KYC Engineering Lead & Manager – AI‑Driven Risk & Automation

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex Singapore is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the engineering direction for KYC systems that make user onboarding safer, faster, and more scalable. You will build automation and AI-driven solutions, collaborating with Product, Operations, Compliance, and Engineering to deliver effective technical solutions.

You’ll mentor engineers, raise the bar on architecture and reliability, and help the team grow while working from the Singapore office five days a week.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong ability to understand complex business processes quickly and translate them into effective technical solutions.
• Strong organisational and communication skills, with experience collaborating across teams and stakeholder groups.
• Solid software engineering skills, with experience in backend or frontend development using Kotlin, Java, React, or TypeScript.
• Hands-on experience building scalable, robust automation or workflow systems.
• A self-driven and proactive approach to identifying problems and driving improvements.
• Experience contributing to architectural discussions, code reviews, system reliability, performance, and scalability.
• The ability to mentor or guide engineers and act as a technical role model as the team grows.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering direction for KYC systems that make user onboarding safer, faster, and more efficient at scale.
• Build and improve automation and workflow systems that streamline registration approval and reduce manual effort for internal operations teams.
• Develop AI- and data-driven solutions to identify user risk and help prevent fraudulent or malicious activity.
• Partner closely with Product, Operations, Compliance, and Engineering to deliver effective technical solutions.
• Raise the bar on architecture, reliability, performance, and engineering quality while mentoring and supporting the growth of engineers on the team.

Skills

Software engineering

Business process understanding

Communication

Team collaboration

Mentoring

Architectural discussions

Code reviews

System reliability

Performance and scalability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kotlin

Java

React

TypeScript

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Airwallex Singapore is seeking a senior software engineer to lead the engineering direction for KYC systems that make user onboarding safer, faster, and more scalable. You will build automation and AI-driven solutions, collaborating with Product, Operations, Compliance, and Engineering to deliver effective technical solutions.

You’ll mentor engineers, raise the bar on architecture and reliability, and help the team grow while working from the Singapore office five days a week.