Senior Software Engineer II: Java & Kafka Architect

Wise; London; On-site; NOK 1,148,000 - 1,658,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wise Benefits

Job summary

Wise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Wise for Banks team and shape the technical direction of the systems powering Wise’s global payment network. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and partnerships to drive architecture, scalability, and reliability.

You will lead the design of highly available services, mentor engineers, and guide teams toward best practices in microservices architecture, domain-driven design, and distributed systems while

Qualifications

• Extensive experience building backend systems using Java and Spring Boot, in production environments.
• Strong experience designing and operating large-scale microservices architectures and distributed systems.
• Proven experience building or operating event-driven systems using Kafka or similar messaging platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and development of scalable and resilient services in Java and Spring Boot within Wise’s microservices architecture.
• Apply domain-driven design to model complex financial domains and build scalable solutions for partner ecosystem.
• Drive development of event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar messaging systems with reliability and observability.
• Architect and optimize PostgreSQL databases for performance and reliability in critical workflows.
• Collaborate with Product, Implementation, Solutions Engineering, and Business Development to support partner integrations.
• Provide technical leadership across teams, influencing architecture decisions and elevating standards.
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and planning to promote best practices in distributed systems.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Kafka

PostgreSQL

DDD

Distributed systems

Leadership

Mentoring

Tools

Kafka

PostgreSQL

Job description

Wise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer II to join the Wise for Banks team and shape the technical direction of the systems powering Wise’s global payment network. You will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and partnerships to drive architecture, scalability, and reliability.

You will lead the design of highly available services, mentor engineers, and guide teams toward best practices in microservices architecture, domain-driven design, and distributed systems while