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WiseEngineering

Senior Backend Engineer

London, , United KingdomFull-timeSenior£87,000 – £111,000
Posted Nov 3, 2026Deadline: Dec 4, 2026
Job SnapshotActively hiring
LocationLondon, , United Kingdom
Job typeFull-time
Salary£87,000 – £111,000
DeadlineDec 4, 2026

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Senior
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Salary
£87,000 – £111,000
Key skills
JavaPaymentsComplianceSOX

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What you'll own

Design, build, and maintain end‑to‑end pricing services, own their availability, reliability, security, and drive incident resolution and post‑mortems.

What they're looking for

Senior software engineers with strong Java/OOP experience, a track record of large‑scale production projects, product‑focused ownership, and solid communication/mentoring skills; fintech or payments background is a plus.

Why this role matters

Pricing underpins Wise’s mission of transparent, low‑fee money transfers and touches every product launch, directly influencing growth and customer trust.

Best suited to

Engineers who thrive on full‑stack ownership, enjoy shaping technical direction, mentoring teammates, and collaborating across global product and compliance teams.

About this role

Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.

For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.

The opportunity

We are looking for a passionate Senior Backend Software Engineer to join the Personal & Business Pricing Team.

Pricing is core to Wise's mission of transparency. This role offers an opportunity to have a direct and measurable impact on a domain that is central to Wise's growth. Personal & Business Pricing sits at the intersection of nearly every product launch and promotion at Wise. We build the infrastructure and tooling for pricing across Wise products. You'll work in a highly collaborative environment and gain exposure to a wide range of domains while helping to shape the team's technical direction. You'll partner closely with global and regional product teams to enable new product features and experiments while ensuring our pricing infrastructure remains scalable, reliable and accurate.

What will you be working on?

  • Design and build features end-to-end across our pricing services.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and code reviews, raising the bar on quality, reliability and observability.
  • Drive initiatives to improve the reliability and scalability of our services, improving the reliability and flexibility of our pricing products.

What they're looking for

What we're looking for

Technical Excellence

  • Strong background in software engineering, with a track record of contributing significantly to large, impactful projects in a complex production domain.
  • Experience with Java or similar OOP language.
  • Expert in your technical discipline, with the ability to design for long-term iteration and scale.
  • You own the availability, reliability and security of the systems you build following engineering best practises.
  • You make sensible trade-offs between speed, scalability and risk, and optimise for a predictable, regular cadence of delivery.

Ownership & Product Mindset

  • You own the technical roadmap and deliverables of your projects end-to-end, embracing long-term ownership .
  • You can always explain why something is being built, what customer problem it's solving, and what impact is expected.
  • You take a leading role in incident resolution and post-incident review for both minor and major incidents.
  • Experience engaging with product, compliance and stakeholder teams to shape requirements and priorities.

Collaboration, Communication & Growth

  • Clear communication with both technical and non-technical audiences.
  • You give and receive feedback well, and contribute to a supportive environment that helps the team grow.
  • You mentor and coach other engineers, and own the onboarding of new joiners into the team.
  • You promote a culture of collaboration that minimises duplicate or wasted work, and pull other teams in the right direction.

Nice to haves

  • Experience in payments, fintech, or another related domain.
  • Prior experience working on a team with a global, distributed setup.
  • Experience with systems that involve compliance, audit, or regulatory requirements (SOX, fee disclosure, tax).
  • Familiarity with configuration-heavy domains where business logic is encoded in data as well as code.

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more

  • How we work - a practical guide
  • DEI @ Wise
  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)
  • See what it’s like to work at Wise London
  • Our engineering career map

Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer

  • Starting salary: £87,000 - £111,000 + RSUs
  • Wise Benefits

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money 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.

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.

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

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money 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.

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.

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

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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