Software Engineer - Risk Control & Governance

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Job Description: 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 ownership, lineage, and quality monitoring systems that ensure every risk decision is powered by trusted data. • Control Assurance: Designing continuous monitoring and validation systems that verify controls perform as intended — including trigger validation, drift detection, coverage analysis, and control health scoring. • Auditability & Explainability: Implementing end-to-end audit trails, change history tracking, and explainability tooling that enables one-click…