Engineering Manager, Core Banking Platform

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

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.