Global Backend Engineer - Shared Finances & Accounts

Wise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Account Sharing team within the Consumer Squad. You will help design and build new shared financial products like international joint accounts and kid accounts, scaling to millions of users worldwide.

You will collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Analysts, and Researchers to translate ambiguous ideas into scalable services, shaping technical direction in a fast-moving, greenfield environment.

Qualifications

• You know how to build scalable distributed systems and deliver customer-facing products used by millions of users.
• Proficient in backend languages such as Java, Kotlin, Python, or Go.
• Strong experience designing asynchronous, reliable, and scalable systems within microservice architectures.

Responsibilities

• Work on greenfield projects to build shared financial products from concept to production.
• Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Analysts, and Researchers to shape solutions.
• Contribute to architectural discussions and influence technical direction.
• Develop scalable backend systems for cross-border, multi-market usage.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Python

Go

Distributed systems

Microservices

Product mindset

Communication

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Wise is seeking a Backend Engineer to join the Account Sharing team within the Consumer Squad. You will help design and build new shared financial products like international joint accounts and kid accounts, scaling to millions of users worldwide.

You will collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, Data Analysts, and Researchers to translate ambiguous ideas into scalable services, shaping technical direction in a fast-moving, greenfield environment.