Engineering Lead - Business Operations Tooling

Wise
Tallinn
Workplace: HybridFull timeEUR 6,666 - 8,333 monthlyFunction: Business OperationsSkills: ["Communication","Conflict resolution","Problem solving"]

Lead the Business Operations Tooling team by defining technical architecture and development standards for internal tools that centralize data, simplify workflows, and automate high-volume operational tasks. Shape short-term wins and long-term initiatives while staying hands-on with backend engineering and system architecture. Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to deliver the roadmap, and hire, lead, and mentor a team of engineers to ensure code quality and on-time delivery.

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Engineering Lead - Business Operations Tooling

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Job Summary

Lead the Business Operations Tooling team by defining technical architecture and development standards for internal tools that centralize data, simplify workflows, and automate high-volume operational tasks. Shape short-term wins and long-term initiatives while staying hands-on with backend engineering and system architecture. Collaborate with product, design, and analytics to deliver the roadmap, and hire, lead, and mentor a team of engineers to ensure code quality and on-time delivery.
Location: Tallinn
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Business Operations
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own the overall technical architecture, development standards, and delivery of the team’s roadmap technical work.
  • •Define the technical approach for building tools, balancing short-term wins with long-term initiatives while staying hands-on.
  • •Actively participate in product definition and the team’s product roadmap.
  • •Lead and mentor the engineering team (individual contributors), ensuring code quality and driving project completion.
  • •Coordinate with cross-functional partners (product, design, analytics) to build and integrate tools.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: EUR 6,666 - 8,333 monthly
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Rsus

Key Requirements

  • •Experience leading and mentoring software engineers, helping others grow and succeed.
  • •Strong communication skills with experience leading one or multiple teams across functions.
  • •Backend engineering and system architecture experience, delivering scalable solutions in fast-paced environments or internal tooling.
  • •Experience designing complex systems and working with databases.
  • •Experience with API design and asynchronous messaging.
Experience:Financial servicesInternal tooling
Skills:CommunicationConflict resolutionProblem solving
Languages:English
Tech Stack:SalesforceAPI designJVMJavaKotlinDatabaseAsynchronous messaging

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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