Senior Frontend Engineer - Cards

AIRWALLEX (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global financial technology firm in Singapore is seeking a Frontend Engineer to deliver complex features using React and TypeScript. The ideal candidate will possess a strong background in modern frontend technologies and enjoy collaborating with diverse teams. This role offers competitive benefits including equity, wellness support, and generous parental leave.

Benefits

Equity for every employee

On-site snacks and refreshments

Virtual Card with annual budget for spending

Mental wellness platform access

Paid day off on your birthday

Generous parental leave

Paid community and volunteer leave

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree or above in computer science or engineering related majors.
• Mastery of modern frontend web technologies.
• Strong customer oriented mindset with a track record of product thinking.
• Strong aptitude for system thinking, writing high-quality code and documentation.
• Demonstrated history of using appropriate testing practices.

Responsibilities

• Delivering complex frontend features with React and TypeScript.
• Build micro Frontend web applications with domain-based design architecture.
• Work closely with product managers and stakeholders.
• Leverage Apollo GraphQL to build scalable and high-performance node services.
• Collaborate with the design team to build a design system.

Skills

Modern frontend web technologies

Customer oriented mindset

Strong aptitude for system thinking

Collaboration skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or engineering

Tools

React

TypeScript

Apollo GraphQL

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 more than 37 locations around the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

About the team

A key part of Airwallex’s suite of products, the Cards team are revolutionizing the way businesses issue cards and manage expenses for their employees. This team solves complex challenges around the growing demands of data and feature complexity in credit cards and expenses, and they work at the exciting intersection of our backend infrastructure and customer facing applications, working on distributed systems that manage millions of transactions.

What you’ll do

As a Frontend Engineer, you will help define and implement our team’s technical strategy to meet an evolving set of product and engineering challenges. Our team is breaking new engineering ground and we have the opportunity to define innovative solutions for a number of challenges, paving the way for other teams to follow in our footsteps.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Delivering complex frontend features with React and TypeScript, including requirements breakdown, time estimation, and active participation in team planning and discussions.
• Build micro Frontend web applications with domain-based design architecture.
• Work closely with product managers and key stakeholders to define product roadmap, prioritise projects and ship incrementally to production.
• Leverage Apollo GraphQL as the backend for frontend (BFF) to build scalable and high-performance node services with simple and contact-based integration with backend.
• Cooperate with the design team to build a design system with common components.
• Actively engage with our Frontend Guild, research cutting edge technologies, and drive initiatives to build high-quality products and clean up technical debt.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for operational excellence and a delightful user experience

Who you are

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor degree or above in computer science or engineering related majors.
• Mastery of modern frontend web technologies.
• Have a strong customer oriented mindset with a track record of product thinking.
• Have a strong aptitude for system thinking, writing high-quality code and documentation.
• Have a demonstrated history of using a wide range of appropriate testing practices.
• Enjoy collaborating with a diverse group of individuals, bridging gaps between different teams and areas of expertise.

Preferred qualifications:

• Expertise in the Typescript and React ecosystem.
• Experience with building micro-frontends and designing modular, scalable frontend architectures using domain-based design to support product growth and complexity.
• An interest in the financial domain.
• Java, Kotlin, Shell development experience.
• Familiarity with payment processing, cards, issuing, or similar fintech products, with an understanding of the domain’s technical and business needs.

Life at Airwallex:

We commit to industry-leading salaries and rewards

We share our business success through every employee receiving equity

Two epic working spaces in the heart of Melbourne and Sydney

On-site snacks, think fully stocked fridges, beers, ice-creams

Your own Airwallex Virtual Card, with $1000 per year to spend on physical, lifestyle, health, or charitable donations

Access to our mental wellness platform to provide personalised, private support, including coaching and EAP sessions

Enjoy a paid day off on your birthday to celebrate YOU

Generous parental leave, baby bonding leave, and pregnancy loss leaves

Paid community and volunteer leave

Generous Employee Referral Program rewards for referring top talent