Senior Backend Engineer - APAC Expansion (Java/Spring)

Wise; Singapore; On-site; SGD 149,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Wise APAC Expansion in Singapore seeks an experienced backend engineer to own the technical plan and delivery of market launches across APAC. You will contribute significant engineering work to large market launches, building onboarding and money movement services that meet local requirements while fitting Wise’s global platform.

You’ll collaborate with product, compliance, banking and operations to clarify requirements, resolve dependencies, and set practical milestones.

Qualifications

• Strong Java and Spring experience with production backend services.
• Understanding of distributed systems and API design for scalable services.
• Database design and query optimisation, with test coverage to enable safe releases.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical plan and delivery of projects from problem to rollout and operation.
• Build onboarding and money movement services that meet local requirements and fit Wise’s platform.
• Collaborate with product, compliance, banking and operations to clarify requirements and milestones.
• Contribute to team roadmap, communicate customer impact, use data and feedback for improvements.
• Design services that are reliable and secure, address technical debt, and enable market evolution.

Skills

Java

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

APIs design

Database design

Testing

Mentoring

On-call

Code reviews

Tools

PostgreSQL

Git

Java 25

Job description

Wise APAC Expansion in Singapore seeks an experienced backend engineer to own the technical plan and delivery of market launches across APAC. You will contribute significant engineering work to large market launches, building onboarding and money movement services that meet local requirements while fitting Wise’s global platform.

You’ll collaborate with product, compliance, banking and operations to clarify requirements, resolve dependencies, and set practical milestones.