Senior Software Engineer II - Treasury Safeguarding

Wise; City of London; On-site; GBP 105,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology company in London is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join their Treasury Safeguarding team. You will develop systems and controls to manage financial risks related to customer funds. The ideal candidate has strong coding skills, a product mindset, and experience with Java and Spring Boot. This role offers a competitive salary and equity options in a diverse and inclusive environment.

Benefits

Starting salary of £105k-135k

RSUs

Diverse and inclusive workplace

Qualifications

• Strong product mindset with data-driven decision making.
• Ability to work independently and collaborate across teams.
• Experience with design and architectural patterns.

Responsibilities

• Develop scalable and reliable services for customer fund safeguarding.
• Collaborate with teams across Engineering and Analytics.
• Implement fault-tolerant solutions to manage risks.

Skills

Product mindset

Communication skills

Cross-team collaboration

Clean code

Real-time data processing

Java

Spring Boot

SQL optimization

Job description

Staff Software Engineer - Treasury Safeguarding

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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money.

Job Description

More about our mission and what we offer. Wise is growing fast in volume, revenue, gross margin, and customer products. Our customers already trust us with £19 Billion of their funds across 11+ licensed entities across the globe. The Safeguarding team is mission‑critical and we ensure we put the safety of customer funds at the heart of what we do, as Wise continues to scale into new markets and products.

How We Work

The Treasury Safeguarding Engineering Team builds and constantly improves scalable and reliable services that enable this large scale operation of safeguarding customer funds. You will develop the systems, processes and controls by which we manage financial and operational risks to customer funds, in line with local regulations around the globe in real time. You will have very interesting challenges with high data volumes, fighting performance bottlenecks, implementing fault‑tolerant solutions, and deep diving into the finance and treasury domain. You will constantly collaborate with teams across Engineering and Analytics, and partner deeply with teams across the business including Operations, Finance, Compliance, Risk & Controls.

What do you need?

• A strong product mindset, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data‑driven decisions
• Sense of ownership and great communication skills to drive projects across teams
• Ability to work independently while also being a good team player. Your work will frequently involve cross‑team collaboration.
• Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value
• Experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean code that is performant and well tested
• Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement
• Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews
• Knowledge and experience with realtime data processing and a messaging system, like Kafka
• Knowledge of Java and Spring boot.
• Experience working with relational and non‑relational databases, SQL query optimisation and designing schemas is a plus

Nice To Have

• How we work – a practical guide
• DEI @ Wise
• Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)
• Our Engineering career map
• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work
• Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What Do We Offer

• Starting salary: £105k-135k + RSUs
• Wise Benefits

Additional Information

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. Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

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