# Software Engineer - Risk Control & Governance

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. Job Description We're looking for an experienced Software Engineer to join the Risk & Control Governance team / Risk Assessment Group. You'll be instrumental in building the governance, assurance, and data foundations that ensure every risk decision at Wise is consistent, explainable, auditable, and continuously monitored. This role works at the intersection of the Risk API platform, Product, and Financial Crime (FinCrime) teams - offering a unique opportunity to build the systems that give Wise confidence in every risk assessment it operates at scale. You will be the driving force behind the platform's trustworthiness and integrity, focusing on: Data Governance: Building and maintaining data

- **Id**: 3960299
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/wise-software-engineer-risk-control-governance>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: London, United Kingdom
- **Countries**: GB
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-09T08:19:28Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-09
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-09T16:13:56Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 5390
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Money Transfer & Remittances, Currency Exchange & FX Payments

## Company

- **Id**: 3856
- **Name**: Wise
- **Domain**: wise.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/wise>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: SmartRecruiters

### Truth index

- **Grade**: B
- **Score**: 81
- **Open postings**: 41
- **Ghost share**: 0
- **Stale share**: 0.976
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 21
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T06:03:00Z

## Salary

- **Min**: 68000
- **Max**: 87500
- **Currency**: GBP
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 116873

## Technologies

- **Apache Kafka** — Optional: no
- **SQL** — Optional: no

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: All levels; Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **United Kingdom** — Iso: GB; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-09T11:14:08Z

## Visa

- Country: GB; Licensed sponsor: no; Adverts offering sponsorship 24m: 2; Sanctioned now: no; Evidence: Offered visa sponsorship in 2 of its adverts here in 24 months; Cap exempt: no

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 21
- **Reasons**: conf:1, win:early, comp:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-09T17:14:19Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 116873
- **Is top pay**: no

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