Software Engineer II, Tech Platform

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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest

and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the

globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading

investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global,

Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg,

Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and

financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most

ambitious work of your career, join

us.

Airwallex is a rapidly growing fintech

unicorn, founded in 2015 and now flourishing at the Series E

financing stage. With a global footprint across Asia-Pacific,

Europe, North America, and APAC, we specialize in providing diverse

financial payment solutions for B2B merchants, empowering

businesses to operate seamlessly anywhere,

anytime.

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, you'll 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 company's long-term architectural

decisions to ensure scalability, efficiency, and global

resilience.

At Tech Platform, you'll

work on mission-critical systems, collaborate with top engineering

talent, and leave a lasting impact on Airwallex's global growth. If

you're passionate about building transformative technology at

scale, this is the team for

you!

You might be a great

fit if you :

Strong proficiency in backend programming

languages such as Java, Go, Rust, Lua, or Python and

their corresponding frameworks;

Infrastructure & Cloud Expertise :

Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Aliyun)

and infrastructure management tools (Kubernetes, Docker,

Istio)

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.

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.

Strong Communication Skills :

Ability to communicate clearly, effectively, and concisely in both

oral and written English within a multicultural environment,

fostering collaboration and alignment across teams and

stakeholders.

Bonus

if you have :

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.

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.

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.

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

Airwallex's technology

stack.

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 don't 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.

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.

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