Engineering Lead - Technology Risk

Company Description

ABOUT WISE

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 life 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.

Job Description

THE ROLE

As the Technology Risk Engineering Lead at Wise, you will be one of the leaders within the Technology Risk team. Primarily responsible for building the continuous risk/control monitoring setup which would cover automated functional tests and automated control testing. You will also be the technical SME for the risk team in general supporting various automation & reporting initiatives. 

You’ll contribute to the mission by:

Partnering with various technology, business and risk leaders to make risk simple, measurable and visible to help Wise make faster, bolder decisions critical for our mission without compromising safety, customer experience and scalability.

This is an exciting opportunity if you are an experienced software engineer who is familiar with risk & compliance or keen on stepping to the risk scene. The role will report to and be supported by the Group Head of Technology Risk and be based in London.

What you’ll be doing: 

• Lead control testing automation efforts to improve control effectiveness reporting and to minimise manual testing coverage

• Build/implement automated functional tests around key services & controls which would be one of the main pillars of continuous monitoring & oversight setup

• Build a workflow for risk colleagues to submit test scenarios/use cases and relevant details (scope, frequency etc.) which feed into tech risk’s board

• Build customised dashboards which would cover control testing and functional testing outputs results/stats and support the maintenance of those dashboards

• Lead/participate in 2LoD technical implementation reviews (code reviews, testing coverage validation, manual/automated testing etc.) which would aim to validate if/how the services are being implemented as designed. 

• Support risk assessment exercises for technology risks covering platform, information security and data domains 

• Support risk appetite & KRI reporting for technology risks and continuously improve/adapt relevant metrics

• Continuously support/guide 1LoD functions to improve the control environment to mitigate relevant risk as expected

• Participate and support ongoing compliance initiatives such as DORA, OpRes etc.

Qualifications

What do you need?

We are fully aware that it is uncommon for a candidate to have all skills required and we fully support everyone in learning new skills with us. So if you have some of those listed below and are eager to learn more we do want to hear from you!

• You have solid Java knowledge, experience with Spring framework and microservice best practices

• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer and/or as an engineer in test

• Experience as a software engineer in test, QA or building extensive testing suites for key platforms/services

• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and Distributed and Concurrent Systems

• Familiar with secure coding principles/guidelines (OWASP, NCSC etc.) and global frameworks around development security

• Experience in working for regulated firms and environments. Familiarity with risk & compliance frameworks and/or keen to the step into the risk scene. 

• Experience working with relational and non-relational databases, query optimisation and designing schemas

• You believe in and follow best coding practices, code reviews and open feedback

• You enjoy writing clean and testable code

• Great communication skills and the ability to articulate complex, technical concepts to non-technical audience
  

It would be ideal but not essential if you had:

• Experience with Python & Go

• Fincrime domain knowledge/ experience

• Experience in control automation and testing

• Experience in risk management, information security and/or technology audit

Additional Information

Interested? Find out more:

• How we work – a practical guide

• Wise Vlogs: Omar, Engineering Lead

• The Wise Tech Stack, 2022 Edition.

• Our Engineering career map

• Scaling our Infrastructure; how we make it work

• Wise Engineering – https://medium.com/wise-engineering

What do we offer: 

• Company Restricted Stock Units

• Numerous great benefits in our London office 

Key benefits:

• Flexible working – whether it’s working from home, school plays or life admin we get that flexibility is essential and you’re trusted to do the right thing and be responsible

• Paid annual holiday, sick days, parental leave and other leave opportunities

• 6 weeks of paid sabbatical after 4 years at Wise on top of annual leave

For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.

We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
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.

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