Senior Software Engineer I - Send (Java, Backend) - High Volume Team

Wise; City Of London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Backend Engineer to enhance the customer experience for significant transactions. This role involves developing robust backend solutions, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and contributing to impactful features. Applicants should possess strong technical skills and a collaborative mindset. The position offers a competitive salary of £85,000 plus RSUs.

Qualifications

• Experience with backend development, understanding of API design, and database interactions.
• Solid grasp of computer science fundamentals, including data structures and algorithms.
• Excited by the prospect of building new features and improving existing ones.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement robust backend solutions.
• Craft systems that create awareness about potential challenges.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Analysts.

Skills

Product Engineer mindset

Fundamental technical strength

Ownership DNA

Backend proficiency

Collaborative and humble

Exceptional learning velocity

Job description

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.

About the role:

At Wise, we believe exceptional products are built by exceptional people, not just processes or leadership. We're a customer-obsessed company where every line of code, every design decision, and every optimisation directly serves one purpose: to make our customers' lives better.

We're seeking a Backend Engineer who is keen to rapidly accelerate their career and make a monumental impact on a critical area of our business. If you possess a relentless curiosity, a deep sense of ownership, and an unshakeable enthusiasm for tackling complex challenges that directly benefit millions of users, this role is for you.

What will you be working on?

You will join our High Volume team, who is on a mission to profoundly improve the experience for our customers making significant transactions, alleviating their anxieties, and ensuring their financial needs are met with ease and confidence.

In this role, you will be instrumental in:

• Simplifying Complex Transactions: Developing and implementing robust backend solutions that make sending large amounts cross-border significantly less cumbersome and more convenient for our customers.
• Reducing Customer Anxiety & Building Trust: Crafting systems that create clear awareness about potential challenges with large transactions and help customers plan ahead, ensuring their funds are transferred smoothly and on time.
• Empowering Through Education & Features: Building tailored flows that enable such high volume customers to easily discover and learn about everything Wise can do for them, ensuring they don't need to look elsewhere for their financial needs.
• Delivering Missing Functionality: Collaborating closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Analysts to bring new, essential features to life.
• Driving Engineering Excellence: Contributing to the design, development, and deployment of scalable, reliable, and maintainable backend services.
• Learning & Growing: Working alongside experienced engineers, you'll rapidly expand your technical capabilities, understanding of distributed systems, and product intuition.
• Customer-Centric Impact: Continuously asking "why are we building this?" and connecting your technical contributions directly to making our customers' lives better.

What do you need?

• A 'Product Engineer' Mindset: You're an engineer first, but you think like a product owner.
• Fundamental Technical Strength: A solid grasp of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and systematic problem-solving.
• A Builder's Spirit: You are excited by the prospect of building new features and improving existing ones to deliver tangible customer value.
• Ownership DNA: You care about outcomes, not just shipping code.
• Exceptional Learning Velocity: You absorb new concepts, technologies, and domain knowledge at an incredible pace, eager to push your boundaries and grow beyond your current experience level.
• Collaborative & Humble: You are a joy to work with, confident in your abilities but humble enough to learn from others and contribute positively to team dynamics.
• Backend Proficiency: Experience with backend development, understanding of API design, and database interactions.

What do we offer:

• Direct Impact: Work on problems with massive business impact, directly affecting billions in customer volume and revenue.
• Unparalleled Growth: Accelerate your career in an environment that prioritises learning, mentorship, and significant ownership.
• Autonomy & Accountability: Be trusted to own initiatives and see your ideas come to life with minimal oversight.
• World-Class Colleagues: Learn from and collaborate with a team of exceptional product managers, designers, analysts, and engineers.
• Real-World Problems at Scale: Join a company that is no longer a scrappy startup, but a profitable, A-game player solving complex challenges for millions of users globally.
• Starting salary: £85,000 + £105,000 + RSUs

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.