Stock Units
1-5 days a week in office
Money without borders
Open for applications
Money without borders
1001+ employees
Open for applications
ÂŁ80-102k
Plus Restricted Stock Units
1-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We’re on a mission. And it’s money without borders. Instant, convenient, transparent and — eventually — free.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design; drawing on the resources across the rest of the Platform tribe
- As we scale our database platform, 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
- Strong development skills in Python (or other programming language)
- A solid understanding of core software engineering principles with the capability to write, review and refactor code, ensuring it’s secure and meets standards for quality, testing, and documentation
- Proven experience in designing and developing resilient web APIs using frameworks such as Flask, Django, or Fast API
- Proficiency in operating within a Cloud-based environment and working with Cloud APIs (preferably AWS)
- Working knowledge of configuration management and orchestration tools (e.g. Terraform, Ansible, SaltStack, etc)
- Familiarity with database technologies at scale (e.g MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc) would be a distinct advantage
- Familiarity with workflow engines (e.g. Temporal, Cadence) would be a distinct advantage
- Front end development experience is not essential, but would be considered a major plus
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to effectively convey new processes and workflows and collaborate with diverse teams across the organisation
What the job involves
- We need a Senior Software Engineer to join our mission and help us build a global platform that’s scalable, reliable and secure
- You’ll dive right into projects helping to develop our internal database platform, automation and tooling, used to provision and manage hundreds of databases deployed across multiple environments
- We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer with a background in Python development to join our Database Platform team
- Database Platform provides databases as service for the rest of the business, managing our vast estate of database technologies and solutions
- As a Software Engineer in the wider Platform tribe and Engineering organisation, you will have an opportunity to directly affect our database platform and automation strategy, scalability and reliability, building production systems that are ultimately making things better for all customers
- We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design
- As an international Financial Services company, we also have the responsibility to keep our customers’ money and data safe. The Database Platform team plays a critical role in this by helping our Platform and Product Engineers work with Databases safely and ensure that best practices are always applied
- To do this we work closely with the other teams building out the Data Platform, and with the wider Platform organisation to build out the required guardrails
- You will join our Database Platform team, and contribute to delivering our cloud-based database platform used internally by our development teams to provision and manage their database deployments
- You’ll develop self-service tooling to enhance the developer experience, build guardrails to abstract the complexity of operating database services, as well as automate routine tasks
- You’re production environment oriented, and won’t settle at all for downtime and outages
- You have the ability to work independently and plan your own solutions to problems
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Wise started when the two founders realised they would be better off trading Estonian kroons for British pounds (and vice versa) between themselves rather than going through banks. That was back in 2011, and they've since grown Wise into one of Europe's most successful tech businesses, exchanging billions of currency every month.
Wise rapidly grew by solving a significant problem for customers, who lost too much money to banks when exchanging currency. They've attracted investment from some of the best investors in the world, from Andreesen Horowitz to Index Ventures and even Richard Branson.
The challenge for Wise will be maintaining their edge and brand power in a market that's becoming increasingly crowded with new entrants (like Revolut and Monzo) and incumbents (traditional banks) trying to catch up. To do so, the company is ramping up its digital and marketing strategies, as well as pushing for further development of its existing products.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"I'm trusted to do my work regardless of whether I'm in the office or working from my spare room. Our mobile wiser scheme gives us the opportunity to..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2017
$280m
SERIES E
May 2016
$26.9m
SERIES D
Total funding: $397.3m
Company benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Health and Wellbeing Discounts
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + 3 Me Days
- RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)
- 6 Week Paid Sabbatical
- Mobile Wiser - work remote for up to 90 days a year 🛫
- Parental Leave
- Pension and Retirement Plans
- Plus Many More!
Company values
- This isn’t just a job, we’re a revolution
- We get it done
- Customers > team > ego
- No drama. Good karma.
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Taavet Hinrikus
(Chairman)Previously Director of Strategy for Skype.
Kristo Käärmann
(CEO)Previously a Consultant at PwC and Manager at Deloitte.
People progressing
Joined as Banking Lead, promoted to Head of Banking after 2 years, then again to Global Head of Banking.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Wise
- Communities and safe spaces (Employee Resource Groups) – led by our Wisers so people can share experiences and information, support each other and connect on shared values
- Wise Cultural Calendar – a programme to learn and celebrate the wide range of cultures, traditions, backgrounds, and global experiences we have here at Wise. Example programmes include Pride Summer and Black History Month
- Our teams continue to set and drive their own bespoke objectives, holding themselves accountable and making sure they focus efforts where they can have the most impact
- We’re excited to partner with InChorus to collect ongoing data on our culture and enable teams to track their progress
- DEI development and training — We’re building our capability and getting everyone on the same page about DEI. Our new training programme will help new joiners and all Wisers know what DEI looks like day-to-day and how they can play their part
- Global policy review — We’re working with an external advisor to provide detailed feedback on best practices in policies by end January
- Disability inclusion – We’re building resources and support for Wisers and candidates with disabilities. Our goals is to offer practical information and support to ensure that Wise remains an inclusive environment for those impacted by a disability
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