Wise

Finance / FinServ

EngineeringLead-GetPaidFormats

$105–135k london, england, united kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Engineering Lead - GetPaid Formats at Wise. Skills: Experience leading teams, Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems, Experience with common design and architectural patterns, Java, Spring boot, Kafka. creating seamless and efficient solutions for customers to receive money directly into their Wise accounts. working in products like our Payment Links, Invoice and QuickPay, as more to come, as well as our in-network payment method: Pay With Wise”

Industry & Context.

Finance / FinServ
Problems you'll solve

make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points

Eligibility Requirements

Being part of the on-call rotation for our critical services and helping the team improve it, normally being on-call every 6-10 weeks.

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Experience leading teams and expand products in order to navigate to ongoing expansion., A product mindset and passion for user experience, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points, Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences, Leading and inspiring your team of engineers to build the prioritise building right things, in the right way, Ability to deliver work across multiple teams, coordinating your efforts across the organisation., Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value, Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment, Experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean code that is performant and well tested, Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement, Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews, Being part of the on-call rotation for our critical services and helping the team improve it, normally being on-call every 6-10 weeks.

Nice to Have

Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas is a plus, Knowledge of Java and Spring boot and experience with a messaging system, like Kafka, is a plus

What You'll Do.

creating seamless and efficient solutions for customers to receive money directly into their Wise accounts

working in products like our Payment Links

as well as our in-network payment method: Pay With Wise

make receiving money internationally as cheap and convenient as possible

build new ways of getting paid as well as improving the existing ones

set up the team direction

set up the team vision

mentor and grow engineers

building a high performance team

Invoice and payment link tools

Developing new ways of getting paid such as subscriptions and in-person

Enabling our products in more regions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

work closely with product; work with engineers; deliver work across multiple teams; coordinating your efforts across the organisation; cross-team collaboration

Communication Scope

Great communication skills; ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Process & Methodology

Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value

Full Job 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](https://wise.jobs/our-mission) and [what we offer](https://wise.jobs/what-we-offer). About the role: Team you will be working with: GetPaid Formats The GetPaid Formats team is dedicated to creating seamless and efficient solutions for customers to receive money directly into their Wise accounts. You will be working in products like our Payment Links, Invoice and QuickPay, as more to come, as well as our in-network payment method: Pay With Wise. Our goal is to make receiving money internationally as cheap and convenient as possible. And, we need an Engineering Lead to join our mission and help us build new ways of getting paid as well as improving the existing ones. As the Engineering Lead, you will work closely with product to set up the team direction, will work with engineers to set up the team vision and will mentor and grow engineers with the goal of building a high performance team able to make Wise’ offering for getting paid one of the best in the industry. How we work The GetPaid Formats team is part of the Global Product tribe, dedicated to enabling customers to receive money seamlessly and efficiently into their Wise accounts. We build innovative payment products that serve both businesses and consumers, creating convenient and reliable ways to get paid internationally. What will you be working on? * Invoice and payment link tools * Developing new ways of getting paid such as subscriptions and in-person * Enabling our products in more regions ## Qualifications What do you need? We are f

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