Senior Software Engineer

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 87,500 - 111,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringSkills: ["Product mindset","Data-driven decision making","Problem-solving","Communication","Collaboration"]

Build and improve financial crime prevention systems in Wise’s Account Integrity team, safeguarding accounts against sophisticated fraud and account takeovers. Take end-to-end ownership of projects, delivering measurable impact through backend and some frontend development (80/20 split). Design and operate resilient distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines, optimize data access with relational/non-relational databases, and collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and Investigations to protect customers and accelerate fraud prevention automation.

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Senior Software Engineer

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Job Summary

Build and improve financial crime prevention systems in Wise’s Account Integrity team, safeguarding accounts against sophisticated fraud and account takeovers. Take end-to-end ownership of projects, delivering measurable impact through backend and some frontend development (80/20 split). Design and operate resilient distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines, optimize data access with relational/non-relational databases, and collaborate closely with Product, Data Science, and Investigations to protect customers and accelerate fraud prevention automation.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Improve financial crime prevention infrastructure and systems in the Account Integrity team.
  • •Continuously build and refine controls to protect customer accounts from account takeovers.
  • •Own backend and frontend development for crime prevention and detection systems (80% backend, 20% frontend).
  • •Deliver real-world impact by securing customer money and increasing automation levels to accelerate product growth.
  • •Collaborate across Product, Data Science, and Investigations to make data-driven decisions and articulate complex technical concepts.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 87,500 - 111,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Professional experience with Java or other JVM-based languages, including the Spring framework.
  • •Build and design scalable web applications handling large traffic; ideally with React-based frontend and JavaScript/TypeScript.
  • •Proven system design and operation experience, including CI/CD pipelines and distributed, concurrent systems.
  • •Experience with relational and non-relational databases, including query optimisation and designing resilient schemas.
  • •Commitment to Test Driven Development and best coding practices, with strong problem-solving and product-minded ownership.
Experience:Financial servicesFraud preventionFincrime
Skills:Product mindsetData-driven decision makingProblem-solvingCommunicationCollaboration
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaJVMSpringReactJavaScriptTypeScriptCI/CDDistributed systemsConcurrent systemsRelational databasesNon-relational databasesTest Driven Development (TDD)Machine learning

Company Brief

Wise
Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a London-based fintech that provides low-cost international money transfers, multi-currency accounts and payment infrastructure for individuals and businesses worldwide.
Industry: Payments
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 2011
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