Wise
Finance / FinServ
SeniorSoftwareEngineerWiseforBanks
“Senior Software Engineer - Wise for Banks at Wise. Skills: Java, Spring Boot, Kafka, PostgreSQL, Microservices architecture, Event-driven design. Design, develop, and maintain highly scalable services in Java and Spring Boot within a microservices architecture. Apply domain-driven design to build robust, scalable solutions”
What You'll Achieve.
Build scalable and robust systems that power our global payment network; Support partner integrations; Expand our network of global partnerships; Design and implement highly available, resilient services to support our partner ecosystem's rapid growth; Contribute to over 700 Microservices at Wise; Drive the development of high-quality money transfers with unmatched speed; Optimise liquidity; Support seamless payments; Manage foreign exchange (FX) risk at scale; Ensure performance and scalability of databases; Expand the Wise payment platform globally
Industry & Context.
Excellent problem-solving skills
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience with Java and Spring Boot for building backend services or similar languages and/or frameworks, expertise in microservices architecture and event-driven design, Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems, knowledge of relational databases like PostgreSQL, with the ability to design schemas, optimise queries, and ensure data integrity, 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, Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently or in a collaborative team environment, communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
Nice to Have
Proficiency in domain-driven design (DDD) to model complex business domains is a plus
What You'll Do.
and maintain highly scalable services in Java and Spring Boot within a microservices architecture
Apply domain-driven design to build robust
Lead development efforts in event-driven architectures using Kafka or similar messaging systems
and optimise relational databases (e.g.
PostgreSQL) to ensure performance and scalability
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support partner integrations and expand the Wise payment platform globally
Participate in code reviews
champion best coding practices and mentor junior engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate closely with Implementation, Solutions Engineering and Business Development teams and other Wise Engineering teams; Collaborate with talented Engineering teams; Team up with the delivery team and product managers; Active involvement in cross-team collaboration; Representing Wise Platform; Collaborate with cross-functional teams
Communication Scope
Ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences
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