Staff Software Engineer - Contacts Team

Wise; London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 164,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company on a mission to revolutionize the way money is managed globally. As part of an energetic team, you will contribute to building a world-class recipient management product, enhancing user experiences through innovative backend solutions. With a collaborative culture, you’ll work alongside talented engineers and designers, embracing agile methodologies to deliver impactful results. This role offers a competitive salary and the opportunity to grow in a diverse and inclusive environment, where your contributions will help shape the future of financial transactions for everyone, everywhere.

Benefits

Health Insurance

Flexible Working Hours

Professional Development Opportunities

Remote Work Options

Team Events

Qualifications

• Experience in large scale distributed systems and Java 8+.
• Strong product mindset with focus on customer experience.

Responsibilities

• Drive the technical vision for backend solutions.
• Collaborate with teams to optimize recipient experience.

Skills

Java 8+

Distributed Systems

RESTful APIs

Relational Databases

Non-relational Databases

Test Driven Development

Code Reviews

Customer Experience Mindset

Tools

Spring Boot

Job description

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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.

Job Description

More about our mission and what we offer.

About The Role

The Contacts team owns everything related to adding, managing, and reaching recipients in Wise. We are an energetic new team on a mission to optimise the recipient's experience globally.

How We Work

We work in an agile fashion, with engineers closely collaborating with designers, the product manager, and the analyst. The team operates across our Tallinn and London offices.

What will you be working on?

You will be part of an autonomous team, driving the technical vision for the backend solution powering the recipient’s user experience. You will help us scale-up and build a world-class recipient management product.

What do you need?

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more, we do want to hear from you!

• You get things done
• You have experience working with large scale distributed systems
• You have years of Java 8+ knowledge
• You have experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas
• You have a strong product mindset and passion for customer experience, prioritising work with the customers in mind and making data-driven decisions to fix customer pain points
• You enjoy collaborating with others and bringing people together to solve a problem
• You have experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining clean RESTful APIs
• You believe in and follow best coding practices, code reviews, and open feedback
• You enjoy writing testable code and believe in Test Driven Development

Nice To Have

• You have experience with Spring Boot
• You have worked with BFFs (Backend-for-Frontends)

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

• The Wise Tech Stack, 2025 Edition.
• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work
• Wise Engineering

What do we offer

• Starting salary: £105,000 - £164,000
• Wise Benefits

For everyone, everywhere. We're building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice. 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 ensure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission, and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to learn more about working at Wise, visit Wise.Jobs.

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