Senior Software Engineer I- Regional Expansion -MEA

Wise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 88,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is expanding its MEA region and seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join the regional expansion team. You will help build scalable onboarding and money movement capabilities by integrating with local partners and payment schemes.

You will design, implement, test and deploy backend services, collaborate with global teams, and help shape technical strategy for MEA while ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Qualifications

• Proactive and ambitious mindset with ownership
• Autonomous team player with minimal supervision
• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer delivering scalable systems
• Deep expertise in back-end development and microservices architecture
• Experience designing and building software systems in a team setting
• Strong ability to provide constructive feedback during reviews
• Excellent problem-solving skills to tackle complex challenges

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and deploy features for onboarding and money movement in MEA
• Implement integrations with local banks, payment providers, and verification vendors
• Build and improve FinCrime controls across the region
• Propose scalable, reliable, compliant technical designs across markets
• Participate in code and design reviews to maintain engineering standards
• Collaborate with product, design, and engineers across global offices
• Contribute to MEA technical strategy and roadmap

Skills

Backend development

Microservices

System design

Code reviews

Problem solving

Job description

Senior Software Engineer I- Regional Expansion -MEA

• Full-time
• Compensation: GBP 87,500 - GBP 111,000 - yearly

Wise 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 expanding our Middle East and Africa (MEA) expansion team and are looking for ambitious and highly skilled Senior Software Engineers to join the engineering team.

You will play a crucial role in expanding our product offerings across MEA region, covering Onboarding (Consumer & Business) and Money Movement capabilities by integrating with local partners, connecting with local payment schemes, and building seamless customer journeys across the region, while collaborating closely with our global teams, including helping to shape our global KYC/KYB and money movement systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer in one of the MEA teams, you will be a core contributor focused on building robust and scalable capabilities for Consumer and Business Onboarding and Money Movement across the MEA region. Your role involves implementing integrations with local banks, payment providers, and verification vendors, connecting our platform to local payment systems, and optimizing funnels to handle the complexities of cross-country money movement within your specific area.

This role requires a high level of technical and product excellence and a passion for building high-quality, scalable, and compliant solutions tailored for the unique financial infrastructure and regulatory landscape of our region. Beyond writing good code, you will propose solid technical designs, participate in code and design reviews, and collaborate with global engineers to build the core infrastructure that unlocks and grows new regional markets.

What You'll Be Doing:

Design, develop, test, and deploy features and services to enable Consumer & Business Onboarding and Money Movement capabilities in existing and new markets, within your team's focus area

Implement integrations with local banks, payment providers, identity/business verification vendors, and financial partners across the region

Build, automate and improve FinCrime controls (AML, Fraud etc) across the region

Propose and advocate for high-quality technical designs and solutions that are scalable, reliable, and compliant with the diverse regulations across the markets

Participate in code and design reviews within your team, providing constructive feedback to maintain and elevate our engineering standards

Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams, including product managers, designers, and engineers in our other global offices, to align on product vision and technical implementation for regional expansion

Contribute to the technical strategy and roadmap for the MEA domain

Qualifications

A proactive and ambitious mindset, with a desire to take ownership and make a significant impact

Autonomous team player able to work effectively with minimal supervision.

Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer, with a strong track record of delivering high-quality, scalable systems and a strong Product mindset

Deep technical expertise in back-end development and microservices architecture

Experience in designing and building software systems and collaborating on technical designs within a team or domain

Strong ability to provide constructive feedback during code and design reviews

Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to break down complex challenges

Nice to Have:

Experience working on payments systems, money movement, financial integrations

Experience in the FinTech or payments industry

Experience leveraging LLMs (e.g. claude code) to enhance the software development lifecycle.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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