Engineering Lead - API Experience Team

Wise; City of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company in London is seeking an Engineering Lead to join their API Experience team. You will manage a team creating infrastructure for integrating with APIs, ensuring robust security and excellent developer experiences. The ideal candidate has strong leadership skills and expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and API security. This role offers a competitive starting salary of £100,000-£125,000 plus RSU.

Benefits

RSU

Competitive salary

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring an engineering team.
• Strong technical foundation in designing and building scalable APIs.
• Expertise with modern API security standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage a team of engineers building tooling and infrastructure.
• Champion robust security measures to protect partner data.
• Enhance our Sandbox environment to mirror production.

Skills

Team leadership

API design and development

Java

Spring Boot

Microservices architecture

API security standards

Excellent communication

Job description

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

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to join our API Experience team. You’ll lead and manage a team of engineers building the tooling and infrastructure that enables partners to securely integrate with Wise's API. This is a unique opportunity to shape the developer experience for major enterprise partners, directly impacting their success and accelerating Wise’s time to revenue.

You will guide your team to deliver a world-class developer experience built on three guiding principles:

• Secure: Champion robust security measures like mTLS and JOSE to protect partner data and meet the stringent security requirements of banks and financial institutions.
• Well-Tooled: Own the development of our self-service developer portal, streamlining processes for credential management and API monitoring.
• Testable: Enhance our Sandbox environment to accurately mirror production, giving partners ultimate confidence before going live.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring an engineering team, with a focus on career growth, delivery, and building an inclusive, high-performing culture.
• A strong technical foundation in designing and building scalable, reliable APIs, with expertise in Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architecture.
• Expertise with modern API security standards, including OAuth and mTLS. Exposure to JOSE is an advantage.
• A strong product mindset, with the ability to understand partner needs and guide your team in building an excellent developer experience, including developer portals, webhooks and integration testing practices.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

• The Wise Tech Stack, 2025 Edition
• Wise Engineering
• Interview stages

What do we offer:

• Starting salary: £100,000-£125,000 + RSU
• Wise Benefits

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.

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