Senior Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding at Wise

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About the role

Responsibilities:
- Own the technical roadmap for Global KYC & Onboarding verification systems, prioritising reliability, scalability and security.
- Design and implement backend microservices and APIs that support configuration-driven KYC and onboarding flows.
- Build integrations with risk and compliance systems, message queues (e.g. Kafka/RabbitMQ) and data stores.
- Improve automation and decisioning with safe ML/AI fallbacks, ensuring observability and clear metrics.
- Lead refactors to modernise services and reduce technical debt while maintaining production reliability.
- Collaborate with product, data, design and compliance to deliver user-centred, regulation-compliant solutions.
- Mentor engineers, drive code reviews and promote engineering best practices across the squad.

Requirements:
- 4+ years professional software engineering experience (backend/microservices focus).
- Strong experience designing APIs, asynchronous systems (Kafka/RabbitMQ) and working with relational and NoSQL stores.
- Demonstrable knowledge of reliability, scalability, security and observability for high-throughput systems.
- Familiarity with KYC/FinCrime concepts, regulatory constraints and secure data handling practices.
- Product mindset: data-driven decision making, breaking complex work into delivery-focused increments.
- Practical experience applying ML/AI safely to automation or decisioning is a plus.
- Strong communication skills and experience mentoring or leading technical initiatives.

Responsibilities

You will own the technical roadmap for the Global KYC and Onboarding squad, ensuring the reliability, scalability, and security of core verification systems. Additionally, you will design robust backend microservices and drive integrations with risk mitigation systems to maintain regulatory compliance.

Requirements

Candidates must have 4+ years of experience in software engineering, specifically with microservices, asynchronous message queues, and database management. A strong product mindset and the ability to lead large-scale, complex technical projects are essential for this role.

Key skills

• Software Engineering — in 194 other listings on The Stack
• Microservices — in 231 other listings on The Stack
• System Architecture — in 171 other listings on The Stack
• KYC — in 6 other listings on The Stack
• FinCrime — in 2 other listings on The Stack
• Kafka — in 167 other listings on The Stack
• RabbitMQ — in 69 other listings on The Stack
• Relational Databases — in 74 other listings on The Stack
• Non-relational Databases
• API Design
• Scalability
• Data-driven Decision Making
• Technical Roadmap
• Compliance
• Mentoring

On The Stack (as of 2026-11-03)

• Wise has 46 other listings on The Stack, 44 of them marked as offering visa sponsorship.
• 211 visa-sponsored jobs in the United Kingdom on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.
• 181 visa-sponsored software engineer jobs in Europe on The Stack, posted in the last 60 days.

Frequently asked questions about Wise

Is this Senior Software Engineer - Global KYC and Onboarding role still open?

It was posted on 2026-10-30 and is listed as active on The Stack. Confirm on Wise's application page before applying.

Does Wise offer visa sponsorship?

This listing is marked as offering visa sponsorship. Eligibility rules are set by the employer, so check the details on Wise's site.

Where is this role located?

The listing gives the location as London, United Kingdom. It is marked on-site.

What skills does this role ask for?

The listing names: Software Engineering, Microservices, System Architecture, KYC, FinCrime, Kafka, RabbitMQ, Relational Databases, Non-relational Databases, API Design, Scalability, Data-driven Decision Making, Technical Roadmap, Compliance, Mentoring.