Sr Software Engineer - Screening Engine

Google Chrome Microsoft Edge Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Sr Software Engineer - Screening EngineFull-time Compensation: EUR 69000 - EUR 85000 - yearlyCompany DescriptionWise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed.Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere.More about our mission and what we offer.Job DescriptionThe OpportunityYou'll be a key technical contributor on the Screening Engine team, working on some of the most consequential systems at Wise. That means you're not just executing - you're identifying problems before they're problems, driving technical direction within your team, and actively shaping the product roadmap alongside your peers. You'll work closely with compliance, risk, and operations teams to ensure our screening stays sharp, scalable, and defensible under regulatory scrutiny. What you’ll doDeliver & OwnTake end-to-end ownership of projects within the Screening Engine - from design through deployment to post-release monitoringProactively identify risks and blockers early, and drive them to resolution without waiting to be askedWrite clean, testable, well-reviewed code and hold a high bar for the team around youShape the ProductContribute meaningfully to the technical and product roadmap for Sanctions, PEP, and Adverse Media screeningUse data and benchmarking to continuously improve matching algorithm effectiveness and precisionBalance risk reduction, operational scalability, and growth when making trade-offs - keeping the customer experience front and centreBuild Great SystemsDesign and evolve fault-tolerant, high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems built for regulatory scrutinyImprove observability, reliability, and maintainability of existing services - not just build new onesMake thoughtful decisions around database design, query optimisation, and schema evolution for both relational and non-relational storesElevate the TeamActively participate in and lead code reviews, setting a high bar for quality and constructive feedbackGrow the people around you - through mentoring, onboarding, and sharing knowledge proactivelyCollaborate across teams and functions - compliance, risk, operations - to solve cross-cutting problemsQualificationsAbout YouWe're looking for someone who combines strong technical depth with a growing product instinct and the desire to drive meaningful outcomes - not just ship code. EssentialSolid experience with Java and the Spring framework - you can design and build production-grade microservices confidentlyExperience with asynchronous messaging systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS or similar) in a high-throughput production environmentStrong understanding of RESTful API design, versioning, and operational concernsHands-on experience with both relational (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and non-relational databases; you think carefully about schema design and query performanceComfortable owning the full lifecycle of a service - design, testing, deployment, monitoring, and iterationStrong to HaveExperience in compliance, financial crime, or risk-adjacent engineering domainsFamiliarity with string matching, fuzzy search, or entity resolution algorithmsExperience designing for regulatory requirements - audit logging, explainability, data retentionUnderstanding of distributed systems trade-offs: consistency, availability, latencyWho You AreYou have a genuine product mindset - you ask "why are we building this?" as often as "how?"You make data-driven decisions and aren't afraid to challenge assumptions with evidenceYou take ownership seriously - you follow through, manage risks proactively, and don't let things fall through...