Staff SW Engineer- Regional Payments Platform
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Programmers and software development professionals
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£54,700
(£28.05 per hour)
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Description
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.
You will be operating at the very core of Wise. Working on services that handle every single international payment, meaning your work will directly power our global infrastructure and have a massive impact on the Wise Platform.
Our mission is to make payment integration effortless for partners by absorbing complexity so they don't have to. We achieve this through clear, consistent, and self-explanatory APIs , ensuring partners can go from zero to a live integration with minimal friction.
As a Staff Software Engineer, You Will Drive High-impact Architecture And Lead Massive Cross-team Collaboration Efforts. Your Core Focus Will Include
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.
You will be operating at the very core of Wise. Working on services that handle every single international payment, meaning your work will directly power our global infrastructure and have a massive impact on the Wise Platform.
Our mission is to make payment integration effortless for partners by absorbing complexity so they don't have to. We achieve this through clear, consistent, and self-explanatory APIs , ensuring partners can go from zero to a live integration with minimal friction.
As a Staff Software Engineer, You Will Drive High-impact Architecture And Lead Massive Cross-team Collaboration Efforts. Your Core Focus Will Include
- Platform Architecture: Driving the technical vision to decouple our core payment processing platform from external-facing partner APIs. By breaking the dependency between external interfaces and internal systems, you will empower teams to evolve and innovate without constraints.
- Reducing Complexity: Ensuring our integration interfaces expose only required and actionable information to effectively reduce complexity for our users.
- Defining Standards: Establishing clear contracts for internal platform integration and building out standardized, scalable solutions for platform partners to receive transfers seamlessly.
- Technical Leadership: Leading complex, cross-team projects and contributing to architecture decisions by defining key technical opinions and writing Architecture Decision Records (ADRs).
This role requires a deep understanding of distributed systems and a collaborative mindset to redefine our internal and external data boundaries.
Qualifications
What do you need?
What You Get Back
Interested? Find out more:
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.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
For everyone, everywhere. We're people building
Qualifications
What do you need?
- Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.
- A strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects.
- Ability to work independently while also being a collaborative team player, frequently engaging in cross-team efforts.
- The 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.
What You Get Back
- RSU's in a growing company
- An 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
- Relocation and visa expenses covered
- ️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years
Interested? Find out more:
- How we work – a practical guide
- Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead
- Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)
- Our Engineering career map
- ❤️ Our Engineering values
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.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.
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.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.