Senior Backend Engineer, Pricing Core

Mat Vin; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer I for the Pricing Core team. You will design, develop, test and maintain backend services in Java, using Spring Boot and deployed on AWS.

The role emphasizes building high-volume, scalable systems that process financial events with Kafka. You will contribute to architectural decisions, optimize performance, and participate in on-call rotations to keep Tier 1 services reliable and secure.

Qualifications

• Proven backend development experience in a production environment.
• Strong Java or similar OOP language background.
• Ability to design for scale and long-term iteration.
• Experience with cloud infrastructure and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services in Java with Spring Boot on AWS.
• Build event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka.
• Drive architectural decisions ensuring quality, reliability and observability.
• Identify performance bottlenecks and technical debt; participate in on-call rotations.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

AWS

Code reviews

On-call

Tools

Kafka

Job description

Wise in London is seeking a Senior Software Engineer I for the Pricing Core team. You will design, develop, test and maintain backend services in Java, using Spring Boot and deployed on AWS.

The role emphasizes building high-volume, scalable systems that process financial events with Kafka. You will contribute to architectural decisions, optimize performance, and participate in on-call rotations to keep Tier 1 services reliable and secure.