Engineering Lead - Business Expense Management - Backend in London

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. 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.

You’ll be joining a growing team that is expanding the way Business customers can use their Wise Account. The business expense management team simplifies global employee expense management for small businesses. They sit within the Spend Squad and are responsible for bookkeeping, business card features and expense management. They offer a solution that allows businesses to manage their team's spending in minutes, and maintain full control over international expenses.

You’ll own everything related to the process of tracking, submitting, and managing business expenses as smoothly and hassle-free as possible. We help small businesses collect receipts and information about expenses in the most convenient way, so our customers can focus on their work. You’ll have an opportunity to build solutions that help employees easily submit their expenses, ensure compliance with company policies, make expenses transparent for monitoring and keep bookkeeping clean. You will work closely with both the business and cards squads, and help bridge the gap between their roadmaps.

You will have a direct and measurable impact across all of Wise business customers helping them save time so they can do more of the work that matters.

What will you be doing?

• You’ll be a key driver of the team's technical roadmap, partnering closely with our dedicated Product Manager and other teams within the Spend, Business, and Account squads. Your work will directly enable new product features and business growth.
• Designing and building robust distributed backend systems.
• Providing the best experience around collecting and managing receipts.
• Submitting expense reports and automating the enforcement of company spend policies.
• Automating businesses month‑end processes leveraging LLM technologies (documents scanning, auto‑categorisation, auto‑reconciliation, etc.)
• Issuing innovative business cards products (subscription cards, credit, etc.)
• Providing visibility over expenses for business owners and finance heads.

Technical Responsibilities

• Owning a technical roadmap to ensure that our application is maintained to high standards.
• Lead the development of new solutions.
• Drive initiatives from the ground up to develop entirely new products for our customers.
• Serve as a technical expert for the Business Expense Management domain.
• Provide hands‑on technical leadership, guiding the team on architectural design, code reviews, and best practices.
• Ensuring code quality, consistency, and maintainability through code reviews and best practices.

Leadership Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of engineers (junior and senior), fostering a supportive environment that promotes technical growth.
• Participate in product road‑mapping and strategy sessions with the product management team.
• Work closely with other Engineering Leads, Staff Engineers, and Product to shape the team’s and squad’s technical roadmaps.
• Help the team navigate complex priorities and make trade‑offs to deliver solutions that reduce risk and unlock growth.
• Act as a key representative of the team, collaborating with stakeholders across the company and leading projects from the beginning till the release.

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.