Senior Software Engineer - Risk Intelligence Platform

About the role

Wise is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Risk Intelligence Platform, part of the Risk Machine Learning team. The team builds tools and automation that help Wise's FinCrime teams develop and improve fraud prevention, AML and sanctions models. You will sit at the intersection of backend engineering, data and machine learning, supporting the needs of Data Scientists and Product Managers.

Key responsibilities

• Provide guidance for Wise's data engineering and machine learning community and take ownership of difficult technical problems
• Build backend systems and tooling that remove repetitive engineering work so FinCrime teams can focus on preventing financial crime at scale
• Work on model experimentation, bias and fairness, automated training-set maintenance and threshold analysis
• Own complex problems end-to-end, get stakeholder buy-in and implement solutions

Required profile

• Typically 5+ years of experience with Java (11+, 21+); depth and relevance matter more than years
• Strong product mindset, prioritising customer pain points and data-driven decisions
• Strong problem-solving skills and a high level of ownership

Required skills

• Familiarity with Python
• Batch or stream processing, preferably Apache Spark and Flink/Kafka streams
• SQL and document-based no-SQL databases
• Complex distributed systems across microservices, Kafka and scattered data
• Nice to have: ML or data engineering background, Apache Iceberg and/or Trino

What we offer

• Salary range of 5,750 to 7,083.33 EUR gross per month
• RSUs in a growing company
• Annual self-development budget
• Three fully paid days off per year
• 6 weeks' paid time off plus 1,000 GBP financial support after 4 years