Senior Backend Engineer, Customer Support Platform

Wise

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Hybrid
Location
Budapest, HungaryLondon, United Kingdom
Posted
31 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday
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Aug 11, 2126

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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 · Senior Backend Engineer, Customer Support Platform

As a Senior Backend Engineer – Customer Support Platform, you will join the Getting Help team to scale and refine the support ecosystem for high-traffic chat interfaces, self-service tools, and FAQs. You will be responsible for engineering the logic and user experience that connects customers to Generative AI capabilities while building robust, scalable architecture to handle hundreds of thousands of monthly sessions. Your daily work involves designing technical solutions that balance latency, throughput, and scalability within a distributed systems environment. The role requires expertise in Java 25, Spring Boot 4, REST APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines. You will also provide product stewardship by ensuring projects are delivered and measured against customer needs. This position addresses the challenge of providing seamless automated support for international money movement services through high-scale backend infrastructure.

What you'll do

  • Engineer the logic and user experience connecting customers to Generative AI capabilities.
  • Build robust, scalable backend architecture for high-traffic chat interfaces and self-service platforms.
  • Design technical solutions that balance latency, throughput, and scalability within a distributed systems environment.
  • Develop clean, maintainable code using Java, Spring Boot, and microservices architectures.
  • Take end-to-end ownership of complex problems by proposing architecture and driving projects to completion.
  • Use data and customer feedback to influence product decisions and define project scope.
  • Mentor junior engineers and foster a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
  • Proactively improve the codebase, system architecture, and internal team processes.

What we're looking for

  • At least 6 years of experience in backend engineering.
  • Proficiency in distributed systems, architectural trade-offs, and clean code principles.
  • Experience with web development technologies including REST APIs, microservices, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Ability to design technical solutions balancing latency, throughput, and scalability.
  • Proven track record of writing maintainable code and participating in code reviews.
  • Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
  • Experience mentoring junior engineers and fostering a culture of continuous learning.
  • Ability to take end-to-end ownership of projects and influence product decisions.

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