Staff Backend Engineer, Global Issuing Platform

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build reliable, scalable systems for card transactions. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in backend languages like Java or Kotlin, and deep experience with event-driven architectures. Candidates should have strong knowledge of distributed systems and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. The position also entails mentoring other engineers and guiding technical direction across teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Deep experience designing and delivering large-scale, distributed systems.
• Strong proficiency in backend development.

Responsibilities

• Design and build highly reliable, scalable systems for card transactions.
• Lead design of distributed, event-driven systems.
• Set high standards for code quality and operational readiness.

Skills

Backend development (Java, Kotlin, Go, Python)

Event-driven and streaming architectures

Designing RESTful APIs

Cloud experience (GCP or AWS)

Mentoring engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kafka

Splunk

Grafana

Prometheus

Job description

Airwallex in Singapore is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design and build reliable, scalable systems for card transactions. The role requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in backend languages like Java or Kotlin, and deep experience with event-driven architectures. Candidates should have strong knowledge of distributed systems and a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field. The position also entails mentoring other engineers and guiding technical direction across teams.