Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform & AI Enablement
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Job Summary
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.
Location: Singapore
Who You Are & Role Overview
The Platform Engineering team is architecting Airwallexs next-generation foundational infrastructure. We are moving beyond standard pipelines to build a high-performance distributed ecosystem that powers real-time AI enablement and global financial data.
We aim to push the boundaries of distributed storage stream processing and service-layer interfaces. We are looking for Engineers Engineersbuilders who enjoy diving into the internals of distributed systems optimizing JVM performance and implementing robust architectural patterns like Lakehouse and real-time data.
In this role you will:
Architect & Build: Lead technical decision-making and custom development for core infrastructure components extending from foundational storage to high-availability service layers.
Systems Optimization: Deep-dive into performance tuning and systems internalssuch as state management checkpointing and exactly-once semanticsto ensure millisecond-level accuracy at global scale.
AI Infrastructure: Develop and integrate the Knowledge Platform enabling AI-driven products through scalable vector indexing agentic workflows and real-time data streaming.
Distributed Systems at Scale: Own the full SDLC for high-performance distributed systems (batch and streaming) that process petabytes of data across 30 global regions.
Engineering Rigor: Advocate for elite software engineering practices contributing to shared tooling SDKs and automation frameworks that enhance the productivity of engineering teams company-wide.
Mentorship: Act as a technical beacon and mentor for mid-level engineers driving project delivery through design reviews and technical leadership.
You might be a great fit if you:
Experience: Have 5 years of experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure platforms.
First Principles Thinking: Possess a deep understanding of computer science fundamentals including distributed systems memory management and networking protocols.
The Builder Stack: Are proficient in Java Kotlin or Go. You should have hands-on experience (or the desire to deep-dive) into the internals of Kafka Flink Spark Kubernetes or OLAP engines.
Ownership Mindset: Have a proven track record of taking 0-1 ownership of complex technical challenges from initial design to production stability.
Curiosity & Impact: Are intrinsically motivated to explore emerging tech in AI/ML infrastructure and real-time systems to create tangible business impact.
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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Senior IC
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About Company
Grow your business faster with Airwallex - global business accounts, high speed transfers, multi-currency cards, online payments, embedded finance, and more.
