Engineering Lead, Global Payments & Partner Platforms

Neobankbeat; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is seeking an Engineering Lead for the Send for Partners team in London. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding architecture and technical design to scale our payments platform for partners globally.

You will mentor engineers, translate product strategy into roadmaps, and collaborate across teams to support bank integrations and ensure robust, scalable systems.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cross-functional engineering teams
• Hands-on engineering with architecture oversight
• Experience shipping scalable payments platforms

Responsibilities

• Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps that move KPIs.
• Guide architecture and technical design decisions, ensuring scalable systems.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support bank integrations and expand the payment network.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring and adoption of best practices.
• Understand and contribute to team systems deeply enough to be hands-on when needed.
• Identify opportunities to improve the Send product, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical health.
• Have an overview of the broader Wise Platform squad, sharing learnings and shaping how we build software company-wide.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Mentoring teammates

System design

Cloud architecture

Job description

Wise is seeking an Engineering Lead for the Send for Partners team in London. The role combines hands-on engineering with leadership, guiding architecture and technical design to scale our payments platform for partners globally.

You will mentor engineers, translate product strategy into roadmaps, and collaborate across teams to support bank integrations and ensure robust, scalable systems.