Senior Backend Engineer
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Summary
Senior backend engineer at Wise (Budapest) building highly scalable, distributed backend systems and APIs that orchestrate customer information requests and automate servicing processes. Core stack: Java/other JVM languages, Spring, databases, and distributed-systems tooling, with cross-team platform work.
- Development of a highly scalable system to orchestrate information requests from customers
- Provision of infrastructure for insights into operational cost and risk associated with Wise products
- Enabling automation of servicing processes through a rich API in a distributed environment
- Collaboration with other teams at Wise to deliver a platform with appropriate complexity and adaptability
- Building stable, scalable backend systems with great APIs
- Documentation at the appropriate abstraction level to scale adoption of developments
- Cross-team collaboration to build and grow the platform for other Wise teams
- Strong technical skills in backend development with Java or other JVM-based languages
- Experience with Spring framework, databases, and distributed systems
- Ability to understand and decompose complex features into deliverables
- Strong collaboration and communication skills
- Product-first mindset with ability to prioritise customer needs
- Curiosity and passion for continuous learning and improvement
- Ability to design technical solutions balancing latency, throughput, and scalability
- Passion for learning new technologies, tools, and patterns
- Customer-first approach prioritising work that solves real customer pain points and uses data to drive decisions
- Ability to take ownership of complex problems and drive projects end-to-end
- Ability to identify opportunities to deliver value faster and provide constructive feedback
- Strong communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to non-technical audiences
- Proactive mindset to improve codebase, architecture, and processes
- Passion for mentoring and knowledge sharing
