Senior Backend Engineer - Risk Domain

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.

Job Description

More about our mission and what we offer .

We're looking for engineers who are passionate about designing scalable platforms and love solving real-world problems with technology. If you're excited by the idea of building infrastructure that empowers teams and accelerates product development without compromising on trust or safety, this role is for you.

The Role: Platform Engineering in the Risk Domain

As part of our Platform Engineering team, you’ll be at the intersection of Product and Risk – crafting systems that allow internal teams to ship faster, safer, and smarter. You won’t just be writing code. You’ll be building foundational services that other teams rely on to launch features across global markets.

We're designing a centralised risk platform – a system that unifies data and decision-making across identity verification, fraud detection, compliance, and more. This platform acts as the connective tissue between teams working on money movement, regional expansion, and customer safety.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

• Passion for building at scale – You’ve worked on high-throughput systems and know what it takes to keep services fast and reliable.
• Deep interest in system design – You think in terms of platforms, not just features.
• A desire to build meaningful infrastructure – You care about enabling others, not just shipping your own code.
• Accelerate delivery: Enable product teams to launch faster with built-in risk tooling.
• Empower risk teams: Give them the systems they need to assess, respond, and protect—without blocking development.
• Bonus if you’ve worked in fintech or high-trust domains like risk, identity, or compliance.

Why This Role Stands Out

You’ll be joining a team that values autonomy, creativity, and collaboration. We’re building a platform from the ground up, with the support and reach of a product org that ships globally. Your work won’t just scale technology – it’ll scale trust.

Additional Information

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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