Technical Leadership & Delivery
Own large-scale projects: Lead the technical roadmap and deliverables for significant, impactful initiatives (8+ engineering weeks)Design scalable systems: Build backend services and APIs with a long-term approach, using design patterns that enable easy iteration and scalingFull-stack contribution: Work across the entire stack with particular strength in backend technologies, ensuring seamless integration between frontend and backend systemsMaintain system reliability: Take accountability for the availability, reliability, and security of the systems you buildAPI-first design: Ensure all products are designed with strong, well-documented APIs that partners and internal teams can easily consumeProduct & Strategic Impact
Drive technical roadmap: Own and contribute to your team's technical roadmap alongside product partnersProduct thinking: Provide strong feedback on product roadmaps, always able to articulate why something is being built, what customer problem it solves, and expected impactTechnical debt management: Proactively address technical debt and plan work to keep it within risk appetiteCross-team collaboration: Promote collaboration across teams to minimize duplicate work and align everyone toward common goalsMentorship & Team Excellence
Mentor engineers: Coach and assist other engineers in your team and broader engineering guildsOwn onboarding: Lead the onboarding process for new engineers joining your teamEngineering practices: Ensure your team follows Wise's engineering best practices (observability, security, database usage, testing, etc.)Technical Expertise
Backend mastery: Expert-level knowledge in backend technologies with up-to-date knowledge of your disciplineFull-stack capabilities: Strong understanding of frontend technologies and ability to work across the entire stackDistributed systems: Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and how to design them effectivelySystem design: Experience designing and building scalable, maintainable systems with proper abstractionsLeadership & Collaboration
Mentorship skills: Proven ability to coach and develop other engineersCross-functional collaboration: Excellent communication skills across engineering, product, design, and other functionsOwnership mindset: Embrace long-term ownership while building redundancy and knowledge sharingCultural contributor: Exemplify Wise values and contributeAdditional Information
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.
