Senior Software Engineer, Risk

AIRWALLEX (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Singapore is seeking a senior Java engineer to join the risk platform team. You'll help keep Airwallex's payments safe and scalable, collaborating across product areas worldwide.

The role focuses on Java/Kotlin development, building microservice components, and applying modern patterns to handle high concurrency and reliability. You will also mentor peers and contribute to architectural improvements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field.
• Experience with large-scale, high-availability systems.
• Proficiency in Java, multi-threading and network programming.
• Experience with Spring/Spring Boot and RESTful services.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the senior technical team to develop and enhance the company’s payment products and transaction systems using Java/Kotlin.
• Independently design and develop components on the company’s microservice framework.
• Experiment with new technologies and propose architectural improvements.
• Support and mentor less-experienced team members in software engineering practices and coding standards.

Skills

Core Java

High concurrency

Spring Boot

RESTful services

Distributed systems

Gradle

Maven

JSON/XML

Code reviews

Education

BSc CS

Tools

Kafka

Flink

Spark

ClickHouse

Job description

About the team

The risk platform team at Airwallex is responsible for managing the risk for all the products at Airwallex, including GTPN, PA, Issuing, Onboarding, and Account takeover. The risk landscape is constantly changing, and fraudsters are becoming increasingly sophisticated. We are at the forefront of innovation in risk management.

What you’ll do

Our mission is to keep Airwallex's products and services safe and secure, and make Airwallex a trusted partner for businesses around the world. We use cutting-edge technologies, such as graph, ML, and LLM, to implement and improve our strategy.

Our team expands across Beijing, Shanghai and Singapore. We collaborate with other teams and our customers globally to ensure a holistic approach for risk management.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the senior technical team to develop and enhance the company’s payment products and transaction systems using Java/ Kotlin.
• Independently design and develop components on the company’s microservice framework.
• Experiment with new technologies and propose architectural improvements.
• Support and mentor less-experienced team members in software engineering practices and coding standards.

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:

• More than 4 years of Core Java development, more than 5 years of experience in Internet application / large financial system / e-commerce platform development;
• More than three years experience in risk platform or payment platform development;
• Bachelor degree in computer science and related majors;
• Proficient in Java, familiar with Java multi-threading, high concurrency, IO / NIO, network communication, etc .;
• Familiar with commonly used design patterns, with experience in design and development of large-scale distributed, high concurrency, high load, high availability systems;
• Master various common server technologies, which can optimize service response and data query, ensure various service quality, and solve the problems of high concurrency and high availability;
• Familiar with Spring / Spring Boot and RESTful services;
• Master Gradle / Maven and other build tools;
• Familiar with JSON & XML.

Preferred qualifications:

• In-depth knowledge of risk management strategies and fraud detection techniques, particularly within financial and fintech industries.
• Familiarity with graph databases and the ability to utilize them for pattern and anomaly detection.
• Experience with machine learning models and frameworks for predictive risk analytics.
• Familiarity with real-time data streaming technologies like Apache Kafka/Flink to ensure timely detection and response to potential threats.
• Strong data analytics skills, with experience using tools like ClickHouse, Spark, or NoSQL databases for large-scale data processing and risk analysis.
• Advanced problem-solving skills with prior experience in incident response and risk mitigation planning
• Strong team player with effective communication skills.