Java Platform Engineer

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London, Greater London, England
Hybrid
Entry level
Fintech • Mobile • Payments • Software • Financial Services
Wise is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in the world and we’re on a mission to make money without borders a new norm
The Role
As a Java Platform Engineer at Wise, you will work on foundational features for scaling their services, focusing on developing microservice frameworks, automated dependency management tools, and exploring new technologies. Collaboration and improving software quality while minimizing maintenance efforts are key responsibilities.
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Company Description

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 life 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.

Job Description

How we work

We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design; occasionally collaborating with the rest of the platform tribe.

As we grow, the number of services to power the Wise products is constantly increasing. We need to ensure that for these services the maintenance effort is low whilst the quality and performance is kept high. We’re looking for an engineer with relevant experience who can get their hands dirty, dive deep into a problem domain and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence.

What will you be working on?

You will be working on foundational features that help us scale Wise

  • New microservice chassis framework facilitating:

    • Interacting with databases, kafka

    • Handling service-to-service communication

    • Automated refactoring across a fleet of hundreds microservices

  • Dependency management tooling

    • Automated, fuss-free dependency updates

    • Scheduled mass pull request creation

  • Exploring new tech/frameworks Wise could leverage

Qualifications

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 previous experience of working in company with microservice environment

  • Experience in building/maintaining software using Java in a production environment

  • You understand the value of balancing customer centric thinking and technical skills and can coach other engineers on both

  • You enjoy working in a highly collaborative team where ideas are shared openly and discussed frankly

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

  • The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.

  • Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

  • Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: £60,000-£80,000 + RSU

  • Wise Benefits

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.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Top Skills

Java

What the Team is Saying

The Company
HQ: Austin, TX
6,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 2011

What We Do

We’re making a positive, irreversible change in the world of finance. Together.

People on every continent around the world are choosing Wise to help them live, travel and work internationally. We’re the fairest, easiest way to send money overseas.

Built by and for people who live global lives, we make sending money abroad up to 8 times cheaper than the bank. This is money without borders - instant, convenient, transparent and eventually free.

For our customers, using Wise is as simple as sending money from A to B, but behind our app and website is a complex engine of currencies and routes, that’s being designed, built and powered by our talented teams in cities around the world.

We’re just at the beginning of our story and we’re growing at an incredible pace. We won’t stop until anyone, anywhere can send, spend and receive money wherever they are, whatever they’re doing. There’s still heaps to do and we can’t do it alone.

Why Work With Us

We are a mission-driven company, looking to change banking for the better. Current banking systems don’t let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply. So, we’re building a new one. If you're looking for an autonomous work environment, where you'll face cool challenges, learn and grow, you'll like working at Wise

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Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.

Here at Wise we have a hybrid working model – a mix of working from home and from the office. Wisers can also work remotely for 90 days a year. By ‘remote’ we don’t just mean from home, but from wherever in the world you choose to!

Typical time on-site: 2 days a week
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