Senior Java Developer

Description

Senior Java Developer

Who we are

TransferWise was founded in 2011 with a clear mission: Money without borders - so people and businesses can send and receive any currency effortlessly, whenever, wherever.

Sure, the heart of what we do is international money transfer. And we’re committed to making it instant, convenient and fair for millions of people, all over the world. But we’re growing our other products and our teams at an exciting pace. And we’re looking for the very best to jump on board.

What it’s really like to work here

At TransferWise, we do things a bit differently. There’s no corporate nonsense, and no old-fashioned hierarchy. Instead, we work in dozens of self-sufficient, autonomous teams. Think of them like start-ups within a start-up that learn from each other.

Each team picks the problems they want to solve. So there’s no micro-management. No hiding behind fancy job titles. And no one telling you what to do. You are your own boss. But you’ll get tons of guidance and plenty of support from talented, super-smart colleagues from all over TransferWise.

We’re going to be upfront — the way we work doesn’t suit everyone. But if freedom, autonomy, and life-affirming, head-scratching professional challenges rock your world, we could be a match made in heaven. 

So, what’s the role? 

Our growing engineering team needs experienced people (like you) to help us push TransferWise forwards. We expect from you solid architectural decisions, rock hard integrity and clean code. You must know how good software is built, and be able to figure out what are the best decisions for TransferWise. Good communication skills are put into good use as you evangelise your way through our team and tell us all about the next best things and forgotten best practices alike. Someone needs to coach our apprentices and journeymen, so it will be up to you, the craftsman, to guide them.

Requirements

What skills do I need?

• Experience with JVM, plus points for Spring Boot and Grails
• Experience as architect or technical lead
• Experience with scalability, security and performance challenges
• Understanding of test driven development (TDD), the ability to structure your code so it’s testable, and the desire to write tests. 
• English as a working language

Always a plus:

• Knowledge about the world of finance
• Sleeping with a copy of "Clean Code” under your pillow
• Sympathy towards polyglot programming

Benefits:

Apart from the all-expenses-paid company trips, stock options in one of Europe’s most hotly tipped startups, a laptop and team lunches every other Thursday, you won’t get much in the way of extras. However, we will give you 28 days holiday a year (plus public holidays), a fun, friendly atmosphere, plenty of opportunities to grow and the chance to be part of our little revolution. Oh, and coffee, there’s plenty of coffee.

Not from Estonia? - No stress, we will help you (and your family) with full relocation from any part of the world!