Engineering Lead, Payout Core

Wise

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Hybrid

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Tallinn, Estonia
Posted
8 days ago
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Confirmed live 2 days ago
Closes
Sep 3, 2126

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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

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TL;DR · Engineering Lead, Payout Core

As an Engineering Lead - Payout Core, you will join a newly formed team responsible for the systems that process every outgoing payment at Wise. You will serve as both a technical lead and a people manager, overseeing code quality, architecture, performance, and reliability while managing engineer growth and career paths. Your day-to-day involves writing and reviewing code, defining the technical roadmap, and designing smart routing to transform the payout domain into a product-agnostic platform. The role requires expertise in Java or Kotlin, the Spring framework, microservice best practices, and relational database management including query optimization and schema design. You will solve complex problems regarding partner integrations, bank holidays, and delivery estimates within the financial infrastructure space, ensuring that all customer transfers and business payouts are executed reliably across a high-traffic environment.

What you'll do

  • Define and execute the technical roadmap for the payout domain, including architecture and smart routing.
  • Manage team performance, career development, and hiring decisions for a newly formed engineering unit.
  • Write code, perform code reviews, and contribute directly to the delivery of high-quality software.
  • Ensure system reliability, scalability, and adherence to company-wide engineering standards.
  • Align stakeholders across the organization and represent the team in cross-team architectural discussions.
  • Produce and review RFCs for technical decisions affecting the payout domain.
  • Translate a long-term vision into a concrete roadmap while managing product requirements and customer needs.

What we're looking for

  • Experience as a tech lead or engineering manager with a track record of developing engineers and building high-performing teams.
  • Strong product mindset focused on customer needs and making data-driven decisions.
  • Ability to own, articulate, and execute a technical vision and roadmap.
  • Extensive experience with Java or Kotlin and proficiency with the Spring framework.
  • Understanding of microservice best practices and ability to design robust relational database schemas.
  • Commitment to high code quality, testable code, and active participation in code reviews.
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Experience building highly reliable systems in high-traffic environments or with financial infrastructure is preferred.

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