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
At Wise, we're not just developing a product; we're redefining the financial landscape. As a Senior Software Engineer in the Connect team, you will be at the heart of this transformation, entrusted with complex, critical tasks that play a direct role in the way Wise’s (hundreds of distributed) microservices communicate and discover each other, and how requests get proxied to the correct destination. You’ll be leading work that has a direct impact on the scalability of our services, and be a technical mentor for your peers.
Specifically, our team:
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develops and operates Wise’s Envoy-based service mesh on top of Kubernetes and an in-house built control plane
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owns the primary routing points for public or non-public connections into and out of Wise’s infrastructure
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implements and maintains tooling that provides workload identity, encryption and network connectivity controls
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provides secret management solutions for the Kubernetes clusters
How we work:
Ensuring the lowest money transfer fees and timely transactions means we operate with a strong belief of reducing toil, iterative implementation and reusable design, all while prioritising reliability, security, and maintainability.
Our team structure encourages practical collaboration across disciplines such as security and observability, streamlining communication and process integration. We are committed to continuous learning, and value creative problem solving, curiosity and drive for making things better. We never work in isolation, and collaborate towards the best possible technical solutions that directly support our customers' needs and the company's mission.
What will you be working on?
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Help drive complex initiatives that scale, maintain and evolve a variety of backend and infrastructure services, from the service mesh to our secret management service, across multiple environments
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Reduce complexity and toil by identifying bottlenecks and improving system efficiency
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Ensure critical system upgrades and maintenance
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Run our infrastructure with Terraform and Kubernetes in AWS
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Participate in a team on-call rotation
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Collaborate with the security team on strengthening our security posture
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Mentor teammates and work closely with the Staff engineer on the team's technical roadmap.
Qualifications
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!
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Proficient in Go
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Production experience of building, operating, and scaling microservices in a cloud environment such as AWS or GCP.
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Good working knowledge of Linux and a scripting language such as Bash
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Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems, and a desire to learn
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Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes (preferred) or Nomad
Nice to have:
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Experience with other object languages such as Java is a plus
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Experience with data intensive applications and high availability
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Familiarity or interest in networking
Additional Information
Interested? Find out more:
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The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.
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Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work
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Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering
What do we offer:
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Starting salary: 66,000- 80,400 eur + RSU
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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.
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.
