About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software we empower over 200000 businesses worldwide including Brex Rippling Navan Qantas SHEIN and many more with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts payments spend management and treasury to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne we have a team of over 2000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price Visa Mastercard Robinhood Ventures Sequoia Salesforce Ventures DST Global and Lone Pine Capital Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If youre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact accelerated learning and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking and youre motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment dig deep with curiosity and make decisions from first principles balancing speed and rigor.

Youre humble and collaborative; turn zerotoone ideas into real products and you get stuff done end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here youll tackle complex highvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you lets build whats next.

Who We Are About the Team:

Airwallex is a pioneering fintech company breaking down financial barriers and enabling seamless global business. At its core the Tech Platform Team drives the foundation of our technological excellence building scalable high-performance systems that power innovation worldwide.

• Optimizing Global Traffic Managing north-south and east-west API Gateways for seamless external and internal interactions.

• Ensuring Fast Reliable Connectivity Building a robust global routing infrastructure that seamlessly balances regulatory compliance with a unified high-performance user experience across regions.

• Enhancing Search Powering an intelligent search platform for fast accurate information retrieval.

• Orchestrating Notifications Enabling efficient delivery of SMS Email Webhooks and Push notifications.

• Automating Workflows Driving seamless workflow creation scheduling and execution.

In this role you will:

Be part of an elite team shaping cutting-edge infrastructure and redefining global fintech. If you thrive on solving complex challenges and building the future of technology this is where you belong.

As a member of our team youll have the opportunity to:

• Build Impactful Infrastructure Develop and refine a cutting-edge application infrastructure that eliminates common technical bottlenecks reduces maintenance overhead for developers and accelerates business innovation.

• Solve Complex High - Scale Challenges Tackle intricate organization-wide problems by leveraging the latest technologies including reactive programming Temporal vector databases distributed systems and advanced gateway solutions.

• Drive Strategic Technological Excellence Conduct comprehensive evaluations of emerging solutions and guide the companys long-term architectural decisions to ensure scalability efficiency and global resilience.

At Tech Platform youll work on mission-critical systems collaborate with top engineering talent and leave a lasting impact on Airwallexs global growth. If youre passionate about building transformative technology at scale this is the team for you!

You might be a great fit if you:

1. Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java Go Rust Lua or Python and their corresponding frameworks;

2. Infrastructure & Cloud Expertise: Familiarity with cloud services (AWS GCP Aliyun) and infrastructure management tools (Kubernetes Docker Istio)

3. Database & Storage Systems Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with PostgreSQL Redis Elasticsearch and logical replication with a deep understanding of performance optimization scalability and data consistency in distributed systems.

4. Traffic Management Expertise: Strong familiarity with NGINX OpenResty Envoy APISIX Kong and Istio with a solid understanding of traffic routing load balancing and API gateway management in high-scale distributed systems.

5. API Lifecycle & Security Expertise: Strong experience and deep understanding of API lifecycle management from design to deprecation along with expertise in API security best practices including authentication authorization and threat mitigation.

Bonus if you have:

1. Performance Tuning Expertise: Hands-on experience optimizing API Gateway performance including advanced profiling techniques such as CPU flame graphs to diagnose and enhance system efficiency.

2. Service Mesh Expertise: Hands-on experience managing traffic between Kubernetes pods using Istio including traffic routing load balancing and resilience strategies within a service mesh architecture.

3. API Security Expertise: Hands-on experience in securing APIs including mitigating threats such as DDoS attacks SQL injection and implementing mTLS (mutual TLS) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to ensure robust protection and compliance.

4. Open Source & Innovation Expertise: Stay up to date with the latest advancements in the open-source community with the ability to evaluate adopt and introduce cutting-edge technologies to enhance Airwallexs technology stack.

Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport) or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @ email address. Please apply only through or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit qualifications competence and talent. We dont regard color religion race national origin sexual orientation ancestry citizenship sex marital or family status disability gender or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation please let us know.

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