About the role
Team you will be working with: Acquiring Risk
The Acquiring Risk team is part of Acquiring Squad in the Global Product tribe dedicated to ensuring customers can receive money quickly and securely using our full suite of Acquiring products. We build smart fraud detection and prevention systems to stop scammers and fraudsters from exploiting Wise or defrauding our customers.
Supporting our full suite of Acquiring products QuickPay Payment links Invoices e-commerce and more we work closely with our financial crime teams to strike the perfect balance: seamless experiences for legitimate users strong barriers against bad actors.
How we work
Our team is focused on building a great Acquiring experience for our business customers. To achieve this we prioritise projects using a mix of data and intuition focus on good execution and learn from our mistakes.
What will you be working on
Were looking for a Backend Engineer to build a fraud engine that will help us ship new products and features quickly while keeping risk and cost low. This will involve working closely with Product Data Science Fraud Prevention Analysts and our Fraud agents to strike the right balance between scaling quickly and mitigating risk efficiently.
Qualifications :
What do you need
Hands-on experience with distributed systems including microservices architecture and backend services supporting large-scale traffic.
Proven ability to deliver high-performance low-latency systems with a focus on speed scalability and reliability.
Strong product-oriented mindset with end-to-end ownership of features and good collaboration within the team.
Proficiency in Java (preferred) or solid experience with similar backend programming languages.
Familiarity with messaging systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ and strong knowledge of relational databases (SQL).
Excellent communication and collaboration skills combined with a growth mindset and focus on delivering user and business value.
Nice to Have:
Understanding of basic machine learning concepts and experience building data pipelines.
Additional Information :
Interested Find out more:
Wise Engineering do we offer:
Starting salary: 68000 - 87500 RSUs
For everyone everywhere. Were people building money without borders without judgement or prejudice too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse equitable and inclusive.
Were proud to have a truly international team and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
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Remote Work :
No
Employment Type :
Full-time
Backend Engineer for Acquiring Risk • London, England, UK
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