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Current banking systems dont let us send, spend or receive money across borders easily. So, were building a new one.
The Global Product tribe at Wise owns nearly all aspects of the customer experience and core infrastructure powering the Wise Account, Wise Business, and Remittances (Transfer) products. Were on a mission to build the worlds most global accountone that offers a truly local experience no matter where life or business takes our customers.
Onboarding, Send, Receive, Spend, Account, and Groweach responsible for a specific area of the product journey.
Were looking for an inspiring and customer-obsessed engineering leader to join ussomeone with a bias for action, a strong product mindset, and a passion for world-class user experiences. Youll start by leading our Receive Squad, with the opportunity to grow your scope across more of the Global Product organization in the future.
The Receive Squad builds the products that allow Wise customers to get paid from anywhere in the world and fund their accounts and transactions. Today, we provide local account details in 10+ countries, and our PayIn platform processes over 200 billion annually in incoming payments. We're also laying the foundation for payment facilitation capabilities to support merchants and global businesses. As the world becomes more interconnected, our customers increasingly rely on Wise to handle all their payment needs through a single global account.
Drive the technical and product direction for engineering teams within the Receive Squad, aligning closely with product and design leads to build customer-first solutions.
Be hands-on when neededwith a strong eye for system design, youll dive into technical details to help teams make smart architectural decisions and unblock complex challenges.
Build and scale high-performing engineering teams that can support Wises continued hypergrowth and complex global operations.
Navigate risk, compliance, and regulatory challenges while maintaining agilityworking iteratively to release product improvements without compromising safety or speed.
Collaborate closely with neighbouring tribesincluding Regional (local payment schemes, regulators, tailoring product to local needs), Finance & Treasury (safeguarding, liquidity management, accounting & reporting), and Servicing (Financial Crime, KYC, and account monitoring)to ensure alignment across Wises global platform.
Mentor engineering managers and technical leads, and create the conditions for autonomous, empowered teams to thrive.
Champion a healthy engineering culture rooted in continuous improvement, technical excellence, and customer-centricity.
A chance to lead the teams building the core infrastructure powering a global financial platform used by millions.
The opportunity to shape Wises global account experience as we scale to serve more regions, more use cases, and more complexity.
Youre an experienced engineering leader who has led complex, high-impact teams at scale.
You care deeply about building products that solve real customer problemsand you bring that empathy into how you lead and prioritize.
You bring a strong technical foundation, with a solid eye for system design, architecture, and scalability, and youre not afraid to roll up your sleeves and go deep when teams need help.
Youre energized by removing blockers, simplifying processes, and enabling teams to ship faster.
We're people building money without borders without judgement or prejudice, too. 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.
Employment type Full-time

Job function Engineering and Information Technology

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