Senior Software Engineer II- Regional Expansion

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is expanding its Latam & Mea Payments Team and is looking for ambitious Senior Software Engineers to join the engineering team.

You will lead integrations with local banks and payment providers, connect to regional payment systems, and optimize cross-border money movement within your area. This role emphasizes high-quality, scalable, and compliant solutions and collaboration with global teams to grow new markets.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as a Senior Software Engineer with a track record of delivering scalable systems.
• Deep backend development expertise and microservices architecture.
• Ability to provide constructive feedback during code and design reviews.
• Autonomous team player who works effectively with minimal supervision.
• Experience designing and building software systems and collaborating on technical designs.
• Nice to have: payments systems, FinTech, and leveraging LLMs to enhance development lifecycle.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, deploy and manage direct connections with local payment schemes and integrations with regional banks.
• Establish foundation-level money movement capabilities across diverse international markets.
• Define technical direction by advocating for high-quality designs and peer reviews.
• Collaborate with global engineering teams to align on roadmap and platform integration.
• Participate in on-call rotations to support operations and ensure platform availability.
• Work with product managers, designers, and engineers across offices to align on vision and implementation.

Skills

Backend development

Microservices architecture

Code and design reviews

Autonomous team player

Technical design collaboration

Strong product mindset

Payments / FinTech exposure

LLM usage in dev lifecycle

Job description

Senior Software Engineer II- Regional Expansion

• Full-time
• Compensation: GBP 111,000 - GBP 145,000 - 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 Latam & Mea Payments Team and are looking for ambitious and highly skilled Senior Software Engineers to join the engineering team.

You will lead the development of the critical integrations enabling money movement across the Latam & Mea regions. By integrating directly with local payment systems and sophisticated cross-border payment systems, you will unlock essential functionality that accelerates our growth, building products that empower consumers and businesses to manage their finances globally.

Your Role:

Your role involves implementing integrations with local banks, payment providers, and connecting our platform to local payment systems as well as 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 engineering teams to build the core infrastructure that unlocks and grows new markets.

What You'll Be Doing:

Design, develop, test, deploy and manage direct connections with local payment schemesand integrations with regional banks to establish foundation-level money movement capabilities across diverse international markets.

Define the technical direction by advocating for high-quality designs, providing critical feedback in peer reviews, and actively shaping the future roadmap for our payments ecosystem.

Take your local in-market learnings and work with global engineering teams to ensure the systems you build seamlessly influence and integrate with our worldwide platform.

Participate in on-call rotations to support operational teams and address incidents, ensuring our platform remains secure and consistently available for our customers.

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

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.