Software Engineer - Application Engineering

Wise is one the fastest growing companies in Europe and we’re on a mission: to make money without borders the new normal. We’ve got 16 million customers across the globe and we’re growing. Fast.

Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply. 

So, we’re building a new one.

We need a Backend Engineer to join our mission and help us build a global platform that’s scalable, reliable and secure. You’ll dive right into projects on scalable dependency management and service standardisation.

We are looking for a Backend Engineer to join the Application Engineering team in Platforms.

Our team solves the problem of allowing Wise to scale without adding a significant overhead. We work on standardising Java microservices so that they can be operated seamlessly at scale.  We build tools that help services keep up with dependency changes across the org and make it easy for product engineers to focus on business logic by abstracting out all technical requirements that are needed to operate a service in a serviceframework. 

We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re 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, it gets increasingly complex to maintain the 600+ java services especially when a lot of those services operate uniquely making it harder to centralise solutions for them . We need to sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run, with a focus on availability, security, and ease of use. We’re 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?

• Evolving our dependency management framework that is currently used by 300+ java services. 
• Building our serviceframework to help standardise all new and old services.
• Understanding the internals on Spring Boot 3 on top of which we’ve built our serviceframework.  
• Building gradle plugins to improve developer productivity. 
• Participating in a team on-call rotation 

What do you need?

• Good problem solving skills are a must. 
• Basic knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.

• The ability to choose your own path to success – you’ll have the freedom to define the vision 
• The freedom to have real impact
• The opportunity to inspire teams 
• A fun work environment with social activities and events
• 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
• The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.
• Our Engineering career map
• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work
• Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

• Starting salary: £45,000-60,000 + RSU
• Company Restricted Stock Units
• Numerous great benefits in our London office 

Key benefits:

• Flexible working – whether it’s working from home, school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and you’re trusted to do the right thing and be responsible
• Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities
• 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

We're people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive. We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.

Every Wiser should feel that they can be themselves at work. Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to share their contributions towards mission zero and able to progress in their careers.

Having diverse teams that reflect our diverse customer base helps us build a better product. We can be more creative and empathetic to our customer's needs and life experiences and makes sure we leave no-one behind on our journey to mission-zero.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

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