Staff Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding

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London, Greater London, England
Hybrid
130K-164K Annually
Expert/Leader
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
The Staff Software Engineer will lead the development of the Onboarding Platform, manage cross-functional teams, and mentor junior engineers, ensuring scalability and compliance in KYC processes.
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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:

We are the Global KYC and Onboarding squad in the Servicing department and we have a mission: to enable teams at Wise to expand and fine-tune the business in a "config change" manner all across the globe, while remaining compliant and safe for the customers. There are three teams in the squad: Business Onboarding Verification, Personal Onboarding Verification and Wise Platform Verification (this is our B2B platform).

What will you be working on?

The current KYC infrastructure has served us well for many years, but we are approaching its scalability limits. For the past few quarters we’ve been busy building a brand new infrastructure, the Onboarding Platform. In collaboration between the teams in the squad and sister teams in other squads, we’ve iteratively launched some of the key components already, but there are still many challenges ahead.

The teams are fully stacked cross-functionally, with ownership spanning across owning FinCrime Controls end-to-end: when they trigger, what they require, the UX of collection and recovery, automation (with in-house ML and external vendors), manual reviews and finally enabling relevant capabilities for customers in the product. We have dedicated Analysts, Designers, Data Scientists and Engineers. We need a very strong Engineering partner to act across the teams and functions in the squad to expedite the work on the Onboarding Platform.

What do you need?

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, with significant experience in Java or other JVM-based languages. 

  • 2+ years of experience in architecting large scale systems with proven ability to propose and implement domain-driven technical solutions capable of scaling along with the business.

  • Willingness to take broad ownership of squad responsibilities (building roadmaps, scoping) while mentoring teams on their technical and product roadmaps.

  • Experience in up-levelling junior engineers and providing guidance to senior engineer via processes and setting a high bar for them to follow

  • You are a proactive, effective communicator who is able to describe technical concepts to non-technical audiences and eager to learn new domains and have a strong bias towards action.

  • Experience leading engineering teams and driving large-scale projects to successful completion across multiple engineering teams is a nice-to-have.

What does success look like?

  • You’ll have found your place in our mission by understanding how to drive engineering solutions and suggesting future challenges

  • You’ll understand our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives 

  • You’ll make contributions to the wider engineering goals of the company

  • You’ll inspire a team environment where ideas are shared and openness is valued

  • You’ll help us scale-up and build a world class money product that impacts millions of customers

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work – a practical guide

  • DEI @ Wise

  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • Our Engineering career map

  • Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

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

What do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: £130k - £164k + RSUs

  • Wise Benefits

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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.

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

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The Company
6,500 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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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.

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