Senior Software Engineer, KYC Platform & APIs

Wise; Greater London; On-site; GBP 111,000 - 145,000; Full time

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Wise Benefits

RSUs

Job summary

Wise Platform is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in London to design and build public-facing APIs for partners, and to own technical roadmaps across your domain. You will help architect scalable microservices using event-driven patterns and lead cross-functional initiatives to unlock new features for Wise's partners.

You’ll collaborate with product, analytics, compliance, and operations, mentoring engineers and shaping the KYC/Onboarding experience with strong coding and design practices.

Qualifications

• Strong foundation in modern Java or other JVM language (Spring).
• Experience building and operating microservices with event-driven architecture.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems.
• Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases and data lifecycle management.
• Product-minded with data-driven roadmaps and customer focus.
• Experience leading cross-team initiatives and mentoring engineers.
• Excellent communication and ability to explain technical concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Design and build public-facing APIs for Wise Platform and partners that are intuitive and easy to use.
• Own and drive technical roadmaps across your domain, addressing debt, reliability, scalability, and security.
• Architect scalable microservices using event-driven patterns.
• Influence product roadmapping and strategy with cross-functional teams.
• Lead cross-team initiatives delivering new features and partner value.
• Mentor engineers and promote best practices and technical excellence.

Skills

Java

Spring

Microservices

Event-driven

Kafka

Databases

Product-minded

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Wise Platform is seeking a Senior Software Engineer in London to design and build public-facing APIs for partners, and to own technical roadmaps across your domain. You will help architect scalable microservices using event-driven patterns and lead cross-functional initiatives to unlock new features for Wise's partners.

You’ll collaborate with product, analytics, compliance, and operations, mentoring engineers and shaping the KYC/Onboarding experience with strong coding and design practices.