Software Engineer - Screening Controls
Wise 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. The team you’ll be working with: Screening ControlsWe build and operate the control framework that screens customers, counterparties, and transactions across all Wise products. Our systems prevent the onboarding of sanctioned individuals and entities, identify politically exposed persons, and detect adverse media risk, while keeping the customer experience as invisible and frictionless as possible. We ensure associated risks are thoroughly mitigated and that controls are functioning effectively.In this role, you’ll collaborate closely with our Compliance teams to understand which checks are required, when to run them, and how best to implement them. You’ll also work hand-in-hand with our regional and growth teams to support their onboarding processes with FinCrime and screening solutions, ensuring smooth, efficient integration across all regions. Scale and requirements:Processing tens of millions of screening events with sub-second end-to-end latency targets for real-time flows.High availability; deterministic and auditable outcomes; strong data lineage; and privacy by design.Integrations with multiple data providers and regional regulatory lists. What you’ll do:Design and build scalable, fault-tolerant screening services for sanctions, politically exposed persons, and adverse media across batch and real-time flows.Meet product SLOs for latency and availability by implementing strong observability, retry mechanisms, and graceful degradation strategies.Drive platform capabilities that let new Wise products integrate “out of the box” with screening.Partner with Compliance and regional product teams to define controls, timings, and rollout plans that meet regulatory obligations without unnecessary friction.Evolve data models and schemas, ensuring auditability and data lineage across event streams and storage. What does it take? A strong product mindset: you prioritise work with customers and operational teams in mind and make data-driven decisions.Great communication skills and the ability to articulate technical concepts to non-technical audiences.3+ years’ experience with Java 8+; experience with the Spring Framework and microservices best practices.Experience working with relational databases, query optimisation, and schema design.Practical familiarity with modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React).Experience with CI/CD pipelines.You value testability and routinely back your code with automated tests.You be...