Senior Software Engineer I - Reliability

Wise

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London, United Kingdom
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88 days ago

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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 · Senior Software Engineer I - Reliability

Join Wise as a Senior Software Engineer on our Reliability Engineering team, where you will collaborate with various software engineering teams to enhance the reliability and performance of critical business services. Your daily tasks include identifying opportunities to optimize backend microservices by improving common libraries used across the company, developing resilient strategies for capacity management and autoscaling, and deep-diving into service issues to suggest best practices and implement changes that improve overall system reliability. Ideal candidates have a strong background in product engineering, experience with microservices in Kubernetes-based architectures, hands-on expertise in Java or other backend languages, and proficiency in troubleshooting application, database, and data-related issues. This role requires excellent collaboration skills and the ability to prioritize effectively while managing multiple projects simultaneously.

What you'll do

  • Identify and implement improvements to optimize performance of critical backend microservices.
  • Develop resilient strategies addressing capacity, autoscaling, resiliency, performance, and redundancy issues.
  • Collaborate with teams to suggest best practices for improving service reliability.
  • Analyze complex requirements to deliver simple solutions enhancing product team efficiency.
  • Troubleshoot application, database, and data-related issues in a Kubernetes-based architecture.

What we're looking for

  • Strong experience with microservices in Kubernetes and cloud-based architecture.
  • Hands-on software engineering background, preferably in Java or other backend languages.
  • Expertise in troubleshooting application, database, and data-related issues.
  • Ability to identify and implement reliability improvements for critical services.
  • Experience in developing resilient strategies for capacity, autoscaling, and performance.

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