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Wise

Low-cost international money transfers with API

Engineering Lead - Business Operations Tooling

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeTallinn, EstoniaHybrid

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience leading and mentoring software engineers.
  • Experience leading one or multiple teams and working across multiple functions.
  • Experience in backend engineering and system architecture, with a track record of delivering scalable solutions, ideally in a fast-paced environment or for internal tooling.
  • Experience designing complex systems.
  • Experience handling databases.
  • Experience designing application programming interfaces (APIs).
  • Experience with asynchronous messaging.
  • Conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

  • Define the technical approach for building tools, balancing short-term wins against long-term initiatives; the role is hands-on.
  • Participate actively in product definition and the team's roadmap.
  • Lead and mentor individual-contributor engineers, ensure code quality, and drive project completion.
  • Coordinate with cross-functional teams, including design, product, and analytics, to build and integrate tools.
  • Own the team's technical architecture, development standards, and successful implementation of technical roadmap deliverables, such as proactive alerting, automated data population, and assignment tooling.
  • Hire and manage the engineers required for the team.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience with Java or Kotlin.
  • A financial background.

About the Company

Wise

Low-cost international money transfers with API

Wise enables international money transfers with lower fees by using a peer-to-peer model to match transfers across borders. It offers a multi-currency account for holding and managing money in different currencies and provides an API for businesses to integrate Wise transfers into their platforms. Unlike traditional banks that charge higher fees and poor exchange rates, Wise uses transparent, small-per-transaction fees and real-time exchange rates to reduce costs. Its approach differentiates it from competitors by emphasizing simplicity, cost transparency, and a broad API for business integration. The goal is to make cross-border payments cheaper, faster, and more transparent for individuals and businesses around the world.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
London, United Kingdom
Founded
2011

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