Senior Software Engineer I - Regional Expansion

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.

More about our mission and what we offer.

About the role

The team you’ll be working with: Regional Expansion

Wise, one of the world's fastest-growing companies, is on a mission to redefine global finance by making money without borders the new norm.

About Wise: Current banking systems present challenges in seamlessly sending, spending, and receiving money across borders. At Wise, we are crafting a new financial infrastructure to address these limitations.

Position Overview:   We are seeking a Software Engineer based in our London office, offering a flexible combination of in-office and remote work. As an integral part of our mission, you work in a team dedicated to launching and optimizing new products, building the most convenient and scalable financial services experience for people and businesses, which is compliant with local regulatory guidelines.

How we work

We want our product to be instant, so we integrate with the latest technology and local payment rails to make money movement instant and eventually free.

We want our product to be convenient, our customers should know what is required from them to use Wise. We also care about effectiveness: only ask from the customer what we really need, easy for them to provide and is effective at stopping fincrime.

We want our processes to be scalable. We are working on automating the process for our team, any way we can. We are working with LLMs, building integrations, and working with vendors.

This position is responsible for building and managing the infrastructure that enables Wise to send/receive money in MEA markets. Helps Wise’s growth rate by unlocking core functionality through the power of partner APIs and cross-border payments infrastructure - in short, builds products that will help Wise reach consumers and small businesses wherever they are managing their money in global environments. 

Additionally, responsible for taking part of on-call rotation and providing support to operational teams and support in case of incidents. Making sure that our platform is safe and secure for our customers and available all the time.

What will you be working on?

• You’ll integrate with several local partners and government institutions to power our financial services.
• You’ll multiply Wise’s growth rate by unlocking core functionality through the power of APIs and cross-border payments infrastructure - in short, the products you build will help Wise reach consumers and small businesses wherever they are managing their money in global environments.
• You’ll scale a best in class product across MEA while ensuring the learnings you have in-market are shared back with our other global regions.

What do you need?

• You want to work for a company where you believe in its mission
• You have a strong product mindset and passion for user experience, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points 
• You’ve built and designed scalable and performing systems
• You have experience building integrations with external partners
• You have experience with microservices architecture, asynchronous message queues and SQL databases
• Advocate for best coding practices, code reviews and open feedback.
• You’ll have found your place in our mission by understanding how to drive engineering solutions and look to future challenges
• You’ll understand our customers and the impact our product has on their lives 
• You’ll make contributions to the wider engineering goals of the company
• You’ll help us scale-up and build a world class global finance product that impacts millions of customer

Nice to have:

• You’ve worked with Java, preferably with Spring Boot
• Experience with financial systems integrations

Interested? Find out more:

• How we work – a practical guide
• DEI @ Wise
• Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)
• See what it's like to work at Wise London!
• Our Engineering career map

Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

• Starting salary: £87,500 - £111,000 + RSUs
• Wise Benefits
• #LI-AB3 #LI-Hybrid

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

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