Engineering Lead, Wise
Organic Growth
ÂŁ100-120k
+ RSUs
1-5 days a week in office
Money without borders
Open for applications
Money without borders
1001+ employees
Open for applications
ÂŁ100-120k
+ RSUs
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
- Track record of leading, coaching and mentoring driven and high performing teams
- A strong product mindset and passion for UX – you prioritise work with 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
- Experience building and designing scalable and performant systems that handle large amounts of traffic - ideally using React based frontend applications, Javascript / Typescript
- Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value
- Familiarity working with Content Management Systems, and concepts such as headless CMS,
- Knowledge of Java, Spring Boot backend technologies, event-driven microservices architectures, Domain Driven Design
What the job involves
- We are looking for a talented Engineering Lead to join our Organic Growth team
- Organic Growth is responsible for building products that will make customer acquisition eventually free. We do that by building systems that allow us to build a large number of SEO-optimised pages at scale, while making sure that the quality of these pages stays high. This is accomplished through maintaining and improving internal content management systems, as well as through integration with 3rd party data providers
- Our team helps tell Wise’s story to more than 30 million visitors a month - and as the lead of the team, you’ll drive how to reach and convince an even wider audience in a scalable and effective way
- As the team’s work is more often on frontend than backend, we’re looking for a lead who has web frontend expertise - though experience across both sides of the stack is preferred
- Collaborate with product, design, SEO and other teams across the company to deliver impactful outcomes as a team,
- Be responsible for the overall health and productivity of the engineers within your team - and help them grow to be their best selves,
- Own the availability and scalability of our logged-out marketing pages, and how we build them going forward,
- Provide feedback on technical design decisions and approach, and help the team make data-driven decisions,
- Have an overview of what’s happening within the broader Onboarding space, and thinking about engineering as a whole,
- Understand the teams’ systems deeply enough to be hands on, when needed
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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