Software Engineer – Regional Expansion Payments Platform (Java)
- Full-time
- Compensation: GBP 87,500 – GBP 111,000 – yearly
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.
The team you’ll be joining is the Payment Integrations Platform, whose goal is to provide a reliable and scalable platform integrating payment schemes of the world into Wise.
The platform is used by all the regional engineers and supports 100+ integrations currently, including a number of direct payment scheme integrations.
All cross-border (and more) transfers of Wise are going through this platform.
Responsibilities
- Manage integration complexity and maintain high transaction speed and scalability.
- Ensure continuous regulatory compliance.
- Raise automation level to enable scaling of the product.
- Participate in on‑call activities and harmonize complex, conflicting requirements to drive maximum usability, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate across teams, break down complex projects into incremental milestones, and deliver customer value.
Qualifications
- Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.
- Experience with relational databases, SQL query optimisation, and schema design.
- Strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects.
- Ability to work independently while being a collaborative team player.
- Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value.
- Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.
- Adherence to and advocacy for best coding practices, continuous delivery, and code reviews.
- A proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.
- Good discipline and skill in producing written documentation and diagrams.
Bonus Skills
- Interest in using AI assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code.
- Knowledge of Node.JS / TypeScript / React / Next.JS.
- Worked with i18n libraries and third‑party translation services.
- Good knowledge of observability stacks and tooling (e.g. Grafana, ELK, Prometheus, Tracing).
Benefits
- RSU’s in a growing company.
- Annual self‑development budget.
- Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption.
- Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay.
- 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life.
- A paid 6‑week sabbatical leave after four years.
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