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.
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Job DescriptionAbout the role
We are looking for a passionate Backend Software Engineer to join the Pricing Core team.
The Pricing Core team focuses on building and maintaining the main pricing platform that enables teams at Wise to price their products in a reliable, scalable and extensible way.
Our services sit in most of the products' critical paths, processing 100+ million requests every day and operating within strict SLAs.
You’ll have the chance to work on and shape the future of complex systems, dealing with high-throughput services, designing and building scalable, efficient and performant solutions.
The team sits within the Pricing Squad and you’ll work closely with teams within and outside the squad.
Main Responsibilities
Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services written in Java using the Spring Boot framework, deployed on cloud infrastructure (AWS)
Build and maintain event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka for asynchronous processing of financial events across distributed services
Contribute and drive architectural decisions, ensuring we maintain a high bar on quality, reliability and observability of our services
Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, scalability issues, and technical debt in existing systems
Participate in on-call rotations to monitor and respond to production incidents for Tier 1 critical services
Conduct code reviews for team members, ensuring code quality, security, and adherence to engineering standards
What we’re looking for
Technical Excellence
Strong background in software engineering, with a track record of contributing significantly to large, impactful projects in a complex production domain.
Experience with Java or similar OOP language.
Expert in your technical discipline, with the ability to design for long-term iteration and scale.
You own the availability, reliability and security of the systems you build following engineering best practices.
You make sensible trade-offs between speed, scalability and risk, and optimise for a predictable, regular cadence of delivery.
Product mindset and autonomy
Ability to work on ambiguous and complex problems
Own the technical roadmap and deliverables of your project end-to-end, embracing long-term ownership
Use data to define, prioritise and measure the success of the initiatives
Collaboration, Communication and Growth
Great communication skills and the ability to tailor communication style depending on the audience
Ability to work with cross-functional teams to shape requirements and priorities
Ability to mentor and coach other engineers
Actively share knowledge both within the team and squad
Regularly seek and provide feedback
Nice to have
Experience in pricing systems and/or payments, finance domains
Experience working with distributed SQL engines (e.g. Trino)
Ability to build software solutions, APIs, or platform tooling on top of big data pipelines and analytical engines
Familiarity with configuration-heavy domain where business logic is shared between data and code
Interested? Find out more:
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What do we offer:
Starting salary: £87.5k - £111k + RSUs
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Additional Information
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 background in software engineering with significant contributions to large production projects
- Experience with Java or similar object-oriented programming language
- Develop backend services using Spring Boot
- Experience deploying and operating services on AWS
- Build and maintain event-driven architectures using Apache Kafka
- Ownership of availability, reliability, security, and observability of services; participate in on-call rotations
- Ability to design for scale, resolve performance bottlenecks, and reduce technical debt
- Experience in pricing systems and/or payments, finance domains
- Experience with distributed SQL engines (e.g., Trino)
- Ability to build APIs or tooling on top of big data pipelines and analytical engines
- Familiarity with configuration-heavy domains where business logic is shared between data and code
- Ability to mentor and coach other engineers and conduct code reviews
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Wise Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Global paid time off is presented as 33–36 days including local public holidays, plus three “Me Days,” with a paid six‑week sabbatical and stipend after four years. Work-from-anywhere for up to 90 days per year after six months further complements time away and flexibility.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — RSUs are granted to all employees, enabling broad ownership in the company. Equity is positioned as a standard, company‑wide component of total rewards.
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Parental & Family Support — Parental leave is described as generous across markets, with U.S. pages listing up to 18 weeks fully paid for birthing parents and 8 weeks for non‑birthing parents. Additional family‑oriented supports such as onsite Mother’s Rooms and abortion travel benefits are noted in certain locations.
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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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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.
