Engineering Lead, Issuing Platform – Global Fintech

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex Singapore is seeking an Engineering Lead / Manager for the Issuing Platform. You will lead building the most technical elements of our issuing network with a focus on system quality and team impact.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable, global card management and settlement solutions. This role requires strong Java/Python/Go skills, cloud experience, and a track record of delivering enterprise-grade software.

Qualifications

• Have a career in Software Engineering with strong capabilities in modern programming languages like Java, Python or Go, and practiced both frontend and backend technologies.
• Sophisticated level knowledge with design and delivery of Enterprise Grade software with streaming data solutions like Kafka.
• 8+ years of experience in modern engineering practices as a manager (6+ years of experience as a lead).
• 2+ years of leadership experience mentoring a community of engineers and leading the definition and execution of engineering strategy.
• Strong computer science fundamentals, solid understanding of OOP concepts.
• Experience in domain-driven design and event driven architectures.
• Extensive experience designing and building RESTful APIs.
• Cloud experience with GCP (preferred) or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with observability tooling such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.

Responsibilities

• You are a leader – Proven track record of managing and leading engineering teams in a dynamic environment, with an advantage given to fintech or accounting sectors. Striving for technical excellence through your coding and system design.
• You are committed – you strive to produce high quality and tested solutions in everything you do.
• You know APIs – from designing to building REST APIs.
• You are a team player – Capable of effectively conveying technical and financial concepts to diverse audiences and fostering collaboration across regions.
• You are a thought leader – Attracting other senior hires to the company through knowledge sharing.
• You are a passionate problem solver – weighing pros and cons of new tech solutions before implementing them with your team.

Skills

Java

Python

Go

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Spring Boot

GCP

AWS

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Airwallex Singapore is seeking an Engineering Lead / Manager for the Issuing Platform. You will lead building the most technical elements of our issuing network with a focus on system quality and team impact.

You will guide architecture decisions, mentor engineers, and deliver scalable, global card management and settlement solutions. This role requires strong Java/Python/Go skills, cloud experience, and a track record of delivering enterprise-grade software.