Senior Engineering Lead II - Send Experience

Wise
London
Workplace: HybridFull timeGBP 135,000 - 175,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceSkills: ["Leadership","Communication","Strategic thinking","Product mindset"]

Lead engineering for Wise’s Send Experience, owning the end-to-end journey for millions of customers making international transfers. Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to shape strategy and roadmap, translate priorities into reliable execution, and define technical direction as the primary technical owner. Start by leading two cross-functional teams, drive operational excellence across reliability and security, and grow Engineering Leads while aligning complex trade-offs across global stakeholders.

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Senior Engineering Lead II - Send Experience

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Job Summary

Lead engineering for Wise’s Send Experience, owning the end-to-end journey for millions of customers making international transfers. Partner with Product, Design, and Analytics to shape strategy and roadmap, translate priorities into reliable execution, and define technical direction as the primary technical owner. Start by leading two cross-functional teams, drive operational excellence across reliability and security, and grow Engineering Leads while aligning complex trade-offs across global stakeholders.
Location: London
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time · Permanent
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Define the product roadmap with Product, making trade-off decisions between speed, security, and long-term scale.
  • •Turn strategy into execution by setting outcomes and priorities, removing blockers, and enabling fast, reliable delivery.
  • •Provide technical ownership for Send, leading architectural decisions and addressing technical debt.
  • •Improve reliability, security, and operational health, ensuring proactive management of services used by millions.
  • •Lead two cross-functional teams initially, owning performance and career growth for Engineering Leads and aligning roadmap trade-offs with global stakeholders.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 135,000 - 175,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •Experience leading customer-facing engineering teams building apps or websites that simplify complex problems.
  • •Strong technical background across backend and client engineering, with deep understanding of scalable architecture.
  • •Leadership experience including hiring, performance management, and coaching to scale impact through Engineering Leads and senior engineers.
  • •A product mindset that connects technical efforts to customer value and business goals.
  • •Ability to communicate complex technical decisions to non-technical partners and challenge constructively to build alignment.
Experience:FintechPayments
Skills:LeadershipCommunicationStrategic thinkingProduct mindset
Languages:English

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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