Senior Software Engineer - APAC Expansion

Wise · Singapore · 148,800 - 185,000 SGD base per annum + RSUs Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world's money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed. As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money. For everyone, everywhere. APAC Expansion specialises in taking Wise from 0 to 1 in markets where our products are unavailable or our presence is still limited. We build the expertise needed to launch in each market, understanding local payment infrastructure and regulatory requirements, and how customers need to use Wise. Your responsibilities include: Owning the technical plan and delivery of projects, from understanding the customer problem through rollout and ongoing operation. Contributing significant engineering work to larger market launches. Building onboarding and money movement services that meet local requirements and fit into Wise's global platform. Working with product managers and colleagues in compliance, banking, and operations to clarify requirements, resolve dependencies, and agree practical delivery milestones. Contributing to the team's roadmap, explaining the customer impact of your work, challenging assumptions, and using data and operational feedback to guide improvements. Designing services that are easy to change as a market develops, taking responsibility for their reliability and security, and addressing technical debt before it limits delivery. Helping colleagues deliver through design discussions, code reviews, and mentoring, sharing knowledge so others can confidently maintain and develop what you build. Participating in the team's on-call rotation, including support outside working hours when needed, helping lead incident response and follow through on improvements. Exploring where AI tools can help with engineering work, reviewing their output carefully and taking responsibility for the code you ship. Qualifications: Strong Java and Spring experience, having built and operated backend services in production. Understanding of distributed systems and asynchronous communication, with practical decisions about API design, data modelling, and failure handling. Experience with databases, including schema design and query optimisation, writing tests that give your team confidence to release changes. Experience taking a project from an uncertain starting point to production, breaking work into useful increments, communicating risks early, and keeping delivery moving. Caring about the customer problem behind a requirement and explaining technical decisions to colleagues outside engineering. Helping other engineers succeed through mentoring, constructive feedback, or coordinating delivery, being comfortable bringing people together to work through a problem and making space for others to contribute. Ability to learn an unfamiliar domain, ask for help when needed, and adjust your approach as new information emerges. Nice to Have: Experience with payments, financial systems, or digital onboarding. Frontend experience with a framework such as React or Angular. What you can expect: Ownership of your projects and a voice in how the team builds its products. Developing expertise in launching financial products across APAC, with opportunities to mentor colleagues, support onboarding, and contribute to engineering interviews.