Senior Software Engineer I, Reliability

Wise

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Work type: Hybrid
Location: London, United Kingdom
Posted: 180 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 70 roles within 25 mi

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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 Software Engineer I, Reliability

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As a Senior Software Engineer I - Reliability, you will join the Reliability Engineering team to enhance the reliability, performance, and compliance of critical business services. You will work cross-functionally with software engineering teams to identify and implement improvements for backend microservices by developing common libraries and implementing resilient strategies for capacity, autoscaling, redundancy, and performance. Your daily work involves deep-diving into various services to suggest best practices and applying reliability patterns like observability. The role requires experience in a cloud-based architecture using Kubernetes and hands-on software engineering with Java or other backend languages. You will also troubleshoot application, database, and data-related issues while designing scalable solutions for the ecosystem. This role addresses the technical challenge of maintaining high availability and performance as product demands scale within a complex microservices environment.

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Skills

Kubernetes Java Microservices Observability Resiliency Patterns Autoscaling Reliability Engineering

What you'll do

Identify opportunities to optimize performance for critical backend microservices.
Improve common libraries used by multiple teams across the organization.
Implement org-wide strategies for capacity, autoscaling, resiliency, and redundancy.
Conduct deep-dives into product services to suggest and implement reliability best practices.
Develop scalable solutions to improve service availability and customer experience.
Troubleshoot complex application, database, and data-related issues.
Contribute directly to the Wise product using Java or other backend languages.

What we're looking for

Experience in product engineering to deliver high impact.
Strong collaboration skills to influence team priorities and work across functions.
Experience working with microservices in a Kubernetes and cloud-based architecture.
Hands-on software engineering experience in Java or other backend languages.
Expertise in applying reliability best practices, including development, resiliency patterns, and observability.
Hands-on experience troubleshooting application, database, and data-related issues.
Strong prioritization skills and effective time management.

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