Engineering Lead - Account Details Experience

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 105,000 - 135,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Communication","Mentorship","Leadership","Cross-team collaboration","Continuous improvement"]

Lead the Account Details Experience team to build and evolve Wise’s platform for receiving international payments. You’ll manage and mentor backend and web engineers, partner with Product to shape the roadmap, and deliver initiatives like the receive-to-alias experience. The role includes frequent cross-team collaboration, 24/7 on-call rotation (every 6–10 weeks), and engineering excellence through clean code, testing, and code reviews.

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Wise
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1 month ago

Engineering Lead - Account Details Experience

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Job Summary

Lead the Account Details Experience team to build and evolve Wise’s platform for receiving international payments. You’ll manage and mentor backend and web engineers, partner with Product to shape the roadmap, and deliver initiatives like the receive-to-alias experience. The role includes frequent cross-team collaboration, 24/7 on-call rotation (every 6–10 weeks), and engineering excellence through clean code, testing, and code reviews.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead a team of backend and web engineers, mentoring and growing people.
  • •Work closely with Product to shape what Wise will build next and build the roadmap for the next two quarters.
  • •Deliver the receive-to-alias experience and related platform work.
  • •Drive engineering best practices including clean, performant, well-tested code, continuous delivery, and code reviews.
  • •Join the 24/7 on-call rotation for critical services (normally on-call every 6–10 weeks) and help improve it.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 105,000 - 135,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:Rsus

Key Requirements

  • •Experience leading teams and expanding products in support of ongoing growth.
  • •Strong product mindset focused on user experience, using data-driven decisions to address customer pain points.
  • •Ability to communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • •Experience developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment.
  • •Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot and experience with messaging systems like Kafka (plus relational and non-relational databases is a plus).
Skills:CommunicationMentorshipLeadershipCross-team collaborationContinuous improvement
Languages:English
Tech Stack:JavaSpring bootKafka

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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