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Engineering Lead – Partner Cash Management – Java

Engineering Lead – Partner Cash Management – Java

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

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 .
We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to join the Partner Cash Management team – the team behind Wise’s solutions that introduce advanced financial products to our partners. Our mission is to make the most robust and scalable infrastructure for funding, holding and managing funds, enabling our partners to maintain operational efficiency in interbank payments, optimising their liquidity and managing FX risk.
You’ll be joining a team that sits at the intersection of product innovation and global partnerships, working closely with Solutions Engineering, Implementation Success and Business Development teams, building scalable and robust systems that power our global payment network with partner banks and enterprises across the world.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You’ll be guiding engineers, driving technical decision-making, collaborating with the team’s Product Manager to deliver reliable, scalable systems that power the future of Wise’s payment platform.
What You’ll Be Doing

• This is a hands-on leadership role where you\’ll not only guide the team but also actively contribute to the codebase alongside your engineers.
• Support your team\’s growth and ensure they deliver high-impact work.
• Guide architecture and technical design decisions, ensuring we build systems that scale globally.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support bank integrations and expand our payment network.
• Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring and adoption of best practices.
• Understand and contribute to team systems deeply enough to be hands-on when needed.
• Have an overview of the broader Wise platform squad, sharing learnings and shaping how we build software company-wide.

What You’ll Need To Succeed
We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!

• Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience of Java (8+) and Spring Framework.
• Deep understanding of microservices and event-driven architectures.
• Product mindset — you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation.
• Strong experience designing and optimizing relational databases.
• Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews.
• Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.

Interested? Find out more:

• The Wise Tech Stack, 2025 Edition.
• Wise Engineering –

What Do We Offer

• Starting salary: £100,000-£125,000 + RSU
• Wise Benefits

Additional Information
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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Engineering and Information Technology

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