Engineering Lead - Business Operations Tooling

Wise

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Tallinn Posted 40 days ago

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TL;DR

The Engineering Lead role at Wise's Business Operations Tooling team involves hands-on technical leadership and management of a product-focused group dedicated to building essential tools for operational efficiency. This includes defining the technical architecture, setting development standards, and implementing proactive alerting systems, automated data population, and assignment tooling. The candidate will lead and mentor engineers, ensuring high code quality while collaborating with cross-functional teams like design and analytics to integrate these solutions. Ideal candidates have experience in backend engineering, system architecture, and leading teams in fast-paced environments, along with skills in database handling, API design, and asynchronous messaging. Familiarity with JVM languages such as Java or Kotlin is a plus, though not mandatory.

Skills

Java Kotlin API design asynchronous messaging database handling system architecture backend engineering CI/CD Salesforce JVM Python PostgreSQL Maven Git Docker AWS GitHub

What you'll do

Define technical approach for building tools, balancing short-term wins with long-term initiatives.
Lead and mentor a team of engineers to ensure high code quality and project completion.
Hire and manage software engineering talent for the Business Operations Tooling team.
Participate actively in product definition and roadmap planning for the team.
Coordinate with cross-functional teams (design, product, analytics) to integrate tools effectively.

What we're looking for

Experience in leading and mentoring software engineers.
Strong communication skills with experience working across multiple functions.
Proven track record of delivering scalable backend engineering solutions.
Experience designing complex systems and handling databases.
Knowledge of API design and asynchronous messaging.
Good conflict resolution and problem-solving skills.

Market check

Salary context

This listing doesn't show a salary. Similar roles on FindRole typically pay $139,744–$212,400.

Peer median band

$139,744–$212,400

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$150,000–$209,000

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 237 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Wise

Wise (formerly TransferWise) is a global technology company specializing in international money transfers and multi-currency accounts, offering transparent low-cost foreign exchange for individuals and businesses. Industry: Financial Technology & International Payments

Wise currently has 49 open roles on FindRole.

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