Backend Engineer - Receive & Account

Wise is seeking a Backend Engineer to join their mission of building a global platform that enables easy, fast, and cheap cross-border money transactions. The successful candidate will work on projects that facilitate the sending and receiving of money from anywhere in the world. They will collaborate with the Receive & Account tribe, focusing on improving the international banking experience for customers and developing new products. The ideal candidate should have a strong product mindset, excellent communication skills, and experience in developing web applications and distributed systems.

• Build a global platform that is scalable, reliable, and secure
• Work on projects to help consumers and businesses receive and send money globally
• Collaborate with the Receive Squad to make it easy, fast, and cheap for people and businesses to receive money internationally
• Develop products and systems to provide an international banking experience for customers
• Prioritize work with customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points
• Communicate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value
• Develop web applications and distributed systems in a production environment
• Write clean and performant code following best coding practices
• Continuously learn and improve skills
• Work with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and schema design (optional)
• Knowledge of Java, Spring Boot, and experience with a messaging system like Kafka (optional)

• Strong product mindset and passion for user experience
• Great communication skills and ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently and collaborate with cross-functional teams
• Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones
• Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment
• Experience with common design and architectural patterns
• Passion for writing clean and performant code
• Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement
• Following best coding practices, continuous delivery, and code reviews
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization, and designing schemas (a plus)
• Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot (a plus)
• Experience with a messaging system like Kafka (a plus)

• Continuous learning and improvement
• Following and advocating best coding practices
• Continuous delivery and code reviews
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Query optimization and designing schemas
• Knowledge of Java and Spring boot
• Experience with a messaging system like Kafka
• Onboarding and understanding team and tribe vision
• Understanding and applying company values
• Problem-solving skills for payments and customer difficulties
• Automation to enable product scaling
• Understanding of customers and product impact
• Solutions to technical challenges and opportunities
• Diverse, equitable, and inclusive work environment
• Respect and empowerment for all employees
• Career progression opportunities
• Building a better product through diverse teams
• Creative and empathetic approach to customer needs
• Inclusion and no one left behind on the journey to mission-zero