Senior Software Engineer I - KYC Experience

• Join the Wise Platform KYC Experience team, owning the end-to-end onboarding and identity verification capabilities that power partner integrations with companies like Google, Deel, Ramp, and Agoda. • Build the APIs and services that let partners onboard their customers compliantly and seamlessly, setting the standard for world-class embedded KYC. • Work in an autonomous cross-functional team alongside engineers, product, analytics, compliance, and operations with full autonomy to shape the direction of the KYC experience. • Work hybrid from Wise's London office.

• Have a strong foundation in modern Java or other JVM-based languages with experience in the Spring framework, and a commitment to clean, testable, and highly performant code. • Have deep experience building and operating microservices with a solid understanding of event-driven architecture, distributed systems, and concurrency patterns. • Have hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems, including designing robust, scalable event pipelines. • Be proficient with relational and non-relational databases including query optimisation, schema design, and thoughtful data lifecycle management for sensitive information. • Have a strong product mindset and passion for user experience, prioritising work with customers in mind and making data-driven decisions to fix partner problems. • Have experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean, performant, and well-tested code. • Communicate effectively and articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.

• Have prior experience building public-facing APIs for platform or partner integration products. • Bring experience with KYC, identity verification, or compliance-related systems. • Have experience owning technical roadmaps and balancing technical debt, reliability, scalability, and security concerns. • Bring experience mentoring teammates through code reviews and raising the bar for technical excellence. • Have experience contributing to high-impact cross-team initiatives that unlock new capabilities for partners.

• Design and build public-facing APIs for Wise Platform and partners that are intuitive, consistent, and easy to use, setting the standard for seamless financial integrations. • Own technical roadmaps for your areas of ownership, ensuring they address important technical debt, reliability, scalability, and security concerns. • Architect highly robust and scalable microservices using event-driven design patterns. • Participate in product roadmapping and strategy sessions with product management and the rest of the cross-functional team. • Take initiative to solve impactful problems both within the team and beyond, contributing to high-impact cross-team initiatives that unlock new capabilities and value for partners. • Mentor and influence teammates through code reviews and best practices, raising the bar for technical excellence.

We have been Wise customers for years and have always had a great experience. We love their transparent approach in everything they do, from showing the correct exchange rates to disclosing all their fees, and even being honest about how they work. Founded in 2010 in London, Wise is now a publicly traded company operating in over 160 countries, generating 1.2+ billion pounds in revenue (2025) and is highly profitable. What we especially love at Wise is their work from anywhere policy after 6 months: Basically you can remotely work from (almost) anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. As they are solving a massive problem and are strongly mission-driven, we are sure that any individual passionate about working on complex, impactful problems in sending money globally efficiently, while continuing to work on the much-loved Wise solutions, will love working there.

• Earn £87,500–£111,000 plus RSUs. • Own and shape critical API infrastructure serving partners such as Google, Deel, Ramp, and Agoda. • Work in an autonomous cross-functional team with full autonomy to shape the direction of the KYC experience. • Join a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world's money.

Wise is a global technology company building the best way to move and manage the world's money. Wise Platform aims to be the infrastructure that powers the world's money by connecting banks, financial institutions, and enterprises to next-generation payment solutions. The KYC Experience team owns the end-to-end onboarding and identity verification capabilities that make partner integrations possible, building APIs and services that let partners onboard customers compliantly and seamlessly.