What you'll be doing

• Design and build intuitive, consistent, and easy-to-use public-facing APIs for Wise Platform and its partners
• Own and drive technical roadmaps at the squad/tribe level, addressing technical debt, reliability, scalability, and security in alignment with product goals
• Architect highly robust and scalable microservices using event-driven design patterns
• Act as a key influencer in product roadmapping and strategy alongside product management and cross-functional teams
• Lead impactful problems within and beyond the team, driving cross-team initiatives to unlock new features and value
• Mentor and influence engineers and leads through code reviews and best practices to raise technical excellence

Requirements

• Strong foundation in modern Java or other JVM-based language with experience in the Spring framework
• Commitment to writing clean, testable, and high-performance code
• Deep experience building and operating microservices with a strong understanding of event-driven architecture, distributed systems, and concurrency patterns
• Hands-on experience with Kafka or similar messaging systems, including designing and owning scalable event pipelines
• Proficiency with relational and non-relational databases, including query optimization, schema design, and data lifecycle management for sensitive information
• Product-oriented mindset with prioritization of customer needs and data-driven decision making
• Experience leading cross-team and interdisciplinary initiatives
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences and guide discussions to clear decisions