Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Team

Software Careers; Greater London; On-site; GBP 87,500 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise in London, United Kingdom, is seeking a Senior Backend Software Engineer I to join the Personal & Business Pricing Team. You will design and build pricing features end-to-end, partnering with product teams to ship impactfull updates.

You will contribute to architecture, improve reliability, observability, and scale across distributed services in a fintech environment, while mentoring teammates and owning the roadmap for pricing infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Strong background in software engineering and Java.
• Experience with distributed systems and scale.
• Ability to design for reliability, observability and incident response.
• Engages with product, compliance and stakeholders.

Skills

Java

OOP

Architectural design

Code reviews

Reliability engineering

Scalability

Observability

Incident resolution

Post-incident review

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring

Coaching

Payments industry

Job description

# Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Teamat Wise • London, United KingdomBack to jobs1. Home2. Jobs3. United Kingdom4. Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing Team—W## Senior Backend Software Engineer I - Personal & Business Pricing TeamWise10OtherFull-timeGBP 87500 - GBP 111000 - yearlyLondon, United KingdomApply Job### Job DescriptionWise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. We are looking for a passionate Backend Software Engineer to join the Personal & Business Pricing Team. Pricing is core to Wise's mission of transparency. This role offers an opportunity to have a direct and measurable impact on a domain that is central to Wise's growth. Personal & Business Pricing sits at the intersection of nearly every product launch and promotion at Wise. We build the infrastructure and tooling for pricing across Wise products. You'll work in a highly collaborative environment and gain exposure to a wide range of domains while helping to shape the team's technical direction. You'll partner closely with global and regional product teams to enable new product features and experiments while ensuring our pricing infrastructure remains scalable, reliable and accurate. What will you be working on? Design and build features end-to-end across our pricing services. Contribute to architectural decisions and code reviews, raising the bar on quality, reliability and observability. Drive initiatives to improve the reliability and scalability of our services, improving the reliability and flexibility of our pricing products.### Skills Required* Software engineering* Java* OOP language* Architectural design* Code reviews* Reliability engineering* Scalability* Observability* Incident resolution* Post-incident review* Stakeholder engagement* Mentoring* Coaching* Payments industry experience* Fintech industry experience* Distributed systems* Compliance systems* Audit systems* Regulatory requirements (SOX, fee disclosure, tax)* Configuration-heavy domains### Tags:OtherUnited KingdomLondonBackend EngineerShare Job:Application planning## What to evaluate before applying### Visa and relocation signals* Visa sponsorship is not explicitly marked on this role.* Relocation support is not explicitly marked.* Primary route to review: Skilled Worker Visa.### Salary and location checks* Published salary signal: GBP 87500 - GBP 111000 - yearly.* Location to plan around: London, United Kingdom.* This role is not marked as remote.### Company context* Wise has active SoftwareCareers listings in the current job inventory.* Use the company profile and apply link to verify the opening.Wise profile### Interview preparation* Experience signal: What we're looking for? Technical Excellence Strong background in software engineering, with a track record of contributing significantly to large, impactful projects in a complex production domain. Experience with Java or similar OOP language. Expert in your technical discipline, with the ability to design for long-term iteration and scale. You own the availability, reliability and security of the systems you build following engineering best practices. You make sensible trade-offs between speed, scalability and risk, and optimise for a predictable, regular cadence of delivery. Ownership & Product Mindset You own the technical roadmap and deliverables of your projects end-to-end, embracing long-term ownership. You can always explain why something is being built, what customer problem it's solving, and what impact is expected. You take a leading role in incident resolution and post-incident review for both minor and major incidents. Experience engaging with product, compliance and stakeholder teams to shape requirements and priorities. Collaboration, Communication & Growth Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences. You give and receive feedback well, and contribute to a supportive environment that helps the team grow. You mentor and coach other engineers, and own the onboarding of new joiners into the team. You promote a culture of collaboration that minimises duplicate or wasted work, and pull other teams in the right direction. Nice to haves: Experience in payments, fintech, or another related domain. Prior experience working on a team with a global, distributed setup. Experience with systems that involve compliance, audit, or regulatory requirements (SOX, fee disclosure, tax). Familiarity with configuration-heavy domains where business logic is encoded in data as well as code..