Wise
Engineering Lead - Ptech - HR Tech
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Engineering Lead (EL1) – People Technology Growth Team
Company Description
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 them create an entirely new network for the world’s money—for everyone, everywhere.
More about our mission and what we offer → Wise Mission and Benefits
Job Description
About the Role
This role offers a unique opportunity to shape the technical foundation for Wise employees to achieve our mission. As the Engineering Lead (EL1) for our People Technology Growth team, you will move beyond managing isolated SaaS tools to ownership of the end-to-end digital employee experience, spanning attraction to offboarding.
This Growth team operates with a product mindset to improve internal customer satisfaction and tool adoption. You will lead a globally distributed team of engineers across hubs like London, Singapore, and Austin, ensuring high-performing execution, technical reliability, and an exceptional experience for all Wisers.
How We Work
- Scale & Impact: Lead systems and journeys supporting thousands of global employees in a fast-growing, publicly-traded fintech.
- Autonomy: No micromanagement—you’ll decide the technical roadmap for your team.
- Product-Minded Engineering: Shift from reactive IT ticket-solving to platform engineering, building a cohesive employee "Journey Layer."
- Mission-Driven Culture: Join a company prioritising transparency, customer-first approach (even for internal customers), and agile decision-making.
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What Will You Be Working On?
📌 Technical & Product Ownership
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Drive the technical roadmap: Address solutions for technical debt, reliability, security, and scalability.
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Empower the Journey Layer: Shift focus from SaaS maintenance to engineered employee journeys.
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Maintain product quality: Hold high standards for delivering an exceptional employee experience.
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Daily execution: Support delivery, manage incidents, and establish essential SLA documentation.
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Standardise rituals using "Think, Build, Fix" framework:
- Jira Product Discovery (ideation)
- Jira Software (planned builds)
- Bi-weekly agile sprint cadences.
🎯 Leadership & People Management
- Manage & coach a globally distributed team (IC1–IC3 levels):
- Performance management & structured feedback.
- Growth & well-being priorities.
- Foster culture: Build an egoless environment focused on ownership and inclusivity.
- Recruit & onboard: Lead hiring panels and onboarding processes.
- Balance resources: Size the team to hit delivery goals and strategic plans.
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What Do You Need?
⚙️ Required
- Experience leading engineering teams and building high-performing cultures.
- People/HR tech expertise or familiarity with recruitment/onboarding systems.
- Strong engineering foundation with architectural/integration decision-making (eg. APIs, workflows).
- Proactive collaboration skills: Ability to challenge opinions, align with product goals, and drive structured execution.
- Prove agile methods and turning traditional IT processes into automated, self-service solutions.
🌟 Nice to Have
- Experience in cross-functional, globally distributed teams under tight deadlines.
- Understanding of agile methodologies and scaling innovation strategies.
Why Wise?
💰 Compensation
£105,000–£135,000 per year + restricted share units.
🎉 Benefits & Culture
Full Employee Experience Information → Wise Benefits
Commitment & Inclusion "For everyone, everywhere – with no borders, prejudices, or limitations."
At Wise, we celebrate a truly international team where diversity drives progress. Your contributions directly shape our mission to reimagine money without borders.
📝 Additional Resources
Visit Wise Careers for more. Want updates? Follow @WiseTech.
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