Wise

Finance / FinServ

SeniorSoftwareEngineerInvestments

£85–105k london, england, united kingdom FULL TIME
The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer - Investments at Wise. Skills: Java, Spring boot, distributed systems, web applications. define how this works from the ground up - shaping the product, the technical foundations, and every detail that makes it real. developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment”

What You'll Achieve.

making their lives easier and save them money; customers in control of how their balance is held; deliver customer value

Industry & Context.

Finance / FinServ
Problems you'll solve

make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points; Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

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, Ability to work independently while also being a supportive team player. Your work will frequently involve cross-team collaboration., Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value, Ability to coordinate complex projects across different teams, 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

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.

define how this works from the ground up - shaping the product

the technical foundations

and every detail that makes it real

developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment

writing clean code that is performant and well tested

Following and advocating best coding practices

continuous delivery and code reviews

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Your work will frequently involve cross-team collaboration.; Ability to coordinate complex projects across different teams

Communication Scope

articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences

Process & Methodology

Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value, Ability to coordinate complex projects across different teams

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