BackendEngineer-RiskAssessmentPlatform

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](https://wise.jobs/our-mission) and [what we offer](https://wise.jobs/what-we-offer). The team you will be joining: Risk Assessment Platform The team's mission is to provide a reliable, efficient, and centralized platform for all data points used in risk assessments. We own the feature lifecycle tracks from finding, experimenting, and building data points to using them throughout risk control and handling use cases. We allow risk teams to build better performing controls by continuously improving labels, discovering new fincrime typologies or adopting new technologies. Our focus is on creating the necessary tools and procedures that support these activities. Our main vision points are: * We provide high-quality, reliable data * We serve predictive features that capture unwanted (crime related) behavior * We maintain effective models that help us scale and adapt to change * Comprehensive controls that prevent threats and satisfy regulators. As a Backend Engineer, your job will be to provide technical assistance and guidance to Wise's data engineering and machine learning community, taking ownership of difficult technical problems. In order to succeed, you’ll need to be able to participate in the vision for data engineering through documents and conversations, get buy-in from stakeholders and leadership, communicate well in different levels of complexity and create and review pull requests. What does it take? * 5+ years of Java 11+ knowledge (and willingness to quickly learn python) * Experience wi