At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a team to enhance customer onboarding and improve user journeys.
- Company: Join Wise, a global leader in money transfer with a diverse team.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, RSUs, and opportunities for career growth.
- Other info: Mentorship opportunities in a collaborative and innovative environment.
- Why this job: Make a real impact by helping people move money without borders.
- Qualifications: Experience in scalable systems and microservices; strong communication skills.
The predicted salary is between 111000 - 145000 £ per year.
Overview
As a Senior Backend Engineer on Wise’s Consumer Onboarding team, you will shape the roadmap and technical vision to scale how new customers set up their Wise accounts.
You’ll lead a team of engineers, collaborating with product managers, data analysts, and designers to improve onboarding flows and user journeys.
You’ll own the health of critical systems, drive end‑to‑end high‑impact projects, and mentor others to accelerate delivery.
This role offers meaningful impact in helping people move money without borders.
- Pay / Benefits
- RSUs
- Wise Benefits
- Diversity, equity and inclusion
- International team
- Career growth opportunities
Responsibilities
- Shape roadmap and technical vision with PM and Engineering Lead
- Ensure the team is well‑resourced and able to deliver on roadmaps
- Drive end‑to‑end high‑impact projects from problem understanding to delivery
- Own system health, maintainability, and performance at scale
- Collaborate with senior engineers and engineering leads to align with broader strategy
- Coach and mentor engineers to support their growth and multiply impact
- Key requirements
- Distributed, highly scalable systems experience
- Microservices architecture expertise
- Strong product and customer mindset with experience building customer‑facing products
- Proficiency in OOP languages (Java or similar)
- Excellent communication of complex technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Collaborative with cross‑functional peers (designers, product managers, analysts)
- Mentoring and capability‑building mindset
- leadership
- mentoring
- clear communication
- Distributed systems
- Microservices
- Java (or similar OOP language)
Senior Software Developer II - Consumer Onboarding in London employer: Wise
Wise is an exceptional employer that fosters a culture of inclusivity and innovation, making it an ideal place for a Lead ML / Data Scientist to thrive. With a hybrid working model, generous personal development budgets, and a commitment to employee growth, you will have the flexibility and resources to excel in your role while contributing to meaningful projects that redefine how money moves globally.
