Airwallex

Financial Services

SeniorSoftwareEngineer,BusinessAccounts

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia FULL TIME
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The Brief

“Senior Software Engineer, Business Accounts at Airwallex. Skills: Backend systems architecture, Financial infrastructure development, Distributed systems. Build the intelligent orchestration layer for Airwallex’s business account ecosystem. Contribute to the architecture and long-term technical vision of our backend systems”

What You'll Achieve.

Deliver the best possible experience for businesses; Shape the technical foundations of a core business platform; Build products that sit at the centre of Airwallex’s business customer experience

Industry & Context.

Financial Services
Problems you'll solve

Solving distributed systems challenges; Sharp thinking; Dig deep with curiosity; Make decisions from first principles; Solve problems faster

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

5+ years of professional software engineering experience, Experience solving distributed systems challenges - scalability, consistency, latency, Mastery of backend technologies, Experience working with automated tests and been involved in quality control processes, Cloud technologies experience with GCP or AWS, including Docker and Kubernetes, Experience integrating with observability tooling such as Splunk, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana

Nice to Have

Kotlin w/ vert.x, Temporal & Kafka

What You'll Do.

Build the intelligent orchestration layer for Airwallex’s business account ecosystem

Contribute to the architecture and long-term technical vision of our backend systems

Define the engineering strategy and framework selection for the Yield squad

Own the end-to-end delivery of core investment workflows

including client signup

and redemption processes

Build and maintain mission-critical financial infrastructure

such as reconciliation controls

and investment ledgers

testable code with a focus on reliability and maintainability

Ensure seamless integration with our external investment providers

Promote and uphold engineering best practices

with a emphasis on observability

and robust integration rails

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Infrastructure, and Design

Full Job Description

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 200,000 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 2,000 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 you’re 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 you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. About the Team The Business Accounts Team is building the intelligent orchestration layer for Airwallex’s business account ecosystem — connecting Cash, Yield, Lending, and broader Airwallex product surfaces into one unified financial experience fo

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