Senior Engineer, Wise
Money Movement
+ RSUs (Restricted stock units)
1-5 days a week in office (Alterra Parkway, TX)
Money without borders
Be an early applicant
Money without borders
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
+ RSUs (Restricted stock units)
1-5 days a week in office (Alterra Parkway, TX)
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
- You take ownership of and drive the technical roadmap for the team, ensuring alignment with overall goals. You bring strong architecture and software design skills, contributing effectively to system designs
- You serve as a champion for best practices and innovation in technology
- You have experience in a lead role at other companies and can provide strong, reasoned opinions to drive projects forward
- Proficiency in Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services is essential
- Familiarity in front-end development using React and caching solutions like Redis and Caffeine is beneficial
- Additionally, willingness to travel and collaborate with team members in different global offices is expected
What the job involves
- Join our innovative Money Movement team at Wise, where we provide customers with quick and convenient money transfers in North America
- Our team focuses on building and maintaining scalable systems that facilitate USD and CAD transfers, with a continuous emphasis on reducing risk, improving resilience, and ensuring overall system health
- We integrate with our partners and work closely with banking and payment operations teams to automate manual workflows
- By leveraging cutting-edge technology, we're at the forefront of developing new features for USD, which is the most converted currency offering in the company
- Payment System Integrations: Design, build, and maintain reliable software solutions using Java, Spring Boot, and RESTful services to integrate payment systems
- Focus on creating secure, efficient solutions that improve resilience and reduce risks
- System Health and New Integration Development: Continuously monitor and improve the health of existing integrations while enabling new ones in the future
- Identify and address technical challenges, ensuring system robustness and reliability
- Collaboration and Cross-Functional Projects: Work closely with other teams, including banking and payment operations
- Use your strong communication skills to prioritize customer-centric projects and drive them to completion
- Mentoring and Code Reviews: Mentor junior engineers, establishing high-quality code standards through ongoing code reviews and encouraging best coding practices
- CI/CD and Deployment: Utilize Docker and Kubernetes for deployments, and implement CI/CD pipelines using tools like Gradle and GitHub Actions to enhance the development process
- Database Management: Engage in query optimization and schema design for relational databases, including MySQL, MariaDB, and Postgres, to ensure efficient data processing
- System Integration Patterns: Apply hands-on knowledge of system integration patterns and distributed systems to develop scalable and reliable solutions
- Product Mindset and Data-Driven Decisions: With a strong product mindset, make data-driven decisions that prioritize customer needs and drive the success of our money transfer product
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
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
$24.3m
SERIES D
Total funding: $394.7m
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.
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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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