Senior Engineering Lead II - Contacts Team
Core
Architecting and scaling the distributed systems for Wise's contacts domain, enabling the addition, discovery, and management of recipients (people, businesses, bank accounts) for the Wise app and enterprise API clients.
Role type
Senior Engineering Lead (Backend)
Builds
Scalable contact search, validation, and management engines for the Wise platform and enterprise partners.
Domain
Fintech / Payments / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend engineering (Java), distributed systems architecture, team leadership, technical strategy, operational excellence, cross-functional alignment
Preferred skills
Fintech experience, payments domain, Identity/Graph data, high-throughput API design, scaling teams from single squad to multiple squads
Technologies
Java, distributed systems, enterprise APIs
Responsibilities
Drive architectural decisions for the contacts domain, mentor and coach a team of 9 engineers, define the product roadmap with Product Managers, ensure reliability and security of critical customer data services, align technical strategy with business goals
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities