Software Engineer, Risk Control & Data Governance

Wise; London Borough of Hackney; On-site; GBP 68,000 - 88,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise is hiring an experienced Software Engineer to join the Risk Control & Governance team. You will help build governance, assurance, and data foundations that ensure every risk decision is consistent, auditable, and continuously monitored.

You will work at the intersection of the Risk API platform, Product, and FinCrime teams, creating scalable systems that power risk assessments across Wise. This role focuses on trust, data lineage, and explainability to enable regulatory compliance and rapid

Qualifications

• Experience with building data-intensive, high-throughput systems.
• Knowledge of data quality frameworks and lineage tracking.
• Strong understanding of distributed systems and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Build data governance and assurance foundations for risk platforms.
• Embed governance capabilities with the Risk API and other teams.
• Design scalable, auditable solutions with explainability tooling.

Skills

Data governance

Data quality

Distributed systems

Ownership

Collaboration

Tools

Kafka

SQL

NoSQL

Job description

Wise is hiring an experienced Software Engineer to join the Risk Control & Governance team. You will help build governance, assurance, and data foundations that ensure every risk decision is consistent, auditable, and continuously monitored.

You will work at the intersection of the Risk API platform, Product, and FinCrime teams, creating scalable systems that power risk assessments across Wise. This role focuses on trust, data lineage, and explainability to enable regulatory compliance and rapid