Staff Software Engineer - Developer Enablement

About the role 

We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building and scaling services and systems to join the Developer Enablement Squad. Though the role is focused on the SDLC (scalable efficient and secure) we work closely with other squads (Security Reliability Cloud Platform Data) to work on important engineering-wide challenges.

The Developer Enablement Squads mission is to enable engineers to ship at the speed of a startup with the security of a bank. We provide tools frameworks and best practices that engineers use to build test and deploy their code as well as manage the product lifecycle of their services.

At Wise we expect our Staff Engineers to have a deep understanding of the technology we use an ability to take end-to-end ownership of projects and mentor and coach other engineers and teams. This role has the potential to improve the experience of every Wise customer by improving the speed and security with which we put new functionality in their hands. 

How we work

We operate on a strong belief in automation programmatic implementation and reusable design. Were looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem but also follow through and help implement the design; drawing on the resources across the rest of the platform tribe.

As we grow and our technology estate becomes more complex the need for a secure frictionless SDLC increases exponentially. By adopting industry-leading tools and best practices we make it possible for engineers across the business to focus on what matters most to them - delivering value to Wise customers. We need to sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run with a focus on availability security and ease of use. Were looking for an engineer with relevant experience who can analyse complex requirements and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence. 

What will you be working on

• Projects that have significant impact on the developer experience of engineers focusing on increasing flow state reducing cognitive load and faster feedback loops.

• Building and advising on the infrastructure tooling and foundation of the technical parts of Wise

• Deepening CI/CD systems & their integrations across an organisation so that product teams can work efficiently

• Understand our internal customers and the impact our service offerings makes in their lives

• Keeping security and compliance-first mindset in the products we develop and make this easily consumable by Engineering.

What do you need

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!

• Experience writing clean reusable code in Go Java or Python.

• Experience designing CI/CD pipelines with knowledge of how to use them to automate the SDLC in line with CI/CD best practices.

• An understanding of the role testing plays in managing change risk and experience designing and implementing a test strategy in line with best practices.

• Experience of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS GCP)

• Experience of containerisation technology and orchestration platforms e.g. Docker Kubernetes

• Knowledge of architectural concepts such as microservices service mesh

• Understand SRE principles scaling and resiliency for various Platform service offerings

• A broad range of skills and knowledge with a deep understanding of certain domains.

• Youre passionate about helping others and keen to roll up your sleeves and take ownership to drive company-wide impact

Nice to Have:

• Experience working with Github ( Actions)

• Experience working with Spinnaker

• Experience working with Backstage

• Experience with test automation frameworks and test data management

• Experience working in regulated business PCI SOC DORA etc

Interested Find out more:

• How we work a practical guide

• Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

• Our Engineering career map

• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

• Wise Engineering do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 00 RSU

  • Wise Benefits

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  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