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# Software Engineer, Account Discovery

- **Company:** Wise Australia Investments
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), A/B Testing, Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Distributed Systems, Query Optimization, Software Engineering, Backend, Low Latency, Non-relational Database
- **Published:** May 15, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=445e9016f5b15b90

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Software development?, What do you need?

 * You have software development experience (preferably using Java)
 * A strong product mindset and passion for customer experience, you prioritise work with the customers in mind and make data-driven decisions to fix customer pain-points
 * Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audience
 * Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas
 * You enjoy writing clean and testable code
 * You believe in and follow best coding practices, code reviews and open feedback
 * Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Distributed and Concurrent Systems

## Description

We're hiring a Backend Engineer to join our Account Discovery team - the primary gateway into Wise.

This team powers the dashboard customers see when they first log in. We turn account activity into clear, fast, reliable summaries and deliver contextual, personalised recommendations that help customers discover new ways to manage their money with Wise.

What you'll build

 * Backend services that generate near real-time account overviews (recent actions, balances, key events) that are easy to understand and trust.
 * Recommendation and discovery capabilities that are personalised, context-aware, and measurable.
 * APIs and supporting systems that make the dashboard fast, consistent, and available across devices and regions.

You will build the backend behind Wise's first-screen experience high-scale, low-latency services that stay fast under heavy traffic. Balance real-time freshness with rock-solid correctness, and deliver personalisation at scale that's genuinely useful.

You'll also tackle distributed systems complexity (resilience, failures, retries, idempotency), enable experimentation and measurement (A/B testing, instrumentation), and engineer with security, privacy, and compliance baked in from day one.


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