Engineering Lead, Core Banking

Overview Engineering Lead, Core Banking role at 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. About Airwallex Airwallex is founded in Melbourne, with a team of over 1,700 across 26 offices. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. About The Team The Core Banking Platform team powers Airwallex's global operations by facilitating client wallet transactions and ensuring the financial accuracy of client ledgers. Based in Singapore, our lean team delivers a robust, high-performance distributed multi-currency wallet platform that supports the growth of Airwallex products like global transfers, payments and acquiring, card issuing, and lending. As a dynamic group of engineers, we not only build impactful platforms and products but also develop tools and processes to enhance our efficiency and effectiveness. What You’ll Do Lead and Mentor: Guide and support a team of talented engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment that encourages innovation and growth. Hands-On Technical Leadership: Actively engage in the development process, providing hands-on guidance and taking responsibility for presenting and defending technical designs and decisions. Develop Cutting-edge Solutions: Lead the development of a transaction engine focused on scalability, financial accuracy, and adaptability. Build and maintain a distributed multi-currency wallet platform, providing precise financial oversight for client ledgers. Collaborate across teams with product and other engineer teams to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives. Innovate productivity-enhancing tools and processes, exploring AI opportunities to continually improve our engineering practices and system observability. Thrive in a collaborative, energetic team environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning. Who You Are Experienced in Distributed Systems: 8+ years of software engineering experience. You have a strong foundation in designing and implementing distributed systems, with hands-on experience in backend development and database technologies. Solving availability and consistency challenges across mission-critical systems. Strong Communicator: You effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding. Collaborative and Inclusive: 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team of developers. You foster a team environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes continuous learning. Analytical and Strategic: You leverage data to drive decisions, aligning engineering efforts with business objectives for optimal outcomes. Proactive and Resourceful: You take initiative and skilfully navigate complex technical challenges to deliver impactful results. Meticulous and Accuracy-Driven: You prioritise financial correctness and have an eye for detail, ensuring reliability in client ledgers and transactions. Curious Learner: You are eager to explore new tools and technologies, including AI, to innovate and enhance your technical expertise. Domain expertise: Solid understanding of accounting concepts (ledger, financial transactions) and experience working in a financial domain. 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. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr