Senior Backend Engineer - Payin Platform

Requirements

• Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audiences
• Ability to work independently while also being a good team player. Your work will frequently involve cross-team collaboration.
• Ability to break down complex projects into incremental milestones that deliver customer value
• Experience in developing web applications and distributed systems in a production environment
• Experience with common design and architectural patterns coupled with a passion for writing clean code that is performant and well tested
• Curiosity and drive for continuous learning and improvement
• Following and advocating best coding practices, continuous delivery and code reviews
• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimization and designing schemas is a plus
• Knowledge of Java and Spring Boot and experience with a messaging system, like Kafka, is a plus

What You'll Be Doing

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services written in Java and Kotlin using the Spring Boot framework, deployed on cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Build and maintain RESTful APIs that serve millions of customers across web and mobile platforms
• Develop and optimize services powering the card pay-in payment method — one of the most popular payment methods, enabling Wise customers to move around £1 billion every month
• Design and implement database schemas, write and optimize SQL queries against PostgreSQL databases handling high-volume transactional data
• ... (and more responsibilities listed)

Perks and Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Competitive salary
• Healthcare benefits
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Continuous learning opportunities