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
About the role
Team you will be working with: GetPaid Formats
The GetPaid team is dedicated to creating seamless and efficient solutions for customers to receive money directly into their Wise accounts. We focus on developing innovative products that cater to both businesses and consumers, ensuring they have access to convenient and reliable payment methods.
You will be working in products like our Payment Links, Invoice and QuickPay, as more to come, as well as our in-network payment method: Pay With Wise. Our goal is to make receiving money internationally as cheap and convenient as possible
How we work
The GetPaid Formats team is part of the Global Product tribe, dedicated to enabling customers to receive money seamlessly and efficiently into their Wise accounts. We build innovative payment products that serve both businesses and consumers, creating convenient and reliable ways to get paid internationally.
Our team is focused on building a great Acquiring experience for our business customers. To achieve this, we prioritise projects using a mix of data and intuition, focus on good execution and learn from our mistakes.
What will you be working on?
As a Senior Backend Engineer in the team, you will help drive the team's most critical projects, will help define the technical vision for our domain, will mentor and guide more junior engineers. You will also collaborate with PM and Engineer Lead to build the team roadmap, making sure we are delivering value to customers.
You will help us build the solutions for customers to integrate Wise into their website so they can take payments. You will also help us improve our Invoice and Payment Link product, which has more than 20k active customers and growing.
Qualifications
What do you need?
We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!
Strong proficiency in backend programming languages like Java, Python or Go.
In-depth knowledge of database systems, including both SQL and NoSQL databases.
Expertise in designing and implementing RESTful APIs, as well as asynchronous systems
Experience working with distributed systems and building financially correct system using distributed system patterns
Experience working in product-led companies, with a strong product mindset that prioritises user needs and business goals.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Ability to break down complex problems into shippable milestones that deliver value fast.
Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement
A strong product mindset and passion for user experience, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points
Knowledge of Java and Spring boot and experience with a messaging system, like Kafka, is a plus
Being part of the on-call rotation for our critical services and helping the team improve it, normally being on-call every 6-10 weeks.
…but don’t worry we don’t expect you to know everything!
Additional Information
Interested? Find out more:
Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering
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.
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