Backend Software Engineer - Product Eligibility

About Wise

Wise is a leading global tech company dedicated to revolutionizing how money moves globally. We strive to minimize fees, maximize convenience, and speed up transactions, whether it's cross-border payments, international spending, or global money transfers. Our mission is to simplify and save money for people and businesses worldwide.

Team and Role Overview

The Product Eligibility team is part of the Regional Platform Squad at Wise, responsible for developing the platform that supports core Wise domains such as Transfer, Payout, and Partner Integrations. This team also extends platform capabilities to support new products and market expansions.

The key objective of the Product Eligibility team is ensuring accurate determination of product and feature availability tailored to each customer based on their location and residency status. A significant initial challenge is improving how Wise collects and validates customers’ residence, current location, and address information.

Working Style

Our collaborative agile environment involves close cooperation between engineers, product managers, and analysts. The team operates primarily across offices in London and Cherkasy.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical vision and drive development within the product eligibility domain.
• Contribute to platform enhancements, back-office tools, and occasionally customer-facing workflows.
• Help scale and enhance Wise’s world-class transfer products.

Requirements

• Proven experience in building and working with large scale distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency with Java 8 or above.
• Hands-on experience with relational and non-relational databases, including schema design and query optimization.
• Expertise in designing, deploying, and maintaining well-structured RESTful APIs.
• Commitment to best coding practices, including code reviews and open feedback culture.
• Passion for writing testable code and practicing Test Driven Development.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Spring Boot framework.
• Familiarity with Kafka messaging platform.
• Previous work involving Backend-for-Frontends (BFF) architecture.

Additional Information

• This role requires candidates to be based in the UK; relocation and visa sponsorship are not provided.
• Wise is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion, fostering respectful and empowering work environments for everyone.
• Starting salary ranges from £68,000 to £87,500.
• Wise provides comprehensive benefits and support for career growth through detailed engineering career maps.