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.
More about our mission and what we offer.
Job DescriptionThe team you will be joining: Personal Onboarding Verification
The Personal Onboarding Verification team is part of the Global KYC and Onboarding Squad. The team is responsible for KYC (Know Your Customer) compliance procedures that our customers go through before using our products. The team achieves this by building systems for identity verification in collaboration with data scientists, data analysts and third parties. Together we’re using computer vision, optical character recognition (OCR), biometrics & facial recognition, large-scale data analytics, and machine learning (ML) models.
Wise operates at global scale, onboarding millions of new customers each year in addition to supporting the needs of our large existing customer-base. Our products provide coverage across 160+ countries and over 40 currencies. The Personal Onboarding Verification team is at the centre of that, building systems that cut through the operational complexity of working under 70+ financial licenses while providing a frictionless onboarding experience wherever in the world our customers may be.
Having product-focused and forward-thinking engineers has allowed Wise to cater to the needs of customers unlike any other business. We already have a world-leading platform and product, but there is more to do.
Your mission:
As an Engineering Lead for Personal Onboarding Verification, you will:
Lead, coach, and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers, supporting their growth and empowering them to do their best work.
Be an active contributor to delivery. Support day-to-day execution, get hands-on when the team needs it, and stay in touch with the technology stack. You’ll lead by example.
Work closely with the function leads in the team (Product, Design, Analytics, Data Science) and your team members to shape the roadmap, set the technical and product vision and ensure the team delivers on product goals in a robust and scalable way.
Enable your team to succeed by ensuring they are well-resourced, can plan effectively, and are set up to commit to and deliver on their roadmap.
Have a deep understanding of the tech and product of your teams - building out a clear tech strategy that follows from our product and marketing goals, setting high standards for quality, leading by example.
Own the health and productivity of the team, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.
Collaborate with other engineering leads and teams across the Squad and other Wise teams to ensure your team’s work is aligned with the wider technical strategy.
A bit about you:
You have strong, hands-on technical experience in OOP Languages (Java or similar) and modern technology stacks on technologies such as REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems and CI/CD pipelines - you will have to complete technical interviews to showcase your knowledge.
You have experience in leading and mentoring software engineers, including managing performance, well-being and growth, and handling difficult situations constructively.
You have strong system-design skills with real experience of distributed, high-throughput, resilient services, and event-driven architectures.
You enjoy helping others grow and succeed.
You have a strong product and customer mindset and experience building customer facing products.
You have experience working with and building distributed, high scalability systems and microservices architectures
You're a great communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
You thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience working effectively with cross-functional peers like designers, product managers, analysts and data scientists.
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.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
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Skills Required
- Strong hands-on technical experience with object-oriented programming languages, especially Java or a similar language.
- Experience with REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience leading and mentoring software engineers, including performance management, well-being, growth, and conflict resolution.
- Strong system design skills and experience with distributed, high-throughput, resilient services and event-driven architectures.
- Experience building distributed, highly scalable systems and microservices architectures.
- Experience building customer-facing products with a strong product and customer mindset.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining complex technical concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience collaborating effectively with designers, product managers, analysts, and data scientists.
Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Employee ownership through share awards is standard for permanent staff, and equity is described as a meaningful part of total compensation. This approach can make overall pay feel more competitive than base salary alone.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off is highlighted as a strong part of the package, including specific praise from operations roles. Generous PTO contributes to a more favorable view of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Health insurance is called out positively alongside other core benefits. Strong coverage helps offset concerns about the cash components of pay.
Wise Insights
What We Do
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. With Wise Account and Wise Business, people and businesses can hold 40 currencies, move money between countries and spend money abroad. Large companies and banks use Wise technology too; an entirely new network for the world's money. Launched in 2011, Wise is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable tech companies. In fiscal year 2025, Wise supported around 15.6 million people and businesses, processing over $185 billion in cross-border transactions and saving customers around $2.6 billion.
Why Work With Us
We’re truly global in who we are, how we work, and how we build. Everything we do is centred around creating a world of money that’s fast, easy, fair. And open to all. Everyone who works here owns a piece of Wise, from the work they do, to the stock they hold.
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Wise Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
We expect new joiners in the office most days to build connections and learn from colleagues for their first six months. After that, most Wisers split their working week between the office and home, typically coming in at least 12 times a month.
