Wise

Senior Software Developer II - Receive Risk

London, United Kingdom · Hybrid · Full-time

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EmployerWise
LocationLondon, EC2A 4JE, United Kingdom
Work styleHybrid
Employment typeFull-time
Employer posted24 days ago

Team you will be working with: Receive Risk

The Receive Risk team is part of Acquiring Squad, in the Global Product tribe, dedicated to ensuring customers can receive money quickly and securely, using our full suite of Acquiring products. We build smart fraud detection and prevention systems to stop scammers and fraudsters from exploiting Wise or defrauding our customers.

Supporting our full suite of Acquiring products — QuickPay, Payment links, Invoices, e-commerce, and more — we work closely with our financial crime teams to strike the perfect balance: seamless experiences for legitimate users, strong barriers against bad actors.

What will you be working on?

We're looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to build a fraud engine that will help us ship new products and features quickly while keeping risk and cost low. This will involve working closely with Product, Data Science, Fraud Prevention Analysts and our Fraud agents to strike the right balance between scaling quickly and mitigating risk efficiently.

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What do you need?

Hands-on experience with distributed systems, including microservices architecture and backend services supporting large-scale traffic.

Proven ability to deliver high-performance, low-latency systems with a focus on speed, scalability, and reliability.

Strong product-oriented mindset, with end-to-end ownership of features and close collaboration across teams.

Proficiency in Java (preferred) or solid experience with similar backend programming languages.

Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ, and strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL).

Excellent communication and collaboration skills, combined with a growth mindset and focus on delivering user and business value.

Nice to Have:

Understanding of basic machine learning concepts and experience building data pipelines.

Mentorship experience, helping team members grow and contributing to a culture of continuous learning.

Interested? Find out more:

How we work – a practical guide

DEI @ Wise

Wise Tech Stack (2025 update)

Our Engineering career map

Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

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

What do we offer:

Starting salary: £111,000 - £145,000 + 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.

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