Senior Software Engineer, Wise
Connect
£80-102k
+ RSU's
1-5 days a week in office
Money without borders
Open for applications
Money without borders
1001+ employees
Open for applications
£80-102k
+ RSU's
1-5 days a week in office
1001+ employees
Company mission
We’re on a mission. And it’s money without borders. Instant, convenient, transparent and — eventually — free.
Role
Who you are
- Proficient in Go
- Production experience of building, operating, and scaling microservices in a cloud environment such as AWS or GCP
- Good working knowledge of Linux and a scripting language such as Bash
- Experience with infrastructure and distributed systems, and a desire to learn
- Experience with containerisation and orchestration technologies such as Kubernetes (preferred) or Nomad
Desirable
- Experience with other object languages such as Java is a plus
- Experience with data intensive applications and high availability
- Familiarity or interest in networking
What the job involves
- As a Software Engineer in the Connect team, you will be at the heart of this transformation, entrusted with complex, critical tasks that play a direct role in the way Wise’s (hundreds of distributed) microservices communicate and discover each other, and how requests get proxied to the correct destination
- You’ll be leading work that has a direct impact on the scalability of our services, and be a technical mentor for your peers
- Develops and operates Wise’s Envoy-based service mesh on top of Kubernetes and an in-house built control plane
- Owns the primary routing points for public or non-public connections into and out of Wise’s infrastructure
- Implements and maintains tooling that provides workload identity, encryption and network connectivity controls
- Provides secret management solutions for the Kubernetes clusters
- Help drive complex initiatives that scale, maintain and evolve a variety of backend and infrastructure services, from the service mesh to our secret management service, across multiple environments
- Reduce complexity and toil by identifying bottlenecks and improving system efficiency
- Ensure critical system upgrades and maintenance
- Run our infrastructure with Terraform and Kubernetes in AWS
- Participate in a team on-call rotation
- Collaborate with the security team on strengthening our security posture
- Mentor teammates and work closely with the Staff engineer on the team's technical roadmap
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Wise started when the two founders realised they would be better off trading Estonian kroons for British pounds (and vice versa) between themselves rather than going through banks. That was back in 2011, and they've since grown Wise into one of Europe's most successful tech businesses, exchanging billions of currency every month.
Wise rapidly grew by solving a significant problem for customers, who lost too much money to banks when exchanging currency. They've attracted investment from some of the best investors in the world, from Andreesen Horowitz to Index Ventures and even Richard Branson.
The challenge for Wise will be maintaining their edge and brand power in a market that's becoming increasingly crowded with new entrants (like Revolut and Monzo) and incumbents (traditional banks) trying to catch up. To do so, the company is ramping up its digital and marketing strategies, as well as pushing for further development of its existing products.
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38% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Employee endorsements
Flexible working
"I'm trusted to do my work regardless of whether I'm in the office or working from my spare room. Our mobile wiser scheme gives us the opportunity to..."
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Nov 2017
$280m
SERIES E
May 2016
$26m
SERIES D
Total funding: $396.4m
Company benefits
- Medical Insurance
- Health and Wellbeing Discounts
- 25 days holiday (excl. bank holidays) + 3 Me Days
- RSUs (Restricted Stock Units)
- 6 Week Paid Sabbatical
- Mobile Wiser - work remote for up to 90 days a year 🛫
- Parental Leave
- Pension and Retirement Plans
- Plus Many More!
Company values
- This isn’t just a job, we’re a revolution
- We get it done
- Customers > team > ego
- No drama. Good karma.
Company HQ
London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Taavet Hinrikus
(Chairman)Previously Director of Strategy for Skype.
Kristo Käärmann
(CEO)Previously a Consultant at PwC and Manager at Deloitte.
People progressing
Joined as Banking Lead, promoted to Head of Banking after 2 years, then again to Global Head of Banking.
Diversity & Inclusion at Wise
- Communities and safe spaces (Employee Resource Groups) – led by our Wisers so people can share experiences and information, support each other and connect on shared values
- Wise Cultural Calendar – a programme to learn and celebrate the wide range of cultures, traditions, backgrounds, and global experiences we have here at Wise. Example programmes include Pride Summer and Black History Month
- Our teams continue to set and drive their own bespoke objectives, holding themselves accountable and making sure they focus efforts where they can have the most impact
- We’re excited to partner with InChorus to collect ongoing data on our culture and enable teams to track their progress
- DEI development and training — We’re building our capability and getting everyone on the same page about DEI. Our new training programme will help new joiners and all Wisers know what DEI looks like day-to-day and how they can play their part
- Global policy review — We’re working with an external advisor to provide detailed feedback on best practices in policies by end January
- Disability inclusion – We’re building resources and support for Wisers and candidates with disabilities. Our goals is to offer practical information and support to ensure that Wise remains an inclusive environment for those impacted by a disability
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