Senior Software Engineer II

Wiseaccount — United Kingdom · Posted ~1 day ago

Senior £111K-£145K

Skills

Backend development Frontend development System design Distributed systems Product mindset Backend Frontend

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Summary

Help build reliable large-scale transaction infrastructure, deliver customer-facing features, make architectural decisions, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve critical financial systems.

Highlights

Work on critical financial infrastructure, influence architecture, collaborate across disciplines, and receive competitive compensation with equity.

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. Job Description More about our mission and what we offer. About The Role We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Send Core team. We provide the critical infrastructure that every sending transaction flows through - from 10 pounds sent to a friend to a multi-million dollar business payment. We are on a mission to make sending money as easy and fast as paying for groceries with your card. Apart from keeping our core infrastructure in a good shape, we are building customer-facing products that power the customer's send journey. How We Work We believe that an engineer is more than just a coder. Our engineers are focused on improving our customers’ experience - and they see the impact of their work on millions of people every day. Wise is all about collaboration. You will be surrounded by passionate people and work together with them to progress our mission. What will you be working on? Shape our Products: Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver best experience for our customersControl Critical Infrastructure: Own the systems that every sending transactions depends on across the entire platformDrive Technical Excellence: Make architectural decisions for the core send components, making them reliant and performantDrive Backend and Frontend for our products: You will be working 80% of the time on a backend and 20% on the frontendCuriosity to explore ways to improve our products and your day-to-day work What do you need? We understand that you may not have much experience in our stack, or you haven’t worked with the frontend for a while - and that’s fine! As long as you are willing to learn and have strong fundamentals - we want to hear from you. Technical excellence Strong experience in building complex high-reliability systemsAbility to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and simplyStrong computer science fundamentals Product mindset Focus on solving real customer problems with every change you madeClear understanding of why we are building what we are buildingAbility to think in product terms - not just on the code level Personal qualities Passion to always learn and growGetting things done yourself, instead of waiting to be told what to do Interested? Find out more How we work – a practical guideDEI @ WiseWise Tech Stack (2025 update)See what it's like to work at Wise London!Our Engineering career map Wise Engineering - https://medium.com/wise-engineering What Do We Offer Starting salary: £111k - £145k + RSUs Wise Benefits Additional Information 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.