Airwallex
Financial Services
StaffSoftwareEngineer,AITooling
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“Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling at Airwallex. Skills: AI Tooling, Security Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure. Lead development of AI tools. Support incident response efforts”
Industry & Context.
Root cause analysis
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Experience with production code bases, Experience with at least one scripting language, Experience with one systems programming language, Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, Proven experience working autonomously, Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, Ability to dive deep to find the best solution, Obsessive curiosity and willingness to learn
Nice to Have
Experience working in a high-growth tech company, Hands on experience with AI, Experience maintaining Linux operating systems
What You'll Do.
Lead development of AI tools
Support incident response efforts
Build ad-hoc tools for threat hunting
Build ad-hoc tools for remediation
Build ad-hoc tools for scanners
and maintain infrastructure
Sit with engineers to identify opportunities
Partner with product engineering teams
Drive security outcomes
Mentor and help grow Software Engineers
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with internal teams; Partner with product engineering teams
Communication Scope
Interpersonal skills
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 2,200 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 Airwallex’s Information Security team partners closely with engineering, IT, and other stakeholders to protect our systems, data, and employees while enabling the business to move quickly. The team helps build and maintain strong se
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