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Engineering Manager

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship
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at Wise

FinTech

Posted a month ago

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**Engineering Manager | Wise** **About the Role:** Lead and mentor high-performing engineers, driving technical decision-making for global payment systems. Balance short-term delivery with long-term technical health, improving the Send product. Collaborate cross-functionally to expand our payment network with partner banks and enterprises. **What You'll Be Doing:** - Lead & coach engineers, own hiring, mentoring & performance - Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps - Guide architecture & design decisions, ensuring scalable systems - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to expand payment network - Drive engineering excellence through code reviews & best practices - Understand & contribute to team systems deeply when needed - Identify improvements, balancing short-term delivery & long-term technical health - Share learnings & shape how we build software company-wide **What You'll Need to Succeed:** - Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams - Technical leadership & system design expertise - Product mindset & empowerment leadership style - Following best coding practices & continuous delivery - Comfortable with ambiguity & able to move quickly while maintaining quality - Experience with JVM platform (Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot) **What We Offer:** - Starting salary: £106,000 - £135,000 GBP Annual + RSUs - Wise Benefits - Opportunity to work at a global technology company - Empowering banks and enterprises globally with world-class payments

Compensation
£105,000 – £135,000 GBP

Currency: £ (GBP)

City
London
Country
United Kingdom

Full Job Description

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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the worlds money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.


Job Description

About the role:

Were looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Send for Partners team - the team that empowers banks and enterprises to leverage Wises infrastructure to offer their customers world class payments products through their own channels. 

Youll be joining a team that sits at the intersection of product innovation and global partnerships, working closely with Solutions Engineering, Implementation Success and Business Development teams, building scalable and robust systems that power our global payment network with partner banks and enterprises across the world.

This is a hands-on leadership role. Youll be guiding engineers, driving technical decision-making, collaborating with the teams Product Manager to deliver reliable, scalable systems that power the future of Wises payment platform.

What Youll Be Doing

  • Lead and coach engineers, own hiring, mentoring and performance to grow technical capability and delivery impact.
     

  • Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps that move KPIs
     

  • Guide architecture and technical design decisions, ensuring we build systems that scale globally.
     

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support bank integrations and expand our payment network.
     

  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring and adoption of best practices.
     

  • Understand and contribute to team systems deeply enough to be hands-on when needed.
     

  • Identify opportunities to improve the Send product, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical health.
     

  • Have an overview of the broader Wise Platform squad, sharing learnings and shaping how we build software company-wide.


Qualifications

What Youll Need to Succeed

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more, we do want to hear from you!

  • Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams and growing senior ICs.

  • Technical leadership & system design expertise: strong grasp of scalable, distributed systems, event-based architectures and microservices; able to make high-impact architectural decisions.

  • Product mindset you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation.

  • Leadership through empowerment by providing context, trust and clear direction

  • Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews.

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.

  • Bias to action and comfort with ambiguity able to move quickly while maintaining quality and compliance.

  • Experience with JVM platform (Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot).


Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work - a practical guide

  • DEI @ Wise

  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • See what its like to work at Wise London

  • Our engineering career map

Wise Engineering https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 106,000 - 135,000 + RSUs

  • Wise Benefits

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Apply Shortlist
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Engineering Manager

Compensation

£105,000 – £135,000 GBP

City: London

Country: United Kingdom

Wise logo
FinTech

a month ago

1 click

at Wise

ExperiencedNo visa sponsorship

**Engineering Manager | Wise** **About the Role:** Lead and mentor high-performing engineers, driving technical decision-making for global payment systems. Balance short-term delivery with long-term technical health, improving the Send product. Collaborate cross-functionally to expand our payment network with partner banks and enterprises. **What You'll Be Doing:** - Lead & coach engineers, own hiring, mentoring & performance - Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps - Guide architecture & design decisions, ensuring scalable systems - Collaborate with cross-functional teams to expand payment network - Drive engineering excellence through code reviews & best practices - Understand & contribute to team systems deeply when needed - Identify improvements, balancing short-term delivery & long-term technical health - Share learnings & shape how we build software company-wide **What You'll Need to Succeed:** - Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams - Technical leadership & system design expertise - Product mindset & empowerment leadership style - Following best coding practices & continuous delivery - Comfortable with ambiguity & able to move quickly while maintaining quality - Experience with JVM platform (Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot) **What We Offer:** - Starting salary: £106,000 - £135,000 GBP Annual + RSUs - Wise Benefits - Opportunity to work at a global technology company - Empowering banks and enterprises globally with world-class payments

Full Job Description

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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the worlds money.
Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.

Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
For everyone, everywhere.

More about our mission and what we offer.


Job Description

About the role:

Were looking for an Engineering Manager to join the Send for Partners team - the team that empowers banks and enterprises to leverage Wises infrastructure to offer their customers world class payments products through their own channels. 

Youll be joining a team that sits at the intersection of product innovation and global partnerships, working closely with Solutions Engineering, Implementation Success and Business Development teams, building scalable and robust systems that power our global payment network with partner banks and enterprises across the world.

This is a hands-on leadership role. Youll be guiding engineers, driving technical decision-making, collaborating with the teams Product Manager to deliver reliable, scalable systems that power the future of Wises payment platform.

What Youll Be Doing

  • Lead and coach engineers, own hiring, mentoring and performance to grow technical capability and delivery impact.
     

  • Translate product strategy into technical roadmaps that move KPIs
     

  • Guide architecture and technical design decisions, ensuring we build systems that scale globally.
     

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support bank integrations and expand our payment network.
     

  • Drive engineering excellence through code reviews, mentoring and adoption of best practices.
     

  • Understand and contribute to team systems deeply enough to be hands-on when needed.
     

  • Identify opportunities to improve the Send product, balancing short-term delivery with long-term technical health.
     

  • Have an overview of the broader Wise Platform squad, sharing learnings and shaping how we build software company-wide.


Qualifications

What Youll Need to Succeed

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more, we do want to hear from you!

  • Proven experience leading and mentoring high-performing engineering teams and growing senior ICs.

  • Technical leadership & system design expertise: strong grasp of scalable, distributed systems, event-based architectures and microservices; able to make high-impact architectural decisions.

  • Product mindset you think about customer impact, not just technical implementation.

  • Leadership through empowerment by providing context, trust and clear direction

  • Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews.

  • Ability to communicate technical concepts clearly across teams and stakeholders.

  • Bias to action and comfort with ambiguity able to move quickly while maintaining quality and compliance.

  • Experience with JVM platform (Java/Kotlin/Spring Boot).


Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work - a practical guide

  • DEI @ Wise

  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • See what its like to work at Wise London

  • Our engineering career map

Wise Engineering https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

  • Starting salary: 106,000 - 135,000 + RSUs

  • Wise Benefits

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders  without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.

If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.

Keep up to date with life at Wise by following us on LinkedIn and Instagram.

Apply Shortlist
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From me days to mission days, sabbaticals to stock, and everything in between. For everyone, everywhere. Were people building money without borders. Find out what you'll get if you join us.

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