Senior Software Engineer - Stream Processing Engineer

TN United Kingdom; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with expertise in stream processing to join their innovative team in London. This role involves designing and implementing real-time systems on AWS, leveraging cutting-edge technologies like Kafka Streams and K8s operators. The successful candidate will play a crucial role in enhancing the company's data processing capabilities, ensuring efficient and secure operations. If you're passionate about building scalable solutions and eager to contribute to a mission-driven company, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Qualifications

• Senior engineer with experience in stream processing and real-time systems.
• Proficient in building and supporting decision-making pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Designing, architecting, and implementing systems on AWS.
• Assisting product engineers with tooling and establishing best practices.

Skills

Kafka Streams

Java

Spring

Flink

Infrastructure Automation

Distributed Systems

Tools

AWS

K8s Operators

Job description

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Senior Software Engineer - Stream Processing Engineer, London

Client: Wise

Location: London, United Kingdom

Job Category: Other

EU work permit required: Yes

Job Reference: 2e10866d98cb

Job Views: 12

Posted: 29.04.2025

Expiry Date: 13.06.2025

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Company 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.

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Job Description

About the role

We are looking for a senior software engineer with a background in stream processing.

Our Stream Processing team is part of the Data Squad.

We provide the tooling and infrastructure that allows Wise to process transfers in real time. Our stream processing platform enables services to do calculations and make decisions in milliseconds, powering our validation, fraud detection, and anti-money laundering checks.

We also provide the services responsible for data movement into our data lake, enabling product teams and analysts to make data-driven decisions.

How we work

We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can think holistically about the ecosystem, follow through, and help implement the design, leveraging resources across the platform tribe.

As we grow the Stream Processing team, we focus on service iteration with emphasis on availability, security, and usability. We seek an engineer with relevant experience to analyze complex requirements and deliver simple, effective solutions to help our teams achieve their mission efficiently.

What will you be working on?

You’ll be designing, architecting, implementing, and operating systems on AWS. Additionally, you will assist product engineers in using our tooling and systems, establishing best practices. You should have a deep understanding of stream processing and related technologies, capable of building and supporting real-time decision-making pipelines in milliseconds. Technologies we use include:

• Kafka Streams
• K8s operators

What do you need?

We recognize that candidates may not have all skills listed and support learning new skills. If you have some of the following and are eager to learn more, we want to hear from you:

• Experience with Kafka Streams and/or Flink
• Experience building production code with Java and Spring
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools
• Experience building and operating distributed systems at scale

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Additional Information

For everyone, everywhere. We're building money without borders — free of judgment or prejudice. We believe diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams are our strength.

We celebrate our international team and our differences. Inclusive teams help us uphold our values, ensuring every Wiser feels respected, empowered, and able to grow in their career.

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