Engineering Lead - Global Currencies

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.

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About the role 

We are seeking an Engineering Lead based in our Budapest office to lead one of the teams in our Regional Tribe. 

You will be leading the Global Currencies team, which serves a special purpose in Wise: It’s the bridge between Wise and the Swift network - the backbone of the financial system and interbank communication. The team is expert in correspondent banking and various Swift services, like SwiftRef and GPI, and they utilise these services to a high extent to improve our product.

The team’s main responsibility is to deliver USD, EUR and other global currencies to foreign countries (to China for example), and look after customers - mostly businesses - who send on these routes. The main challenge is to get our customer’s money to the recipients the fastest and most reliable way, without unexpected deductions on the Swift network - a challenging, but not impossible task. To solve this challenge the team builds a unique routing system, which uses GPI data to constantly optimise how payments are processed on the network.

Our technology stack includes Java, Kotlin, Kafka messaging and relational databases, but also graphs and LLMs. The team is dynamically growing, and its role and responsibilities are increasing every day.

How we work

We work in an agile fashion, with engineers closely collaborating with the product manager, banker, operations and analysts. The team operates across our Budapest, Tallinn and London offices. 

What will you be working on?

You’ll be joining Wise as an engineering lead for the mentioned Global Currencies team, and you will have tech lead and people manager responsibilities:

• As a tech lead, you will be responsible for the quality of your team’s technical solutions, including code quality, architecture applicability, performance, reliability and adherence to company-wide engineering standards. You will make sure that the team is building the right product for our customers in a scalable, sustainable way.

• As a people manager, you will be responsible for your team's productivity, goal setting, career path identification, and you’ll be supporting the engineers in their individual growth. Also, you’ll make sure the team has the right size and mix of people, you will decide when to hire and who.

Don’t worry, you and your team will be supported by the product manager, banker, analyst, and your lead.

What do you need?

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more, we do want to hear from you!

• You have a strong product mindset, consistently prioritizing customer needs and making data-driven decisions.

• You have experience as a tech lead or manager, with a proven track record of guiding and developing engineers, fostering their growth, and building high-performing, autonomous agile teams. 

• You demonstrate a strong sense of ownership, have excellent communication skills, and a collaborative spirit.

• You have extensive experience with Java (8+) or Kotlin, including proficiency with the Spring framework and understanding of microservice best practices.

• You are skilled in working with relational databases, including query optimization and designing robust schemas.

• You are a strong advocate for best coding practices, enjoy writing testable code, and actively participate in code reviews and open feedback.

• Ultimately, you're someone who gets things done and consistently delivers results.

Nice to have: 

• You have experience with the Swift network and related services(FIN, GPI), or familiarity with the ISO20022 standard.

• You have experience building highly reliable and highly available systems.

What you get back:

• The empowerment to solve problems your way.

• The freedom to have real impact.

• Loads of development opportunities.

• Deep knowledge about the world’s financial system.

• A fun work environment with social activities and events.

• The opportunity to work with super smart people.

• Competitive salary, stock options in the company.

• Flexibility to work of in-office and remotely

Interested? Find out more:

• 👀 Wise Tech Stack 2025 Update

• 📹 Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead 

• 📈 Engineering career journeys at Wise

• 🚀 Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

What we offer:

• Benefits at Wise and our offices

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For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

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