Wise

FinTech

SeniorSoftwareEngineer

£85–130k ~AI est. London, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer at Wise. Skills: Backend systems, APIs, Data pipelines, Competitive intelligence. Build backend systems. Build APIs”

What You'll Achieve.

Shipped production features; Monitored impact; Proposed improvements; Improve team culture; Improve team processes

Industry & Context.

FinTech
Problems you'll solve

Ambiguous problems; End-to-end ownership

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of experience, Solid knowledge of relational databases, Experience building distributed and concurrent systems, Engineering fundamentals, Clear communication, A product mindset, Comfortable working independently

Nice to Have

Hands-on experience with scraping technologies, Experience building backend systems with Java or Kotlin, Experience with Spring, Experience operating data-heavy systems, Experience with measurement/attribution, Fintech or regulated-environment experience

What You'll Do.

Build backend systems

Define roadmap for data collection

Make data collection stable

Make data collection faster

Make data collection scalable

Expand competitive intelligence system

Strengthen competitive intelligence system

Build ingestion pipelines

Build validation pipelines

Operate distributed systems

Operate event-driven systems

Collaborate with product

Collaborate with engineering

Collaborate with analytics

Collaborate with data partners

Monitor production success

Provide thoughtful reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate daily; Cross-functional teams

Communication Scope

Explain technical decisions; Articulate technical concepts

Process & Methodology

Roadmap planning

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're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build and scale Wise's price comparison platform. Comparison is about transparency—helping customers understand the real cost of sending money and why Wise is the better choice. You'll own the systems that collect pricing data from competitors and make it accessible across Wise, powering comparison tools and enabling data-driven decisions. This means building robust scrapers, reliable data pipelines, and APIs that teams depend on. Accuracy and trust are non-negotiable. You'll join the Marketing-Platform team in the Onboarding & Scalable Growth squad. We build the systems that unlock and optimise digital marketing and CRM, enabling £30+ million in marketing investment with proven ROI. What you’ll do * Build the backbone: backend systems and APIs that power Wise’s comparison experiences. * Make scrapers feel “magical”: help define the roadmap for using LLMs and proven techniques to make data collection more stable, faster to evolve, and easier to scale. * Turn competitive pricing into a real-time advantage: expand and strengthen our competitive intelligence system across 100+ competitors in money transfer. * Obsess over data quality: build ingestion and validation pipelines with strong monitoring, accuracy checks, and rapid detection when the world changes. * Make data trustworthy by default: improve reliability, transparency and usability of marketing

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