Senior Software Engineer I – FX Risk

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 are looking for a Software Engineer with a strong product and engineering mindset to join our Treasury FX Risk team.

Our team calculates FX risk from trading foreign exchange to meet Wise’s liquidity needs. We manage mission critical services that provide accurate real-time risk calculations and aggregate market data from platforms like Bloomberg and Reuters. Collaborating with Data Science, we also ensure risks are hedged accurately and dynamically. Our systems offer a real-time view of Wise’s global financial positions, translating transactions into actual and forecasted money movements. Trading teams rely on our data to manage FX exposure and execute trades worth tens to hundreds of millions of pounds, making reliability and scalability our top priorities.

How we work

We operate on a strong belief in automation, programmatic implementation, and reusable design. We’re looking for people who can step back and think holistically about the ecosystem, but also follow through and help implement the design; drawing on the resources across the rest of the treasury tribe.

As we grow, sustaining our trajectory requires ongoing refinement and iteration of our services with a focus on availability, security, and user experience. We need a seasoned engineer who can dissect complex requirements and create elegant, impactful solutions, empowering our teams to advance our mission with agility and confidence.

What will you be working on?

You will be working on initiatives to ensure that our services continue to provide accurate and timely data as the company scales.

• Improving the scalability and reliability of our exchange rates infrastructure

• Designing and implementing real time data streaming flows to enable real time monitoring of metrics related to financial risks

• Tackle challenges related to processing large data volumes, addressing performance bottlenecks, and implementing fault-tolerant solutions.

• Gain in-depth expertise in the finance and treasury domains, contributing to the management of Wise’s financial infrastructure.

• Collaborate deeply with Operations, Analytics, Trading, and Product teams to align technical and business objectives.

Qualifications

What do you need?

We acknowledge that engineers continuously evolve their skillsets, and we are committed to supporting your growth. However, we are looking for candidates who can bring these core skills to the table:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience

• Extensive experience and proven track record in software engineering, ideally with a focus on financial systems or markets (not hard requirement)

• Exceptional product mindset, able to balance customer-centric and data-driven approaches

• Expertise in messaging systems such as Kafka

• Proficiency in Java and Spring Boot is highly valued

• Experience with both relational and non-relational database design

• Commitment to continuous improvement and knowledge sharing

• Advocating for best practices in code quality, continuous delivery, and robust code reviews

The successful candidate will onboard rapidly, bringing insights to help refine the team vision while contributing to the potent impact our products have on customers’ lives.

This role is at IC3 level. You can find more details about what it means to be an IC3 at Wise by checking out Our Engineering career map. 

Additional Information

What you get back?

• Stock options in a growing company 

• Hybrid working: up to two days of working from home each week and three months fully remote. Find out more about our hybrid way of working.

• A paid 6-week sabbatical leave after four years 

• Parental leave: 26 weeks maternity leave at full pay, plus 13 weeks at statutory maternity pay; 18 weeks with full pay for paternity leave

• An annual, all-expenses-paid company trip – Mission days

• Private medical insurance, pension plan

• An annual self-development budget

Find out more about our benefits in our London office.

Interested? Find out more:

• Wise’s Mission

• Wise: Moving money around the world [Podcast]

• Our quarterly Mission updates

• How We Work and our Values

• Building diverse product teams at Wise [Video]

• Our Engineering career map

…or check out our Engineering blog.

What do we offer: 

• Starting salary: £85,000-£105,000 + RSU

• Wise Benefits

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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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