Wise
Finance / FinServ
EngineeringLead-GlobalCurrencies
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“Engineering Lead - Global Currencies at Wise. Skills: Tech lead responsibilities, People manager responsibilities, Java or Kotlin, Spring framework, Microservices, Relational databases, Agile methodologies. Lead the Global Currencies team. Deliver USD, EUR and other global currencies to foreign countries”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver USD, EUR and other global currencies to foreign countries; Improve our product; Optimize how payments are processed on the network; Build high-performing, autonomous agile teams; Consistently delivers results
Industry & Context.
Solve the challenge of getting customer's money to recipients the fastest and most reliable way, without unexpected deductions on the Swift network
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Product mindset, consistently prioritizing customer needs and making data-driven decisions., Experience as a tech lead or manager, with a proven track record of guiding and developing engineers, fostering their growth, and building high-performing, autonomous agile teams., Sense of ownership, excellent communication skills, and a collaborative spirit., Extensive experience with Java (8+) or Kotlin, including proficiency with the Spring framework and understanding of microservice best practices., Skilled in working with relational databases, including query optimization and designing robust schemas., Advocate for best coding practices, enjoy writing testable code, and actively participate in code reviews and open feedback., Gets things done and consistently delivers results.
Nice to Have
Experience with the Swift network and related services(FIN, GPI), or familiarity with the ISO20022 standard., Experience building highly reliable and highly available systems.
What You'll Do.
Lead the Global Currencies team
EUR and other global currencies to foreign countries
Look after customers sending on these routes
Improve product using Swift services
Build a unique routing system using GPI data to optimize payment processing
Ensure quality of team's technical solutions (code quality
Ensure team is building the right product in a scalable
Manage team's productivity
career path identification
Support engineers in their individual growth
Ensure team has the right size and mix of people
Decide when to hire and who
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Close collaboration with product manager, banker, operations and analysts; Guiding and developing engineers; Building high-performing, autonomous agile teams; Collaborative spirit
Communication Scope
Excellent communication skills
Process & Methodology
Goal setting, Career path identification, Hiring decisions
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 We are seeking an Engineering Lead based in our Budapest office to lead one of the teams in our Regional Tribe. You will be leading the Global Currencies team, which serves a special purpose in Wise: It’s the bridge between Wise and the Swift network - the backbone of the financial system and interbank communication. The team is expert in correspondent banking and various Swift services, like SwiftRef and GPI, and they utilise these services to a high extent to improve our product. The team’s main responsibility is to deliver USD, EUR and other global currencies to foreign countries (to China for example), and look after customers - mostly businesses - who send on these routes. The main challenge is to get our customer’s money to the recipients the fastest and most reliable way, without unexpected deductions on the Swift network - a challenging, but not impossible task. To solve this challenge the team builds a unique routing system, which uses GPI data to constantly optimise how payments are processed on the network. Our technology stack includes Java, Kotlin, Kafka messaging and relational databases, but also graphs and LLMs. The team is dynamically growing, and its role and responsibilities are increasing every day. How we work We work in an agile fashion, with engineers closely collaborating with the product manager, banker, operations and analysts. The team operates across our Budapest, Talli
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