Senior Software Engineer - Finance Core Accounting

Company DescriptionWise 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 DescriptionMore about our mission and what we offer.The team you’ll be working with: Core Accounting in FinanceResponsibilitiesFinance drives financial accounting, business monitoring and representing Wise financials to board, investors, regulators and auditors. Their focus is on running financial processes in an efficient, scalable and controlled manner and ensuring timely and accurate financial reporting. Finance Services at Wise record over 1 billion ledger entries per month, averaging at 40,000 events per minute. Teams in Finance are responsible for the following:Core Accounting: Providing ledger as a service and responsible for the Third Party integrations along with spitting the financial aggregations out. Finance Implementation: Journaling of financial transactions of new customer products/featuresIntegrations Experience: Improving the experience and process of onboarding new product financials. Data & Assurance: Managing the governance and controls over all financial dataAbout The RoleAs an Senior Software Engineer to join our Core Accounting team you would be responsible for shaping and delivering some of the key initiatives and functionalities in the team like:Design, shape, develop, and test applications using Java, Spring Boot, PostgreSQL, Kafka and React in a micro services environmentParticipate in the development of our ledger as a service, aggregation pipeline for financials, and 3rd party integrationsLearn and take ownership of the 3rd party systems we in finance have and how we integrate with themWork cross-functionally in squads who are vital to driving the mission of making ledger and financials more timely, accurate and controlled. Create clear and helpful interfaces, whilst maintaining consistency, maintainability and performanceCollaborate with cross-functional teams to identify and prioritize product requirementsWrite clean, efficient, and well-documented code that adheres to our coding standardsParticipate in code reviews and contribute to the improvement of our codebaseParticipate in team ceremonies and planning cyclesQualificationsWhat You'll DoTechnical Leadership & DeliveryOwn large-scale projects: Lead the technical roadmap and deliverables for significant, impactful initiatives (8+ engineering weeks)Design scalable systems: Build backend services and APIs with a long-term approach, using design patterns that enable easy iteration and scalingFull-stack contribution: Work across the entire stack with particular strength in backend technologies, ensuring seamless integration between frontend and backend systemsMaintain system reliability: Take accountability for the availability, reliability, and security of the systems you buildAPI-first design: Ensure all products are designed with strong, well-documented APIs that partners and internal teams can easily consumeProduct & Strategic ImpactDrive technical roadmap: Own and contribute to your team's technical roadmap alongside product partnersProduct thinking: Provide strong feedback on product roadmaps, always able to articulate why something is being built, what customer problem it solves, and expected impactTechnical debt management: Proactively address technical debt and plan work to keep it within risk appetiteCross-team collaboration: Promote collaboration across teams to minimize duplicate work and align everyone toward common goalsMentorship & Team ExcellenceMentor engineers: Coach and assist other engineers in your team and broader engineering guildsOwn onboarding: Lead the onboarding process for new engineers joining your teamEngineering practices: Ensure your team follows Wise's engineering best practices (observability, security, database usage, testing, etc.)Additional InformationWhat We're Looking ForTechnical ExpertiseBackend mastery: Expert-level knowledge in backend technologies with up-to-date knowledge of your disciplineFull-stack capabilities: Strong understanding of frontend technologies and ability to work across the entire stackDistributed systems: Solid understanding of distributed systems, microservices, and how to design them effectivelySystem design: Experience designing and building scalable, maintainable systems with proper abstractionsLeadership & CollaborationMentorship skills: Proven ability to coach and develop other engineersCross-functional collaboration: Excellent communication skills across engineering, product, design, and other functionsOwnership mindset: Embrace long-term ownership while building redundancy and knowledge sharingCultural contributor: Exemplify Wise values and contributeFor 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.