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Engineering Lead - API Experience

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Hybrid
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Expert/Leader
Hybrid
London, Greater London, England, GBR
Expert/Leader
Leads a team building secure API tooling and infrastructure for enterprise partners. Responsibilities include developing a self-service developer portal, managing credentials and API monitoring, improving sandbox environments, and ensuring production-like testing. The role provides technical direction, contributes to Java-based systems, designs scalable distributed architectures and microservices, mentors engineers, and communicates effectively with product and design stakeholders.
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Company Description

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s 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

We’re looking for an experienced Engineering Lead to join our API Experience team. You’ll lead and manage a team of engineers building the tooling and infrastructure that enables partners to securely integrate with Wise's API. This is a unique opportunity to shape the developer experience for major enterprise partners, directly impacting their success and accelerating Wise’s time to revenue.

You will guide your team to deliver a world-class developer experience built on three guiding principles:

  • Secure: Champion robust security measures like mTLS and JOSE to protect partner data and meet the stringent security requirements of banks and financial institutions.

  • Well-Tooled: Own the development of our self-service developer portal, streamlining processes for credential management and API monitoring.

  • Testable: Enhance our Sandbox environment to accurately mirror production, giving partners ultimate confidence before going live.

Qualifications

A bit about you:

  • Product-Led Mindset: You don’t just build features; you build solutions. You have a deep empathy for the user and a track record of shipping successful customer-facing products.

  • Technical Authority: You are an expert in Java (or similar modern stacks) and aren't afraid to get your hands dirty in the code.

  • Architect of Scale: You’ve "been there, done that" with distributed systems and microservices. You know how to build for high scalability and long-term reliability.

  • Multiplier of Talent: You find genuine joy in mentoring. You have a proven ability to lead small teams, fostering an environment where engineers grow and succeed.

  • Bridge Builder: You translate "tech-speak" into plain English. Whether you’re whiteboarding with a designer or presenting to a Product Manager, you communicate with clarity and purpose.

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

  • How we work - a practical guide

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  • Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

  • See what it’s 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.

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