Engineering Lead

At Wise were on a mission to make money borderless instant and convenient for millions of people and businesses worldwide. Our engineers are at the heart of this mission solving complex challenges and building seamless secure solutions that customers love.

Wise is opening a new office in Hyderabad that will be in the heart of product development of the company. Were looking for an Engineering Lead to join our very first product team in Hyderabad which will be part of Asia & Pacific regional expansion.

APAC customers are a strong contributor to the Wises growth. India plays a crucial part of it. A big part of this growth comes from new customer acquisitions so having a fast convenient and delightful customer onboarding journey and money movement are central to this growth. Thats the mission of the India Product team and were looking for people who can make this happen. If this sounds like an exciting challenge wed love to hear from you!

Heres how youll be contributing to the team:

• Lead the Engineering Team that develops Wises products that will be used by Wises Customers to service the Indian market.  Disrupt the cross-border industry in India that is hugely dominated by Banks.

• Design onboarding and money movement solutions tailored to India markets by leveraging local KYC stack and payment ecosystem in India.

• Lead the development of robust systems to seamlessly onboard customers without delays while being compliant to local regulations. 

• Lead the development of scalable money movement systems that bring speed and convenience of domestic payment processing to cross border payments.

• Be responsible for the team that builds and maintains automations and tooling to process customer payments and data in a scalable and cost-efficient way.

• Utilise the observability stack and analytics to identify gaps and unlock new opportunities for growth and operational excellence.

• Collaborate with various stakeholders throughout Wise plan roadmaps and vision of India Product with key stakeholders and work through challenges to determine scope and realistic delivery. 

• Be responsible for running the engineering rituals of the team to be agile in product development. 

• Be responsible for the growth and development of engineers in the team through constructive feedback calibration and performance evaluation process. 

Qualifications :

A bit about you!

• You have solid Java 17 plus knowledge and experience with Spring framework.

• You have experience working with relational and non-relational databases query optimisation and schema design. 

• You approach challenges with a strong product mindset prioritise customer needs and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points.

• You have experience hiring and mentoring engineers and setting them up for success.

• You have led the design and development of complex engineering solutions and understand their broader impact on business outcomes.

• You have excellent communication skills and can articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences. 

• You provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineers with all levels of experience and seniority. 

• You have experience leading and managing a team of engineers and are familiar with the performance evaluation process 360 feedback methodologies and handling difficult situations with regards to performance. 

• You show strong ownership and accountability. Learn to operate beyond technical scope alone and be an enabler for the extended team.

but dont worry we dont expect you to know everything!

Some extra skills and experiences that would be great:

• You have experience with financial systems including how payments and digital onboarding flows work.

• You have good knowledge of Indian payment systems and KYC stack. 

• Have done public speaking on technical topics. 

• Have done engineering recruitment from Tier 1 and Tier 2 universities. 

What you can expect as an Engineer Lead at Wise: 

We dont measure seniority by years of experience but by the impact you create and the complexity of problems you can help solve. You will experience leading a product engineering team first hand - Wises unique strength. As an Engineering Lead at Wise you would be given the licence to:

• Lead a team of minimum of 4 engineers by the end of 2025.

• Own the technical roadmap and vision for the team and contribute to the product roadmap and vision.

• Propose ideas to improve and grow your teams product. Work with stakeholders to build conviction to unblock opportunities.

• Build strong relationships with APAC teams globally. Engineering in Hyderabad and Singapore will and should be in constant collaboration. 

• Embrace long-term ownership of projects while training other engineers to reduce single points of failure. Identify gaps and plan ahead for hiring.

• Be active in architecting and designing services that allow for iterative delivery and future scaling through feedback and reviews. Get hands-on when the team absolutely needs it to be in touch with the technology stack.

• Collaborate closely across functions like product analytics compliance and operations to ensure smooth and effective delivery

To get the best view of what we expect at all levels of our engineering team you can take a look at our Engineering Career Map

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.

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Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time