Career Update

I’ve been promoted to Senior Software Engineer II at Wise. I’m pleased about the promotion, and it has made me think about why I wanted to work in payments.

My mother used to visit the bank repeatedly to ask whether a remittance had arrived. The wait could last days, sometimes a week. I remember that uncertainty when I think about the systems I work on now.

I’ve since watched funds appear on my phone in about 60 seconds, though transfer times still depend on bank processing and any checks required.

Being able to work on that change means something to me because I have seen the waiting from the other side.

I use the idea of ikigai to think about what I enjoy doing, what I do well, what people need, and how I earn a living. Building software for payments connects those things for me.

The new title is a milestone. I still want to help make sending money faster, easier to understand, and less expensive. My mother’s trips to the bank give me a reason to keep caring about the details of that work.