Director of Engineering - Database Platform
Director of Engineering - Database Platform
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Job Description
We are looking to hire a new Director of Engineering to lead the Database Platform Squad in London.
Wise is one the fastest growing companies in Europe and were on a mission: to make money without borders the new normal. Weve got 15 million customers across the globe and were growing. Fast.
Current banking systems dont let us send spend or receive money across borders easily or quickly or cheaply. So were building a new one. Enter: our Database Platform!
Our Database Platform underpins every service at Wise providing databases as a service for the entire companys engineering and analytical needs. Each day our data estate grows by terabytes powering everything from our internal systems to the Wise app you see as a customer.
As Director of Engineering for the Database Platform you will steer the technical vision and lead multiple teams responsible for database and infrastructure services. Youll collaborate closely with the teams in our Platform tribe and engineering organization. Ultimately youll drive our strategy to ensure longterm scalability resilience and efficiency of Wises data backbone all while supporting and scaling highperforming teams that keep our services reliable and secure.
What Youll Be Doing
Leading & Coaching
Provide strategic direction for complex highimpact database initiatives and guide your teams through the endtoend delivery lifecycle.
Mentor coach and develop highperforming engineers and engineering managers cultivating a supportive environment that prioritizes continuous growth and learning.
Drive a culture of ownership resilience and accountability in everything we do.
Managing complexity & scaling resilient infrastructure
Oversee the transition to ever more scalable faulttolerant infrastructure by championing best practices in architecture reliability and performance.
CrossFunctional Collaboration
Partner with Engineering Leads Product Managers analysts and business stakeholders to align database platform initiatives with wider organizational goals.
Serve as a primary point of contact for vendor negotiations budget planning and cost optimization clearly articulating recommendations and tradeoffs to nontechnical stakeholders.
Present platform roadmaps and updates to the broader engineering organization and leadership teams fostering transparency and knowledge sharing.
Strategic Influence & Continuous Improvement
Identify key opportunities for innovation automation and process improvement across database services driving transformation initiatives while maintaining security privacy and quality standards.
Anticipate future data needs and champion strategies that keep us agile and ready for global scale ensuring our databases and infrastructure remain a strong foundation for new products and features.
Is This You
Leadership & Strategy
Proven track record in leading and scaling engineering teams including experience with complex technical transformations (cloud migrations platform overhauls etc.).
Skilled in both agile and traditional project management approaches balancing speed and reliability to deliver value across multiple initiatives.
Advanced communication capabilities: can engage crossfunctional teams partner with execs and inspire/mentor engineers at all levels.
Ability to distill complex technical concepts into accessible language for nontech audiences.
Technical Foundation
Handson background in software development including Python Java or similar plus a solid grasp of system design engineering principles and high coding standards.
Expertise with AWS or GCP services and familiarity with modern platform engineering practices for building robust scalable infrastructure.
Experience with SQL or NoSQL databases and an understanding of high availability scalability security and performance.
Nice to Have:
Passion for technology and how it can fuel better user experiences.
Exposure to workflow orchestration solutions (Temporal Cadence or AWS Step Functions).
Knowledge or interest in payments platforms foreign exchange and largescale highly distributed systems.
Being a Wise customer (or excited to become one!).
Additional Information :
For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.
Were 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 its like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Full-time
