Wise

Financial Services

SrSoftwareEngineer-Fincrime

£88–111k London, England, United Kingdom FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for mid candidates.

The Brief

“Sr Software Engineer - Fincrime at Wise. Skills: Financial crime prevention, System design, Data analysis. Improve financial crime prevention infrastructure. Improve financial crime prevention systems”

What You'll Achieve.

Prevent Account Takeovers; Reduce send scam incidents; Surpass regulatory expectations

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Problem-solving ability

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Professional experience with Java, Experience with Spring framework, Experience designing CI/CD pipelines, Experience operating CI/CD pipelines, Experience designing Distributed Systems, Experience operating Distributed Systems, Experience designing Concurrent Systems, Experience operating Concurrent Systems, Product mindset, Accountability, Ability to drive projects independently, Make data-driven decisions, Experience with relational databases, Experience with non-relational databases, Query optimisation experience, Designing resilient schemas experience, Exceptional fundamentals, Sharp problem-solving ability, Commitment to Test Driven Development, Commitment to best coding practices, Excellent communication skills

Nice to Have

Familiarity with machine learning lifecycle, Experience with mySQL, Experience with MongoDB

What You'll Do.

Improve financial crime prevention infrastructure

Improve financial crime prevention systems

Build critical controls

Refine critical controls

Develop innovative solutions

Secure customers' money

Accelerate product growth

Raise automation levels

Engineer money transfer product

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Across teams; Product; Data Science; Investigations

Communication Scope

Articulate technical concepts

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: Join us as a Software Engineer in our critical Trust and Safety team. This is a high-impact engineering role with a strong product focus, dedicated to solving complex, real-world adversarial problems to directly protect our global customer base. How we work: The Trust and Safety Team The Trust and Safety team is on the front lines, dedicated to safeguarding our platform against sophisticated financial crime. We leverage cutting-edge machine learning, real-time transaction monitoring, and advanced data analysis to create robust controls and detection capabilities. Our vision is to build a globally scalable fraud prevention engine that protects customer accounts, prevents scams, and consistently surpasses regulatory expectations. What will you be working on? This defining role involves continuously improving our financial crime prevention infrastructure and systems. You will deliver a direct, measurable impact on customer security by taking end-to-end ownership of projects focused on: * Building and refining critical controls to prevent Account Takeovers (ATO). * Developing innovative solutions to significantly reduce send scam incidents. * You will be delivering a tangible, real-world impact by securing customers' money, accelerating product growth by raising automation levels, and helping us engineer a world-class money transfer product. What do you need? * Engineering Expertise: Professional exp

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