Engineering Manager, Core Banking

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

Job summary

Airwallex is hiring a senior backend leader for its Core Banking Platform based in Singapore. You will drive architectural decisions, guide a team of engineers, and own the design of a scalable transaction engine supporting multi-currency wallets and client ledgers.

The role emphasizes collaboration with product and other engineering squads, building AI-enabled tooling, and delivering reliable financial services across markets. Singapore-based, full-time position.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in distributed systems.
• 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team.
• Solid understanding of accounting concepts (ledger, financial transactions) in a financial domain.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers to foster collaboration and high performance.
• Provide hands-on technical leadership and defend architectural decisions.
• Develop a transaction engine focused on scalability and financial accuracy.

Skills

Distributed systems

Mentoring/Leadership

Backend development

Financial domain knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GCP

AWS

Docker

Kubernetes

Observability tools

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 150,000 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 1,700 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$6.2 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Visa, Airtree, Blackbird, Sequoia, DST Global, Greenoaks, Salesforce Ventures, Lone Pine, and Square Peg, 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. 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 Core Banking Platform team is crucial in powering Airwallex's global operations by facilitating client wallet transactions and ensuring the financial accuracy of client ledgers. Primarily based in Singapore, our lean team delivers a robust, high-performance distributed multi-currency wallet platform that supports the continuous growth of Airwallex products like global transfers, payments and acquiring, card issuing, and lending. As a dynamic group of engineers, we not only build impactful platforms and products but also develop tools and processes to enhance our efficiency and effectiveness.

What you'll do

• Lead and Mentor: Guide and support a team of talented engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment that encourages innovation and growth.
• Hands-On Technical Leadership: Actively engage in the development process, providing hands-on guidance and taking responsibility for presenting and defending technical designs and decisions.
• Develop Cutting-edge Solutions: Lead the development of a transaction engine focused on scalability, financial accuracy, and adaptability.
• Build and maintain a distributed multi-currency wallet platform, providing precise financial oversight for client ledgers.
• Collaborate across teams with product and other engineer teams to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives.
• Innovate productivity-enhancing tools and processes, exploring AI opportunities to continually improve our engineering practices and system observabilities.
• Thrive in a collaborative, energetic team environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning.

This role is based in Singapore.

Who you are

• Experienced in Distributed Systems: You have a strong foundation in designing and implementing distributed systems, with hands-on experience in backend development and database technologies.
• Strong Communicator: You effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding.
• Collaborative and Inclusive: You foster a team environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes continuous learning.
• Analytical and Strategic: You leverage data to drive decisions, aligning engineering efforts with business objectives for optimal outcomes.
• Proactive and Resourceful: You take initiative and skillfully navigate complex technical challenges to deliver impactful results.
• Meticulous and Accuracy-Driven: You prioritize financial correctness and have an eye for detail, ensuring reliability in client ledgers and transactions.
• Curious Learner: You're eager to explore new tools and technologies, including AI, to innovate and enhance your technical expertise.

Minimum qualifications:

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on solving availability & consistency challenges across mission-critical, distributed systems
• 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team of developers
• Solid understanding of accounting concepts (ledger, financial transactions) & experience working in a financial domain

Preferred qualifications:

• Strong cloud experience GCP (preferred) or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with docker and Kubernetes
• Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures
• Experience developing and maintaining automated tests and quality control processes
• Experience integrating with observability tooling such as Splunk, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana

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Equal opportunity

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 don't 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.

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.