Backend Engineer - Send Core

As a Backend Engineer on Wise’s Send Core team, you help ensure every sending transaction is processed reliably and securely. You’ll shape product experiences by collaborating with product, design, and data partners while owning the core infrastructure that underpins sending money, from small transfers to large business payments. You’ll drive architectural decisions to keep systems performant and resilient. This role offers the chance to impact millions of users by improving the core send experience and infrastructure in a fast-paced fintech environment.

• hybrid work
• competitive salary
• inclusive culture
• diverse and international team
• opportunity to impact global payments
• career growth and learning resources

• Collaborate with product, design and data teams to deliver best customer experience
• Own and maintain critical sending infrastructure across the platform
• Make architectural decisions to ensure core send components are reliable and performant

• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Strong knowledge of the modern tech stack and design concepts
• Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and simply
• Product mindset with focus on solving real customer problems
• Clear understanding of why we are building what we are building
• Ability to think in product terms beyond code
• Willingness to learn and adapt
• Based in the UK (or able to work from the UK)

• Clear and effective communication
• Curiosity to explore improvements
• Proactive, self-driven attitude
• Strong CS fundamentals
• Knowledge of modern tech stack and design concepts
• Experience with systems architecture and reliability