[Skip to main content](#main-content) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) [Hiring report](/reports/hiring/) · [All Wise jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/) · [Search jobs](/search/) Wise · London, United Kingdom # Senior Software Engineer London, United Kingdom Full-time Senior individual contributor Software Engineering Listed on Wise’s official careers site. Posted October 7, 2026. Check that it is still open and apply there. [Apply on Wise’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Wise/744000154076077-senior-software-engineer) [OpenNash Jobs](https://jobs.opennash.com/) / [Wise](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/) / Senior Software Engineer ## Job description About the AML Risk team Instant, low cost, and convenient are three guiding principles for the products Wise offers its customers. These same benefits can also appeal to people who seek to misuse financial services for money laundering and other financial crimes. IMF estimates that up to 5% of World GDP is laundered each year. The AML Risk team, within the AML Squad at Wise, builds systems and controls that detect money laundering and terrorist financing risks. Our work covers Wise’s products and regions. We use data and our knowledge of criminal activity to create effective detection controls and useful alerts. Criminal activity changes quickly. We improve our controls as new risks appear. We aim to detect more real risk, reduce false alerts, and avoid unnecessary friction for legitimate customers. What will you be working on? AML Squad is looking for an experienced Engineer to help shape how Wise detects money laundering and terrorist financing risk. You will own large, impactful projects and their technical roadmaps. You will work with engineers, product managers, data scientists, analysts, and AML subject matter experts. What will you be doing? Design and build AML detection controls that can evolve and scale. Own large projects, their technical roadmaps, and their delivery. Shape product decisions and explain the customer problem and expected impact. Improve reliability, security, and technical quality. Mentor engineers and share knowledge across the team. The technology you’ll work with Our primary technology stack is Java, Spring Boot, and Kafka. You’ll work with distributed services, asynchronous processing and data at scale. We design for scalability, observability, privacy, security, reliability, and cost. ## Qualifications What are we looking for? You are an expert in your technical discipline. You understand your team’s technical and business domain. You design systems with long-term change and scale in mind. You mentor and coach other engineers. You have 5+ years of experience building backend systems, distributed systems, or data-intensive systems. Experience with AML or financial crime is preferred, but not required. Experience running machine learning or large language models in production is preferred, but not required. Impact Your work will improve how Wise detects financial crime. You will help detect more real risk, reduce false alerts, and avoid unnecessary friction for legitimate customers. ## At a glance - Posted by the employer: Oct 7, 2026 - First seen by OpenNash: Oct 11, 2026 - Last checked: Oct 18, 2026 - Listed for: 11 days - Location: London, United Kingdom - Employment type: Full-time[Apply on Wise’s careers site →](https://jobs.smartrecruiters.com/Wise/744000154076077-senior-software-engineer) ## More jobs at Wise ### [Backend Engineer](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/jobs/f4271b0a4b516af9c08f/) London, United Kingdom ### [Europe Risk And Controls Senior Software Engineer II](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/jobs/27d00e818fc576a2c3ff/) London, United Kingdom ### [Quantitative Researcher / Developer (Data Science) - Treasury FX](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/jobs/36f1c0e0fe237c7bf256/) London, United Kingdom ### [Senior Android Software Engineer - Grow](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/jobs/6ebf82bf289a6e807a2a/) London, United Kingdom ### [Senior Backend Engineer - Payin Platform](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/wise/jobs/dd1b7149bfba7f7b235c/) London, United Kingdom ## Similar jobs at other companies ### [Full Stack Software Engineer II and Senior Software Engineer- Microsoft Security - Multiple roles](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/microsoft/jobs/ce8bde6800315a9405e1/) Microsoft · Israel, Multiple Locations ### [Lead Software Engineer, Software Defined Storage](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/82c3291c960f66baa772/) Sandisk ### [Staff Software Test Engineer/Software Test Lead](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/thermo-fisher-scientific/jobs/457bdc55eab7538b5b89/) Thermo Fisher Scientific · Singapore ### [Staff Software Engineer – Host & Secure Compute Software - Cork, Ireland](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/qualcomm/jobs/d5d830fb764fadb851b4/) Qualcomm · Cork, Ireland ### [Software Engineer, Software Development Engineering (Apps) 3-6 years - Artifactory](https://jobs.opennash.com/companies/sandisk/jobs/14f1b9e58a1e3e67456f/) Sandisk OpenNash lists jobs from employers’ own careers sites and does not handle applications. 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