Senior Staff Software Engineer Risk Assessment Platform, Servicing

About the role:

We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer (IC5) to join our Risk Assessment Platform squad. Our mission is to build a platform that allows Wise product teams to stay safe and compliant by executing risk assessments quickly and easily while enabling our Financial Crime and Compliance teams to build controls with minimal effort.

Positioned exactly between these two worlds our team is in the best possible place to drive company-wide impact. We ensure our customers can achieve their goals safely conveniently and without friction. Because we sit at the heart of the action at Wise we deal with massive amounts of data and high-throughput systemsmaking this an incredibly attractive playground for engineers who love solving complex high-scale problems.

How we work:

At Wise we believe in autonomy alignment and impact. As an IC5 engineer you wont just be executing tasksyou will be a visionary. You will own fundamental components and libraries collaborate across diverse teams and define the long-term technical strategy for your domain. We value open communication high technical standards and a passion for solving real-world financial challenges.

What will you be working on:

In the near future you will be spearheading technical solutions for our biggest upcoming challenges:

• Data Integrity: Solving complex problems related to data lineage completeness and validity.

• Bridging the Gap: Designing and defining the technical contracts between Product teams and Financial Crime teams.

• End-to-End Flows: Building robust scalable e2e risk assessment workflows.

• System Optimization: Driving initiatives to continuously improve our speed latency and cost metrics.

What do you need:

• Deep Backend Expertise: Solid production-proven experience with Java and modern (micro)service architectures.

• System Design & Protocols: A rock-solid understanding of both synchronous and asynchronous communication protocols.

• Advanced Architecture Skills: Experience owning and designing fundamental components shared libraries and core infrastructure.

• Technical Leadership: The ability to act as a visionary mapping out a clear technical strategy for your ownership area and mentoring others to get there.

• Strong Communication: Exceptional collaboration skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts and align a highly diverse set of stakeholders.

Nice to Have:

• Previous experience working closely with data streaming and processing frameworks.

• Hands-on experience solving complex data validity or data lineage problems at scale.

• Background working in Fintech Regtech or high-throughput financial systems.

Interested Find out more:

• How we work a practical guide

• DEI @ Wise

• Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

• See what its like to work at Wise London!

• Our Engineering career map

• Wise Engineering do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 145000 - 182000 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