Senior Android Engineer - SEO Product

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
Senior 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 Senior Android Engineer, you will lead the development and modernization of mobile products, especially the Wise Currency Converter app, ensuring high-quality user experiences and technical decisions from concept to launch.
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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 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 Description

We’re looking for a Senior Android Engineer  to help build mobile products that enable more people to discover Wise organically.

This is a hands-on product engineering role in our SEO Product team. We own mobile products that support organic growth, starting with the Wise Currency Converter app developing it into a best in-class travel money companion. 

You’ll work closely with product, design, analytics, marketing and engineering from the earliest stages of an idea. We want someone who is comfortable shaping what we build, making technical decisions, and taking ownership from concept through to launch and iteration.

The SEO Product team is working towards an ambitious goal: making customer acquisition eventually free. We’re building products that help millions of potential customers discover Wise organically and make better decisions about their money.

What will you be working on?

  • Leading the rebuild and modernisation of the Wise Currency Converter app

  • Architecting and building new mobile products from the ground up

  • Working closely with iOS engineers to build products across both platforms, maintaining a high bar for quality and keeping core features and customer experience aligned

  • Working closely with product managers, designers, analysts, and other engineers to shape ideas, define requirements, and turn them into simple, high-quality customer experiences

  • Owning Android development end-to-end, from technical design through implementation, release, and iteration

  • Own the observability and reliability of the app, including incident management and working hours support

  • Making architecture decisions and helping define APIs where needed to support product development

  • Providing technical guidance through thoughtful code review and collaboration

  • Contributing to a strong engineering culture through knowledge sharing and high standards for quality, delivery, and maintainability

  • Mentoring engineers in the team and contributing to our engineering hiring process

What do you need?

  • Strong experience building and shipping Android applications in Kotlin and Jetpack Compose

  • Experience owning technical decisions and designing architecture for mobile products

  • Ability to take ambiguous product ideas and turn them into clear technical plans and incremental milestones

  • Strong product judgment, with the ability to use customer insight and data to inform decisions and challenge assumptions

  • Experience working closely with cross-functional partners such as product, design, analytics, and backend engineering

  • Commitment to writing testable, maintainable code and holding a high bar for engineering quality

  • Experience with software architecture patterns commonly used in Android development

  • Understanding of REST API design, including the ability to help shape API contracts where needed

  • Confidence working autonomously and taking ownership of delivery end-to-end

  • Strong communication skills, including the ability to explain technical concepts clearly to non-technical audiences

  • Ability to produce clear technical documentation and diagrams

  • Experience with end-to-end “BRO” ownership of software -  Build it, Run it, Own it, including observability and reliability

It would be a bonus if you also have:

  • Experience with CI/CD tooling such as GitHub Actions

  • Experience with observability tooling and practices

  • Experience working with experimentation and using product signals to guide iteration

  • Experience building accessible, high-quality mobile experiences

  • Interest in AI-assisted coding tools such as Cursor or Claude Code

  • Experience collaborating closely with iOS engineers on parallel mobile product development

We don’t expect you to tick every box. If this role excites you, we’d still love to hear from you.

 

 

Additional Information

What the first six months in this role will look like:

  • You’ve onboarded successfully and built a strong understanding of your team, squad, guild, and how you can contribute

  • You’ve developed a good understanding of Wise, the fintech space, and how our product and engineering culture works

  • You’ve made strong progress on the rebuild and modernisation of the Currency Converter app, with a clear path towards launch

  • You’ve started owning technical decisions and delivery for Android work in the team

  • You’ve gone through two quarterly planning cycles and contributed ideas that help shape the future of the product area

  • You’ve contributed to hiring interviews
     

Why this role is exciting:

This is a rare opportunity to own an area from the ground up.

You won’t just be implementing tickets in an established mobile surface. You’ll help rebuild an existing product, shape new app ideas, influence what gets built, and take real ownership of Android development in a team that sees mobile products as a meaningful lever for organic growth.

 

What you get back:

  • 🚀 RSU's in a growing company 

  • 💪 An annual self-development budget

  • ❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption

  • ❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay

  • 🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life

  • 🌍 Relocation and visa expenses covered 

  • 🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years 

Find out more about our benefits in our London office.

Interested? Find out more:

  • 👀 How we work – a practical guide

  • 📹 Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead 

  • 💻 Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • 📈 Our Engineering career map

  • ❤️ Our Engineering values

…or check out our Engineering blog.

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

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.

Skills Required

  • Strong experience building and shipping Android applications
  • Experience owning technical decisions and designing architecture
  • Ability to turn ambiguous ideas into clear technical plans
  • Experience with software architecture patterns in Android
  • Understanding of REST API design

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The Company
8,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2011

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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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.

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