Backend Software Engineer — Scalable Java Systems (Hybrid UK)

Wise; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 68,000 - 88,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wise Benefits

Hybrid work model

Job summary

Wise in London/UK is seeking an experienced Java engineer to drive the technical vision for the Transfer domain. You will contribute to platform and back-office tooling, and occasionally to customer-facing flows, helping Wise scale its world-class transfer product. The role favours a strong emphasis on testing, code reviews and modern Java practices.

The team operates in hybrid mode across Wise London and Cherkasy, with a starting salary between £68,000 and £87,500 plus Wise benefits.

Qualifications

• Experience with large scale distributed systems and Java 8+.
• Design, deploy and maintain clean RESTful APIs with testing in mind.
• Strong practice of code reviews and feedback via tests.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision for the owned domain within an autonomous team.
• Contribute to platform work, back office tooling and customer-facing flows when needed.
• Help scale up the platform and the world-class transfer product.

Skills

Large scale distributed systems

Java 8+

RESTful APIs

Test Driven Development

Code reviews & feedback

Tools

Spring Boot

Kafka

Backend-for-Frontends

Job description

Wise in London/UK is seeking an experienced Java engineer to drive the technical vision for the Transfer domain. You will contribute to platform and back-office tooling, and occasionally to customer-facing flows, helping Wise scale its world-class transfer product. The role favours a strong emphasis on testing, code reviews and modern Java practices.

The team operates in hybrid mode across Wise London and Cherkasy, with a starting salary between £68,000 and £87,500 plus Wise benefits.