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# Backend Engineer

- **Company:** Wise
- **Location:** London, UK
- **Salary:** £66,000.0 - £106,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Java (Programming Language), Backend, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** September 11, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.co.uk/jobs/details/5878315947

## About the Role

* Strong computer science fundamentals
 * Strong knowledge of the modern tech stack and design concepts
 * Ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly and simply
 * Focus on solving real customer problems with every change you make
 * Clear understanding of why we are building what we are building
 * Ability to think in product terms, not just at the code level
 * Passion to always learn and grow
 * Ability to get things done without waiting to be told what to do
 * Curiosity to explore ways to improve our products and day-to-day work
 * Willingness to learn, even if you do not have much experience in our stack or have not worked on the frontend recently

## Description

* Join our Send Core team to help build the critical infrastructure behind every sending transaction
 * Help make sending money as easy and fast as paying for groceries with a card
 * Maintain the core infrastructure that supports sending transactions across the platform
 * Build customer-facing products that power the customer send journey
 * Collaborate with product, design, and data teams to deliver the best experience for our customers
 * Own the systems that every sending transaction depends on
 * Make architectural decisions for core send components to keep them reliable and performant

Technologies:

 * Frontend
 * Network
 * Java
 * Backend


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