Staff Software Engineer, Wise
Site Reliability Engineering
ÂŁ110-150k
+ Restricted Stock Units
1-5 days a week in office
Money without borders
Job no longer available
Money without borders
1001+ employees
Job no longer available
ÂŁ110-150k
+ Restricted Stock Units
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
- Experience of Incident Management and troubleshooting
- Experience in implementing SRE principles, understand the differences between SLI/SLO/SLAs
- Experience writing clean, reusable code in Java/Python/JavaScript or a similar programming language following good practices
- Knowledge of architectural concepts such as microservices, service mesh
- You’re passionate about helping others and keen to roll up your sleeves and take ownership to drive company-wide impact
Desirable
- Experience of cloud platforms (e.g. AWS, GCP)
- Containerisation technology and orchestration platforms e.g. Docker, Kubernetes
- Understanding and knowledge of different tiers of storage
- Experience working in regulated business – PCI etc
- Have experience of capacity planning as well as performance and load testing
- Basic sysadmin skills in debugging issues with disk, network, app/JVM performance etc
What the job involves
- The SRE team’ mission is to focus on engineering-wide reliability problems at Wise. We set the reliability standard we expect of our hundreds of microservices to achieve, we do this via libraries, tooling, documentation, consulting and hands-on contribution
- As we scale we continue to push our teams to run autonomously. They are closest to our customers, so they’re empowered to prioritise and deliver, without being told what to do by leadership. This means they can move fast and run multiple projects at the same time
- As we grow, you’ll be working with product and platform teams to tighten the loop between the two, you’ll work to identify potential reliability issues before they impact our customers, and measure our reliability to help teams make data-driven decisions
- Sustain this growth by continuously iterating on the services we run, with a focus on availability, security, and ease of use
- Evaluate complex requirements and deliver simple solutions to help our teams achieve our mission with speed and confidence
- Building and maintaining the infrastructure, tooling, and foundation of the technical parts of Wise
- Ensuring we have our services up and running so product teams can work efficiently
- Understanding our customers and the impact our product makes in their lives
- Helping Wise achieve its mission by building on one of the key foundation technology layers at the heart of our platform
Salary benchmarks
Otta's take
Theo Margolius
COO of Otta
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.
Insights
Some candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
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
$25.7m
SERIES D
Total funding: $396.1m
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
Founders
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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