Engineering Lead - Connect - name

About the role

We’re looking for an Engineering Lead to own our Connect domain — the upper networking layer that helps Wise services , customers and partners to communicate safely, reliably, and efficiently.

Connect is responsible for key parts of our platform networking offering, including:

Service mesh and L7 traffic management (Envoy-based)

Public and private ingress (including Cloudflare)

Traffic policy, workload identity, request routing, and reliability patterns that enable hundreds of teams to run 1000 services safely at scale

Wise runs 500+ microservices in a containerised cloud environment (Kubernetes). Connect provides the paved path for service-to-service and edge connectivity: making it easy for product teams to build and operate services while meeting high standards for resilience, security, and performance.

You’ll lead a team of 5–8+ engineers in a fast-moving environment, partnering closely with platform, security, and product engineering to ensure Wise can scale without sacrificing reliability or safety.

How we work

At Wise , we optimise for autonomy with accountability.

Connect sits at the intersection of platform engineering, networking, security, and developer experience. We aim to create strong defaults, self-service tooling, and clear operational ownership — so teams can move quickly without reinventing core connectivity patterns.

As an Engineering Lead, you’ll build an environment where engineers feel safe to share ideas, challenge decisions, and grow — while keeping a strong customer focus and operational discipline.

What will you be working on?

Connectivity Platform Leadership:

Own the vision and execution for Wise ’s connectivity layer: service mesh, ingress, and traffic management primitives that support platform scale and reliability and security.

Service Mesh Architecture & Operations:

Evolve our service mesh capabilities (e.g. routing, service identity, traffic policy, observability, resilience patterns). Drive reliable adoption patterns across a large microservice estate.

Edge & Ingress (Public and Private):

Own and improve our ingress platforms (including Cloudflare), ensuring secure, observable, high-performance access into Wise systems with clear operational controls.

Reliability, Performance & Resilience:

Build and operate highly reliable L4/L7 proxy infrastructure (Envoy and related components). Improve SLOs, latency, capacity management, and incident prevention.

Developer Experience & Enablement:

Create paved paths: automation, templates, tooling, and documentation that make the “right way” the easiest way for product teams.

Security by Design: