Company Description
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.
We need a senior software engineer to join our mission and help us build a global platform that’s scalable, reliable and secure. You’ll dive right into projects related to our engineering insights and productivity metrics, helping to drive, design and build the solutions that will have the biggest impact for Wise and our engineers.
Job Description
We are looking for a software engineer with a passion for enabling engineers to be their best.
Our team, Engineering Experience, is part of the Developer Enablement Squad.
We focus on engineers and try to make continual improvements in 2 areas: productivity and culture. Those are pretty vague concepts, so let’s break them down:
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On productivity, our vision is “Empowering teams to ship at the speed of a startup, with the security and compliance of a bank”; we want to get to the point where our engineers have a rock solid platform and seamless team collaboration, where they can iterate quickly and ship impactful changes with confidence.
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Culture is about how we work together to build a sustainable work environment where engineers can thrive. United in our dedication to quality, every idea and tool becomes a step towards new milestones. Our shared ambition fosters an inspiring engineering environment, where we don't just engineer software, we create an environment to shape the future engineering of Wise .
Even for the areas which seem like they aren’t software engineering problems, we believe engineers bring a unique perspective, and there are almost always things which can be helped by an engineering solution!
How we work
We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design; drawing on the resources across the rest of the platform tribe.
As we grow, the complexity of the organisation grows and it gets harder to move at the speed of a startup. We need to sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run, with a focus on availability, security, and ease of use. We’re looking for an engineer with relevant experience who can understand complex requirements and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence.
What will you be working on?
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The Developer Portal (created with Spotify’s Backstage) is the home and landing page for our hundreds of engineers daily. We are building what helps them, what needs their attention and to build a thriving engineering culture and ecosystem.
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Tooling to reduce friction in the SDLC. Whether it's a Slack bot to increase discoverability, or a task runner for ensuring best practices and that services are secure and compliant. Everything we work on is to help Wise move closer to our mission.
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Contributing in user research sessions with Engineers throughout the company. Gathering and taking action on insights to pave the future of engineering in Wise.
Qualifications
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You love the Developer Experience domain.
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You’re motivated by understanding engineers, pain points, frustrations, needs, and wants of others and have a desire to significantly improve productivity, culture and how much they love working here.
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You are a senior engineer and are well versed in React and comfortable working with Java or Go.
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You have experience working with relational (RDBMS) and NoSQL databases - but you do not need to be an expert.
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You love automated testing and understand the testing pyramid and trade offs between the layers.
You get back:
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The ability to choose your own path to success – you’ll have the freedom to define the vision
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The freedom to have real impact
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The opportunity to inspire teams
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A fun work environment with social activities and events
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Find out more about our benefits in our London office.
Additional Information
Interested? Find out more:
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How we work – a practical guide
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Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead
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The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.
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Our Engineering career map
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Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work
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Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering
What do we offer:
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Starting salary: £75,000-£95,000 + RSU
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Company Restricted Stock Units
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Numerous great benefits in our London office
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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