Wise is one the fastest growing companies in Europe and we’re on a mission: to make money without borders the new normal. We’ve got 16 million customers across the globe and we’re growing. Fast.

Current banking systems don't let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. Or quickly. Or cheaply. 

So, we’re building a new one.

And, we need a Backend Engineer to join our mission and help us build a global product that’s scalable, reliable and secure. 

The team you’ll be working with: Account Access & Recovery

Our Account Access & Recovery team owns and optimises the user registration journey as well as improving aspects of the login and logged-in experience. In addition, the team manages security features for our customers, making sure we protect them as they navigate Wise. In short, we work on features to make Wise more secure and easier to access. You’ll be joining an amazing team solving some of Wise’s most challenging and unique problems, whilst influencing the most important KPIs. Surrounded by iOS and Android developers, front-end engineers, and back-end engineers, you'll be able to leverage a wealth of knowledge across experienced individuals while having fun!

What does it take?:  

  • A product mindset and passion for user experience. You want to prioritise work with customers in mind and can make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points
  • Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to any audience, even a non-technical one
  • Java (8+) or Kotlin experience and, ideally, experience with Spring framework
  • Experience working with relational databases, query optimisation and schema design. Ideally, you’ll also have some experience with a few non-relational databases
  • Reliance on automated tests and observability tooling to increase confidence building and maintaining services
  • Experience with distributed systems - you know a thing or two about microservices, messaging systems like Kafka and how to design software with their possibilities and constraints in mind
  • You have tried different software development methodologies and have found that there is no silver bullet - you prefer to think deeply about a problem and then decide on what structure and patterns to use to solve it.
  • You’re kind and empathetic, relying on and supporting the rest of the team for discussions and code or design reviews. 

What does success look like?

  • You understand and can explain the problems people and businesses have when moving and managing money internationally
  • You can explain the impact your work has on our customers and our mission
  • You know where and how you can contribute to the Wise mission, in the context of your team and tribe
  • You raise the automation level across our product, helping us drop prices even further
  • You build leverage for other engineers and Wisers by improving tooling, documentation and processes as part of your daily work
  • You contribute to creating a world class product by finding and building solutions to technical and product challenges

Salary: €46,000 - €88,000 + RSUs

Find out more about our benefits in our Tallinn office.

Interested? Find out more:

👀 How we work - a practical guide
📹 Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead 
💻 The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 edition
📈 Our Engineering career map
🚀 Engineering career journeys at Wise

...or check out our Engineering blog

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We’re people without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We want to work with the best people, no matter their background. So if you’re passionate about learning new things and keen to join our mission, you’ll fit right in.

Also, where and what you studied isn’t important to us. If you’ve got great experience, the right skills for the role and you’re great at articulating your thinking, we’d like to hear from you.


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