Platform Engineer, Database Platform

• Build and operate a global "Databases as a Service" platform managing a critical estate of around 1,000 database instances across multiple environments. • Design, build, and evolve Wise's internal cloud-based database platform used by hundreds of engineers globally. • Contribute to the validation, automation, and rollout of YugabyteDB-based platform components from proof of concept through to production. • Work closely with Platform and Data teams to ensure best practices, guardrails, and the right abstractions are in place. • Hybrid role based in London.

• 2+ years of Platform Engineering experience (not software-only). • Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS or GCP. • Python development skills or similar. • Solid understanding of software engineering principles — writing secure, testable, and maintainable code. • Proficiency with Cloud APIs and DevOps tooling such as Terraform, Ansible, CI/CD, and Teleport. • Clear communicator who collaborates well across teams.

• Practical experience with distributed databases at scale — YugabyteDB preferred, or CockroachDB, TiDB, or Cloud Spanner. • Experience with or strong interest in migration patterns (CDC/logical replication, verification, and rollback) and automation for provisioning, backups, and upgrades. • Experience building Database-as-a-Service platforms or internal developer tooling. • Some front-end development experience.

• Design, build, and evolve Wise's internal cloud-based database platform. • Contribute to the design, validation, and rollout of YugabyteDB-based platform components from PoC through pilot to production. • Implement automation for provisioning, upgrades, backups, and routine operations for Yugabyte clusters. • Embed security and compliance controls — encryption, auth, RBAC, and network controls — into Yugabyte platform components. • Collaborate with product teams, SREs, and DBAs to apply platform guardrails for services adopting Yugabyte.

We have been Wise customers for years and have always had a great experience. We love their transparent approach in everything they do, from showing the correct exchange rates to disclosing all their fees, and even being honest about how they work. Founded in 2010 in London, Wise is now a publicly traded company operating in over 160 countries, generating 1.2+ billion pounds in revenue (2025) and is highly profitable. What we especially love at Wise is their work from anywhere policy after 6 months: Basically you can remotely work from (almost) anywhere in the world for up to 90 days a year. As they are solving a massive problem and are strongly mission-driven, we are sure that any individual passionate about working on complex, impactful problems in sending money globally efficiently, while continuing to work on the much-loved Wise solutions, will love working there.

• Starting salary of £68,000–£87,500 plus RSUs. • Comprehensive Wise benefits package. • Hybrid working from Wise's London office.

Wise is a global technology company on a mission to make moving and managing money across borders as easy, fast, and cheap as possible. With customers sending money internationally, spending abroad, and making cross-border payments, Wise is building an entirely new network for the world's money — for everyone, everywhere.