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.
As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.
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.
The scale we operate at: In FY2025, 15.6 million people and businesses used Wise, we onboarded over 5.9 million new customers (~500k/month), and moved £145.2bn across borders (~£400m/day) across 160+ countries and 40+ currencies.
Our verification systems aren't supporting tools , they're core production infrastructure that protects customers, enables growth, and must stay reliable under constant change in regulations, policies, and evolving threat patterns.
As IC4, you'll shape architecture across the squad's services, lead the technical direction on initiatives like the configuration-driven KYC platform, and raise the engineering bar through mentorship and cross-team influence.
What You'll Do:
- Design, build and maintain high-performance, scalable backend services using Java, Spring Boot, and cloud technologies.
- Lead technical initiatives that improve our verification systems, focusing on automation, reliability, and performance
- Collaborate with product managers to translate business requirements into technical solutions
- Mentor junior engineers, providing technical guidance and code reviews
- Drive architectural decisions and technical strategy for verification systems
- Build internal tools that help our verification agents work efficiently
- Contribute to our engineering culture through knowledge sharing and best practices
What We're Looking For:
- You have 10+ years of Java 8+ knowledge, recent experience with Spring framework
- Experience in working with SQL and NoSQL database
- Strong system design skills with experience building distributed, high-throughput services
- Track record of leading technical initiatives and mentoring other engineers
- Strong understanding of security best practices and data protection principles
- Excellent problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences
- Experience with financial or KYC verification systems is a plus
What do we offer:
- Starting salary: Base salary of £111000 - £145000 + RSU
- Wise Benefits