Question
Full-time
5-10

Staff SW Engineer- Regional Payments Platform

4/13/2026

You will design and maintain scalable payment systems to improve international money transfers and support product teams. Your role involves leading technical initiatives, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team projects to enhance platform performance and reliability.

Salary

111000 - 145000 GBP

Working Hours

40 hours/week

Company Size

5,001-10,000 employees

Language

English

Visa Sponsorship

Yes

About The Company
Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move money around the world. With the Wise account 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 cross-border payments network that will one day power money without borders for everyone, everywhere. However you use the platform, Wise is on a mission to make your life easier and save you money. Co-founded by Kristo Käärmann and Taavet Hinrikus, Wise launched in 2011 under its original name TransferWise. It is one of the world’s fastest growing, profitable technology companies and is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the ticker, WISE. 16 million people and businesses use Wise globally, which processes £9 billion in cross-border transactions every month, saving customers around £1.5 billion a year. For customer queries: Please note that LinkedIn is not a Wise Customer Support channel. If you would like to hear from our Customer Support team, please see our Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Login to access customer support: https://wise.com/login/ FB: https://www.facebook.com/Wise/ IG:https://www.instagram.com/wiseaccount/ TW:https://twitter.com/home
About the Role

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

Current traditional banking infrastructure is antiquated making it inherently slow, complicated, and expensive to send, spend, or receive money internationally. This inefficiency is often rooted in the reliance on costly, legacy payments systems.

Our goal is to provide reliable and scalable services that can be used by all the other product teams in the company. We provide such systems for transfers, and payouts domains.

We want our platform to be easy to use, integrate, and extend, while also enforcing good practices, risks mitigation, and maintaining high performance.

What does success look like?:

  • You’ll have onboarded and found your place through understanding your team and tribe vision and how you can contribute 

  • You’ll understand how our values can help you guide your work 

  • You’ll understand the reasons behind problematic payments and customer difficulties and how to go about solving them 

  • You’ll be raising the automation level to enable scaling of the product

  • Understand our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives. You’ll help us scale-up and build a world class money transfer product by finding solutions to our technical challenges and opportunities

Qualifications

What do you need?

  • Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot.

  • A strong sense of ownership and excellent communication skills to drive cross-team projects.

  • Ability to work independently while also being a collaborative team player, frequently engaging in cross-team efforts.

  • The ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value.

  • Curiosity and a drive for continuous learning and improvement.

  • Adherence to and advocacy for best coding practices, continuous delivery, and code reviews.

  • A proven track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers.

  • Good discipline and skill in producing written documentation and diagrams.

 

Additional Information

What you get back:

  • 🚀 RSU's in a growing company 

  • 💪 An annual self-development budget

  • ❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption

  • ❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay

  • 🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life

  • 🌍 Relocation and visa expenses covered 

  • 🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years 

Find out more about our benefits in our London office.

Interested? Find out more:

…or check out our Engineering blog.

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.

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.

  • Compensation: GBP 111000 - GBP 145000 - yearly
  • Key Skills
    JavaSpring BootSoftware engineeringPayments platformSystem architectureScalabilityTechnical leadershipMentoringContinuous deliveryCode reviewsDocumentationCross-team collaborationRisk mitigationAutomationProblem solving
    Categories
    SoftwareEngineeringFinance & AccountingTechnology
    Benefits
    RSUsAnnual self-development budgetStatutory maternity leave18 weeks paid parental leave18 weeks paid paternity leave3 paid me daysRelocation and visa expenses covered6-week paid sabbatical
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