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 â including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more â 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 youâre ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.
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 youâre 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.
You're humble and collaborative; turn zeroâtoâone ideas into real products, and you âget stuff doneâ end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, youâll tackle complex, highâvisibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, letâs build whatâs next.
We are looking for skilled Senior Software Engineers to help shape and evolve Airwallexâs edge infrastructureâyouâll architect and build the software foundations that power Airwallexâs global edge. Youâll write highâquality code, design scalable services, and own endâtoâend features that make our API gateway, CDN layer, DNS routing, and perimeter security smarter, faster, and more resilient.
Youâll partner closely with product, platform, and security experts to translate realâworld requirements into clean, maintainable codeâand see your work go live for millions of requests every day.
NextâGen Edge Services: Architect and ship new gateway and CDN features (think pluginâdriven routing, smart cache policies, dynamic purge APIs).
Security as Code: Build libraries and pipelines for rateâlimits, WAF/filter rules and botâdetection, all embedded directly into our edge stack.
SelfâService Tooling: Create CLI/plugins and lightweight frameworks so other teams register APIs, enforce policies, and preview traffic insights in seconds.
RockâSolid Reliability: Dive into metrics, pinpoint latency or failâover gaps, and deliver codeâlevel optimizations to keep every request fast and flawless.
Bachelorâs degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
5+ years of backâend development experience, building largeâscale, highâthroughput services.
Proficient in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar, with strong softwareâdesign and systemâthinking skills.
Comfortable partnering across product, platform, and security teams; able to explain complex ideas clearly.
3+ years designing and operating distributed, lowâlatency systems (API gateway, cache, etc) or securityâfocused development
Use data to identify performance or reliability bottlenecks and deliver targeted, codeâlevel improvements.
Thrive in a fastâpaced environment, take full ownership of your work, and continuously iterate based on feedback.
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 @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com 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.
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 donât 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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