Company Description
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
Wise is on a mission to facilitate borderless transactions – instant, transparent, and eventually free. As we process over $100 billion annually for 16+ million customers, our cloud infrastructure is a critical investment. This role directly supports our mission of eventually making transfers free by identifying optimisation opportunities across our substantial cloud footprint. Every percentage point of efficiency you help us achieve translates to millions in savings that can be passed on to customers through lower fees.
The Platform Engineering Tribe:
We are the driving force behind Wise, making sure everything runs smoothly. Our Cloud Economics team plays a critical role in optimising our cloud infrastructure spend, ensuring we're getting the best return on investment as we scale globally. We support engineering teams to make cost-effective decisions that align with our mission of eventually making money transfers free.
The Cloud Economics Analyst Role:
As our first dedicated analyst in the Cloud Economics space, you'll help transform how we approach cloud cost optimisation across Wise. Your analytical expertise will be instrumental in identifying efficiency gains, building forecasting models, and implementing data validation processes that directly impact our and mission.
Why Should You Join Our Team?
At Wise, every day in Cloud Economics brings something new and impactful:
Direct Mission Impact: Your work optimising cloud costs directly contributes to our mission of eventually making transfers free
Visibility Across Wise: You'll work with teams across the entire organisation, from engineering to finance, gaining broad exposure to how Wise operates
Growth Opportunity: You'll be shaping this domain from the ground up, with significant autonomy to define how we approach cloud economics
Balanced Independence and Support: While you'll have the freedom to drive initiatives independently, you'll have support from our experienced PM and access to cross-domain experts
What will you be working on?
Unit Cost Optimisation
Develop and enhance monthly unit cost reviews with deeper analytics
Create dashboards that provide visibility into cloud spend at tribe, squad, and team levels
Partner with finance to bridge the gap between cloud costs and financial stakeholders
Forecasting & Reporting
Build sophisticated forecasting models for cloud spend across AWS and GCP
Implement reliable reporting for engineering and product leads showing month-on-month, quarter-on-quarter, and year-on-year trends
Create executive-level reporting that connects cloud economics to business outcomes
Data Quality & Automation
Improve Airflow data pipelines with robust checks and validation processes
Implement automation to identify cost anomalies and optimisation opportunities
Enhance data allocation models to accurately attribute costs to the right teams
Compute Resource Optimisation
Analyse usage patterns to identify opportunities for rightsizing and waste reduction
Provide recommendations on reserved instances, savings plans, and spot instances
Work with engineering teams to optimise storage tiering, ARM adoption, and RDS usage
Qualifications
Technical Skills:
Proficient in SQL and data visualisation tools such as Looker, CloudZero, or similar platforms
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP) and understanding of their cost structures
Ability to build and manage data pipelines using tools like DBT and Airflow
Proficient in Python for data analysis, automation, and forecasting models
Soft Skills:
Curiosity: A desire to learn about cloud infrastructure, cost optimisation patterns, and financial operations (FinOps)
Strategic Influence: Exceptional capacity to build trust and influence across engineering teams without relying on formal authority, communicating complex cost concepts clearly
Adaptive Mindset: A commitment to 'strong opinions, weakly held', actively seeking out challenging perspectives and finding middle ground
Additional Information
Your work will directly influence Wise's efficiency and help us get closer to our mission. If you're excited about using data to drive significant cost optimisations while supporting our global growth, apply now and be part of our future!
Benefits:
Salary: £60,000-£75,000
Competitive stock options in a profitable company
Flexible working conditions tailored to support a balance between work and personal life
Annual budget for personal and professional development
Commitment to Diversity:
Wise is dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We strongly encourage applications from all backgrounds and are committed to providing equal opportunity in our employment practices.
If you're passionate about using your analytical skills to optimise cloud costs and drive efficiency within a leading international financial services company, apply now to join us at Wise!
Good Reads:
Platform Engineering KPIs
Scaling our infrastructure at Wise: how we make it work
Wise's Tech Stack 2025
3 Main Elements in Your Snowflake Bill
How Wise reduced AWS RDS maintenance downtimes from 10 minutes to 100 milliseconds
For everyone, everywhere. We're people building money without borders — without judgement or prejudice, too. We believe teams are strongest when they are diverse, equitable and inclusive.
We're proud to have a truly international team, and we celebrate our differences.
Inclusive teams help us live our values and make sure every Wiser feels respected, empowered to contribute towards our mission and able to progress in their careers.
If you want to find out more about what it's like to work at Wise visit Wise.Jobs.
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