Senior Software Engineer Global KYC and Onboarding Java

We are the Global KYC and Onboarding squad in the Servicing department and we have a mission: to enable teams at Wise to expand and fine-tune the business in a config change manner all across the globe while remaining compliant and safe for the customers. There are three teams in the squad: Business Onboarding Verification Personal Onboarding Verification and Wise Platform Verification (this is our B2B platform).

All of the teams are diverse cross-functional groups passionate about solving complex problems with elegant solutions. We bring together backend and frontend engineers mobile developers designers data analysts and product managers who collaborate closely to deliver exceptional customer experiences. Our teams are responsible for the critical verification journeys that business and personal customers complete before using Wises products. We own the entire verification lifecycle from document collection flows and automated review systems to agent tooling and compliance monitoring. We operate with high autonomy make data-driven decisions and celebrate both technical excellence and customer impact. As a team that touches both regulatory requirements and customer experience we have unique opportunities to innovate in a space traditionally resistant to change.

By joining one of our teams youll directly impact these customers by transforming a traditionally frustrating experience into one thats fast intuitive and fair. Your code will help individuals and small businesses access global banking faster enable entrepreneurs to pay international employees on time and allow people like you and your teammates support their families across borders without friction. Were not just building verification systems were removing barriers that stand between our customers and their financial freedom.

We need like-minded engineers in all the teams in the squad so well use the interview process to discover where your unique skills shine brightest. Ultimately we want to match you with the team that perfectly aligns with your experience and sets you up for success!

As a Senior Software Engineer you will own large-sized impactful projects within the domain. Your responsibilities span end-to-end:

• You will own the technical roadmap for your areas of ownership ensuring they address important technical debt reliability scalability and security concerns.

• You will be instrumental in designing and implementing robust backend systems that provide clean APIs and interfaces to hide the internal complexity.

• You will drive the integration with various risk and mitigation systems to ensure that Wise is compliant.

• You will take initiative to identify and solve impactful problems both within your team and beyond contributing to high-impact cross-team initiatives.

What we expect from you:

• You have 4 years of experience working with Java 8 Spring framework asynchronous message queues (e.g. Kafka RabbitMQ) and have architected and built highly scalable microservices.

• A strong product mindset and a deep passion for both customer experience and regulatory compliance. 

• You will prioritize work with a holistic view of the customer and business impact making data-driven decisions to solve complex ambiguous problems.

• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical and architectural concepts clearly to diverse audiences including product managers designers and other engineering teams.

• You demonstrate a commitment to writing clean testable maintainable and highly performant code and you are a strong advocate for best coding practices and rigorous code reviews.

• Proven ability to identify and lead the technical delivery of large-scale organisationally-complex projects adept at anticipating and escalating organizational blockers.

• Extensive experience working with relational and non-relational databases including advanced query optimization schema design and data lifecycle management for sensitive information.

What does success look like

• Youll have deeply embedded yourself within our mission owning and delivering quarterly goals for the team significantly impacting our ability to scale and improve verification processes.

• Youll own the technical roadmap for your areas ensuring it supports both immediate delivery needs and long-term strategic objectives including addressing technical debt and improving system health.

• Youll leverage your expertise to identify the right solutions to solve ambiguous open-ended problems driving tough prioritization decisions that deliver clear business and customer value.

• Youll consistently define and implement technical solutions or efficient operational processes that level up your team and contribute beyond it mentoring other engineers and sharing best practices.

• Youll inspire a high-performing team environment where ideas are shared technical excellence is pursued and continuous learning is embraced.

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