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WiseEngineering Lead - Send for Partners
Wise is hiring an Engineering Lead for the Send for Partners group in London. This on-site, full-time position involves guiding a technical team that enables banks…
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Wise is hiring an Engineering Lead for the Send for Partners group in London. This on-site, full-time position involves guiding a technical team that enables banks and enterprises to utilize global payment infrastructure via their own channels. The role sits where product innovation meets international partnerships, requiring close cooperation with Business Development, Solutions Engineering, and Implementation Success units. This is a hands-on technical leadership position suited for an experienced professional…
Job Description
Wise is hiring an Engineering Lead for the Send for Partners group in London. This on-site, full-time position involves guiding a technical team that enables banks and enterprises to utilize global payment infrastructure via their own channels. The role sits where product innovation meets international partnerships, requiring close cooperation with Business Development, Solutions Engineering, and Implementation Success units.
This is a hands-on technical leadership position suited for an experienced professional who can direct architecture, mentor developers, and manage performance. The selected candidate will map product strategies into technical roadmaps, build scalable distributed systems, and drive coding excellence while maintaining compliance standards.
Responsibilities
- Manage engineering staff hiring, mentorship, performance, and skill development
- Convert product objectives into actionable technical roadmaps to achieve key performance indicators
- Direct architecture choices and high-impact system designs for scalable global operations
- Partner with cross-functional groups to facilitate bank integrations and network expansion
- Promote engineering quality via code reviews, best practices, and active technical contribution
- Balance immediate delivery goals with long-term technical sustainability for the Send product
- Share insights across wider platform squads to influence company software standards
Requirements
- Proven background in leading, coaching, and growing high-performing engineering teams
- Expertise in technical leadership and system design for distributed environments, microservices, and event-based architectures
- Experience working with the JVM platform including Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot
- Capacity to articulate complex technical ideas clearly to multiple stakeholders
- Comfort with ambiguity and an action-oriented approach to maintaining quality and compliance
Qualifications
- Product-focused mindset with an emphasis on customer impact
- Experience empowering teams through context, trust, and structured direction
- Fostering continuous delivery and advocating established coding practices
Core Skills
Benefits
- Starting annual salary ranging from GBP 105,000 to 135,000
- Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
- Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion across an international workforce
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What is the location and work setting for this role?
This full-time position is located in London and is on-site.
What is the salary range for the Engineering Lead?
The starting salary is between GBP 105,000 and 135,000 per year, accompanied by RSUs.
What technical stack is associated with the position?
The posting specifies experience with the JVM platform, specifically Java, Kotlin, and Spring Boot.
How are applications submitted?
The provided posting does not specify the application submission process.
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