Senior Engineering Lead - Business Account Experience

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London, Greater London, England, GBR
Hybrid
135K-175K Annually
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
Leads and mentors a mixed engineering team while shaping technical and product roadmaps for Wise’s Business Account Experience. The role combines hands-on software engineering leadership with responsibility for scalable architecture, product delivery, team health, hiring, and cross-team technical alignment. Key initiatives include improving business account management, multi-product adoption, onboarding, cross-currency usage, and team access and spending controls.
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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

About the role:

The team you will be joining: Business Account Experience

The Business Account Experience team is dedicated to building a cohesive, insightful and intuitive experience for businesses relying on Wise for their daily operations and financial management. 

You will be instrumental in leading and building the team as well as driving both the technical and product roadmap while ensuring we continue to build for scale in a fast-paced environment. You'll collaborate daily with product managers, data analysts, and designers to continuously improve our Business Account experience.

You’ll make an immediate impact by driving our most critical projects, including:

  • Enhancing and building components to simplify how businesses manage their accounts.

  • Optimising our core platform to boost multi-product adoption and increase cross-currency volume.

  • Guiding first-time users through our Business account features to accelerate and streamline adoption.

Building new functionality that gives businesses greater control over their team's access and spending.

This is a hands-on leadership role where you will be an active member of the team. 

As the Senior Engineering Lead for Business Account Experience, you will:

  • Lead, coach, and mentor a team of driven engineers, supporting their growth and empowering them to do their best work.

  • Work closely with the Product Manager and your team 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.

  • Stay and remain very close to the tech and product - setting high standards for quality, and leading by example.

  • Own the health and productivity of the engineers in your team, fostering a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement.

  • Collaborate with other engineering leads and teams across Wise to ensure your team’s work is aligned with the wider technical strategy.

  • Own the hiring, growth and development of your team and its impact at Wise.

Qualifications

What do you need?:

  • You have strong, hands-on technical experience in OOP Languages 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.

  • Experience managing teams with a mix of Front-end, Back-end and mobile engineers.

  • Hands-on experience in building direct consumer / business products and strong senses for high-quality User Experiences.

Nice to Have:

  • Experience working on B2B products.

  • Fluent with modern AI-assisted development workflows (e.g., Claude Code) — prompting, context structuring, skills/automations, and effective AI delegation— with the ability to scale these practices across the team while maintaining a high level of quality.

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work – a practical guide

  • DEI @ Wise

  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • See what it's like to work at Wise London!

  • Our Engineering career map

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

What do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 135 - 175k GBP + RSUs

  • Wise Benefits

Interested in more than one role?

If you're interested in multiple roles, please apply for just one—the one you're most excited about. If you submit multiple applications requiring the same assessment, we'll continue your recruitment journey using your first application, and any duplicate applications will be automatically closed. This helps ensure a fair and consistent interview process. If another role feels like a better fit, you can discuss this with your recruiter during the process.

 

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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.

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 hands-on technical experience with object-oriented programming languages and modern technology stacks, including REST APIs, microservices, distributed systems, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to demonstrate technical knowledge through technical interviews.
  • Experience managing teams comprising front-end, back-end, and mobile engineers.
  • Hands-on experience building direct-to-consumer or business products.
  • Strong understanding of high-quality user experiences.
  • Experience working on B2B products.
  • Fluency with modern AI-assisted development workflows, such as Claude Code, including prompting, context structuring, skills, automations, and AI delegation.

What the Team is Saying

Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights

  • Equity Value & Accessibility Equity is broadly accessible through RSUs granted to all employees in addition to salary, aligning rewards with company performance. This company‑wide ownership stance is consistently highlighted in the benefits descriptions.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth Paid time off is notably generous, with a global minimum of 33 days and 36 days listed for U.S. locations. After four years, a six‑week paid sabbatical plus a £1,000 stipend further strengthens time‑away benefits.
  • Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits Lifestyle support includes work‑from‑anywhere for up to 90 days per year after six months, flexible working principles, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program. Extras like three annual “Me Days” and a professional‑development allowance add quality‑of‑life value.

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The Company
9,000 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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