Backend Engineer

Wise; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 106,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wise Benefits

Job summary

Wise, a global technology company, is hiring for a mid-senior level Engineering role in its London-based hybrid setup. You will join the Send Core team to build critical infrastructure behind every sending transaction and to develop customer-facing products that simplify sending money.

You'll collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver the best experience for customers, own key systems, and drive architectural decisions to maintain reliability and performance across the platform.

Qualifications

• Strong computer science fundamentals.
• Strong knowledge of the modern tech stack and design concepts.
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and simply.
• Focus on solving real customer problems with every change you make.
• Clear understanding of why we are building what we are building.
• Ability to think in product terms, not just at the code level.
• Passion to always learn and grow.
• Ability to get things done without waiting to be told what to do.
• Curiosity to explore ways to improve our products and day-to-day work.
• Willingness to learn, even if you do not have much experience in our stack or have not worked on the frontend recently.

Responsibilities

• Join our Send Core team to help build the critical infrastructure behind every sending transaction
• Help make sending money as easy and fast as paying for groceries with a card
• Maintain the core infrastructure that supports sending transactions across the platform
• Build customer-facing products that power the customer send journey
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver the best experience for our customers
• Own the systems that every sending transaction depends on
• Make architectural decisions for core send components to keep them reliable and performant

Skills

Computer science fundamentals

Modern tech stack & design concepts

Clear technical communication

Product-minded thinking

Proactive problem solving

Curiosity to improve products

Willingness to learn new stack

Tools

Frontend

Network

Java

Backend

Job description

Salary: £66,000 - 106,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Strong knowledge of the modern tech stack and design concepts
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and simply
• Focus on solving real customer problems with every change you make
• Clear understanding of why we are building what we are building
• Ability to think in product terms, not just at the code level
• Passion to always learn and grow
• Ability to get things done without waiting to be told what to do
• Curiosity to explore ways to improve our products and day-to-day work
• Willingness to learn, even if you do not have much experience in our stack or have not worked on the frontend recently

Responsibilities:

• Join our Send Core team to help build the critical infrastructure behind every sending transaction
• Help make sending money as easy and fast as paying for groceries with a card
• Maintain the core infrastructure that supports sending transactions across the platform
• Build customer-facing products that power the customer send journey
• Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver the best experience for our customers
• Own the systems that every sending transaction depends on
• Make architectural decisions for core send components to keep them reliable and performant

Technologies:

• Frontend
• Network
• Java
• Backend

More:

We are Wise, a global technology company on a mission to make moving and managing money across borders easier, faster, and cheaper. We are building an entirely new network for the worlds money, and our Send Core team plays a critical role in supporting every sending transaction and developing customer-facing products. We offer a collaborative environment where engineers work closely with product, design, and data teams, and we value diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams. This is a full-time Engineering role at mid-senior level within our London-based hybrid setup, and starting salary is listed as Wise Benefits.

last updated 36 week of 2026