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.
Our Talent Acquisition team shapes Airwallexâs future by finding and engaging top talent worldwide. We partner closely with hiring managers and leaders to understand business needs, deliver exceptional candidate experiences, and build high-performing teams that reflect our dynamic culture and operating principles.
Airwallex is scaling our engineering teams globally, and weâre looking for an exceptional Talent Acquisition Manager to take our engineering hiring to the next level. In this dynamic hybrid role, youâll lead and mentor a high-performing team of recruiters while directly driving some of our most critical, high-impact engineering hires. Youâll partner closely with senior engineering leaders (e.g., VP Eng, CTO) to shape talent strategy, trial bold new approaches, and build the world-class teams powering Airwallexâs next stage of growth.
This role is based in London.
Lead and develop the team: Mentor a high-performing group of recruiters, set clear goals, and support their professional growth.
Shape hiring strategy: Partner with engineering leadership to forecast needs, define talent priorities, and maintain a consistently high hiring bar through interviewer calibration and alignment.
Own critical hires: Drive full-cycle recruitment for senior and hard-to-fill engineering roles, delivering an exceptional candidate and stakeholder experience.
Use data to drive decisions: Track key metrics, identify bottlenecks, and continuously optimize recruiting efficiency and outcomes.
Enhance recruiting impact: Strengthen employer brand, refine processes and leverage tools to improve speed, quality, and candidate experience.
Experienced leader: 10+ years in recruiting, including 3+ years leading or mentoring recruiters, with a track record of building high-performing teams.
Engineering hiring expert: Proven success hiring top engineering talent across multiple levels, including senior and leadership roles.
Trusted partner & communicator: Skilled at stakeholder management, influencing senior engineering leaders, and communicating clearly across all levels.
Data-driven operator: Use metrics and insights to guide strategy, measure success, and drive continuous improvement.
Hands-on and strategic: Balance executing critical hires with leading the team, thriving in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
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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