Engineering Lead

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.

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.

A bit about you:

• You have proven experience in leading and mentoring software engineers. You enjoy helping others grow and succeed.

• You have a strong product and customer mindset and experience building customer facing products.

• You possess strong technical expertise or background in Java or similar languages and modern technology stacks

• You have experience working with and building distributed, high scalability systems and microservices architectures

• You're a great communicator who can articulate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

• You thrive in a collaborative environment and have experience working effectively with cross-functional peers like designers, product managers, and analysts.

What you get back:

• 🚀 RSU's in a growing company

• 💪 An annual self-development budget

• ❤️ Statutory maternity leave, with a perk of 18 fully paid weeks of parental leave for birth or adoption

• ❤️ Paternity leave for 18 weeks at full pay

• 🌿 3 fully paid ‘me days’ per year to help you manage life

• 🌍 Relocation and visa expenses covered

• 🏝️ A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years

• Find out more about our benefits in our Budapest office.

Interested? Find out more:

• 👀 How we work – a practical guide

• 💻 The Wise Tech Stack, 2025 edition

• 📈 Our Engineering career map

• ❤️Our values

• …or check out our Engineering blog.

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.

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