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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
As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will join the Mitigation Requirements team to build and maintain highly scalable distributed systems. You will be responsible for developing infrastructure that orchestrates information requests from customers, provides insights into operational costs and risks, and facilitates automated servicing processes through a rich API in a distributed environment. This role involves solving complex technical problems, mentoring team members, and collaborating across teams to deliver stable solutions. The core work focuses on safeguarding the platform against financial crime while ensuring a smooth experience when additional information is required from customers. You will utilize Java or other JVM-based languages, the Spring framework, and various databases to design systems that balance latency, throughput, and scalability. Your daily tasks involve writing clean code, decomposing complex features into deliverables, and documenting technical solutions for broader adoption.
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Median $206000 from 35 postings across 16 companies.
Java
Spring Framework
Microservices
Kafka
RabbitMQ
SQS
RESTful API
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Distributed Systems
Schema Design
String Matching
Fuzzy Search
Entity Resolution
Audit Logging
Data Retention