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WiseSenior Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding
Wise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Global KYC and Onboarding squad within the Servicing department in London . Operating as full-time staff,…
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Wise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Global KYC and Onboarding squad within the Servicing department in London . Operating as full-time staff, this person will help develop core production infrastructure that processes identity verification for millions of global customers and businesses. This position suits engineers with a strong product mindset who enjoy tackling complex regulatory and financial crime challenges. The engineering group operates in a transparent,…
Job Description
Wise is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Global KYC and Onboarding squad within the Servicing department in London. Operating as full-time staff, this person will help develop core production infrastructure that processes identity verification for millions of global customers and businesses.
This position suits engineers with a strong product mindset who enjoy tackling complex regulatory and financial crime challenges. The engineering group operates in a transparent, bottom-up environment featuring cross-functional teams composed of backend and frontend developers, mobile engineers, product managers, data analysts, and designers.
The role focuses on building configuration-driven KYC and FinCrime products, refactoring microservice architectures, and integrating machine learning and artificial intelligence to improve operational efficiency and decision quality. Candidates will own large projects end-to-end, guide technical roadmaps, design clean APIs, and integrate with risk mitigation systems while ensuring rigorous security and compliance standards.
Responsibilities
- Own the technical roadmap for assigned domains to address technical debt, reliability, and security
- Design and implement backend systems with clean APIs and interfaces
- Drive integration with risk and mitigation systems to maintain compliance
- Identify and resolve impactful technical problems across the team and broader organization
- Lead the technical delivery of large-scale, complex projects while anticipating organizational blockers
- Mentor other engineers and share coding best practices
Requirements
- Four or more years of experience working with any programming language
- Experience working with asynchronous message queues such as Kafka or RabbitMQ
- Demonstrated experience architecting and building highly scalable microservices
- Extensive experience working with relational and non-relational databases, including query optimization and schema design
- Strong product mindset paired with a passion for customer experience and regulatory compliance
- Exceptional communication skills for articulating technical concepts to diverse audiences
- Commitment to writing clean, testable, maintainable, and performant code
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What is the location and work arrangement for this role?
This full-time position is based in London.
What experience level is required?
Candidates must have four or more years of experience working with any programming language, asynchronous message queues, and scalable microservices.
Does the company offer relocation or visa sponsorship?
Relocation cannot be offered for this role, but internal visa sponsorship is available.
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