SrSoftwareEngineer-ScreeningEngine

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). The Opportunity You'll be a key technical contributor on the Screening Engine team, working on some of the most consequential systems at Wise. That means you're not just executing - you're identifying problems before they're problems, driving technical direction within your team, and actively shaping the product roadmap alongside your peers. You'll work closely with compliance, risk, and operations teams to ensure our screening stays sharp, scalable, and defensible under regulatory scrutiny. What you’ll do Deliver & Own * Take end-to-end ownership of projects within the Screening Engine - from design through deployment to post-release monitoring * Proactively identify risks and blockers early, and drive them to resolution without waiting to be asked * Write clean, testable, well-reviewed code and hold a high bar for the team around you Shape the Product * Contribute meaningfully to the technical and product roadmap for Sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Media screening * Use data and benchmarking to continuously improve matching algorithm effectiveness and precision * Balance risk reduction, operational scalability, and growth when making trade-offs - keeping the customer experience front and centre Build Great Systems * Design and evolve fault-tolerant, high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems built for regulatory scrutiny * Improve observability, reliability, and maintainability of existing services - not jus