Software Engineer- Regional Expansion Payments Platform (Java)

The team youll be joining the Payment Integrations Platform here our goal is to provide a reliable and scalable platform integrating payment schemes of the world into Wise. 

The platform is used by all the regional engineers and supports 100 integrations currently including a number of direct payment scheme integrations.

All cross-border (and more) transfers of Wise are going through this platform.

• Youll have onboarded and found your place through understanding your team and tribe vision and how you can contribute 

• Youll understand how our values can help you guide your work 

• Youll understand the reasons behind problematic payments and customer difficulties and how to go about solving them 

• Youll be raising the automation level to enable scaling of the product

• Understand our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives. Youll help us scale-up and build a world class money transfer product by finding solutions to our technical challenges and opportunities

You will be central to unifying hundreds of complex unique payment schemes and bank integrations into a single compliant and highly efficient platform. The primary responsibilities include managing integration complexity ensuring continuous regulatory compliance and maintaining high transaction speed and scalability to support Wises growth. 

You will take part in on-call activities and you will be a key influencer who harmonises complex conflicting requirements to drive maximum usability reliability and performance.

Qualifications :

What do you need

• Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.

• Experience working with relational databases SQL query optimisation and schema design.

• A strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects.

• Ability to work independently while also being a collaborative team player frequently engaging in cross-team efforts.

• The ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value.

• Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.

• Adherence to and advocacy for best coding practices continuous delivery and code reviews.

• A proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.

• Good discipline and skill in producing written documentation and diagrams.

It would be a bonus if you also have:

• Interest in using AI assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code

• Knowledge of / TypeScript /  React /

• Worked with i18n libraries and third party translation services

• Good knowledge of observability stacks and tooling (e.g. Grafana ELK Prometheus Tracing)

but dont worry we dont expect you to know everything!

What the first six months in this role will look like:

• Youll have onboarded and found your place through understanding your team squad and guild vision and how you can contribute

• Understanding the Wise product fintech space and our tech culture

• Youll have fully developed new features from planning to release and keep monitoring their adoption once live 

• Gone through two quarterly plannings and proposed ideas to take your product further 

Additional Information :

What you get back:

• RSUs in a growing company 

• An annual self-development budget

• Statutory maternity leave with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption

• Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay

• 3 fully paid me days per year to help you manage life

• Relocation and visa expenses covered 

• A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years 

Find out more about our benefits in our London office.

Interested Find out more:

• How we work a practical guide

• Wise Vlogs: Omar Engineering Lead 

• Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

• Our Engineering career map

• Our Engineering values

or check out our Engineering blog.

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