Lead, Issuing Platform Engineering

airwallex (singapore) pte. ltd.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Manager for Issuing Platform in Singapore to lead one or more teams building critical components of the issuing platform. You’ll combine people leadership with technical direction and delivery ownership.

You’ll coach engineers, shape architecture, and ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance while partnering with product and operations to align priorities.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, with at least 2+ years in a people leadership role.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Strong background in modern backend development using languages such as Java, Kotlin, Go, or Python.
• Proven experience designing and delivering large-scale, distributed, production systems.
• Solid understanding of computer science fundamentals and object-oriented design principles.
• Hands-on experience with event-driven and streaming architectures, for example Kafka.
• Experience designing and operating RESTful APIs at scale.
• Cloud experience with GCP (preferred) or AWS, including containerized workloads using Docker and Kubernetes.
• Familiarity with observability and operational tooling such as Splunk, Grafana, and Prometheus.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor engineers and lead the execution of technical and delivery strategy.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers across one or more teams building core issuing platform components.
• Provide technical direction and architectural guidance for high‑impact systems.
• Ensure high standards for code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
• Drive reliability, observability, and performance improvements.
• Collaborate with product, operations, and other leaders to align priorities.
• Mentor engineers and lead delivery strategy across teams.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

Go

Python

Kafka

RESTful APIs

Distributed systems

Event-driven architectures

Cloud platforms

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Software Engineering / related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

AWS

GCP

Job description

Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Manager for Issuing Platform in Singapore to lead one or more teams building critical components of the issuing platform. You’ll combine people leadership with technical direction and delivery ownership.

You’ll coach engineers, shape architecture, and ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance while partnering with product and operations to align priorities.