Senior Engineering Lead - Personal Onboarding Verification

Wise

Actively hiring
London Posted 83 days ago $125,000–$153,000 / year
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TL;DR

As the Senior Engineering Lead for Wise’s Personal Onboarding Verification team in London, you will lead a cross-functional engineering group responsible for developing and maintaining KYC (Know Your Customer) systems that ensure individuals are compliant before using financial products. Day-to-day responsibilities include mentoring engineers, collaborating with product, design, analytics, and data science teams to shape the technical roadmap, ensuring robust and scalable solutions, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement. The role requires expertise in object-oriented programming languages like Java, experience with distributed systems and microservices architectures, and strong communication skills to articulate complex ideas clearly across various stakeholders. This position is integral to Wise’s mission of providing accessible financial services globally by addressing critical regulatory compliance challenges at scale.

Skills

Java Python Docker Kubernetes CI/CD Microservices OOP Scalability APIs REST SQL NoSQL AWS Azure Git Jenkins PostgreSQL Redis MongoDB ML Agile SRE

What you'll do

  • Lead and mentor a cross-functional team of engineers to achieve product goals.
  • Shape the technical roadmap by collaborating with function leads and setting high standards for quality.
  • Ensure team success through effective resource management and planning.
  • Foster a culture of collaboration, ownership, and continuous improvement within the team.
  • Build out clear tech strategies that align with product and marketing objectives.

What we're looking for

  • Proven experience leading and mentoring software engineers.
  • Strong product and customer mindset with experience in building customer-facing products.
  • Technical expertise in OOP languages (Java or similar) and modern technology stacks.
  • Experience working with distributed, high scalability systems and microservices architectures.
  • Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts clearly.
  • Thrives in a collaborative environment, works effectively with cross-functional teams.

Market check

Salary context

This $125,000–$153,000 range sits above 19% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$132,000–$215,000

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$148,375–$217,725

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 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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