Staff Software Engineer, Ecosystem Platform

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex, a Singapore-headquartered fintech, seeks a Staff Software Engineer to direct the technical direction of the Ecosystem Platform. You will lead architectural decisions for the App Marketplace and Extension Framework, building secure APIs and tooling for partners, while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver reliable experiences.

You’ll work from our Singapore office five days a week, collaborating with engineering, product, design, and GTM to connect Airwallex’s financial products

Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• 7+ years of experience developing internet applications, large financial systems, or e-commerce platforms.
• Strong programming or scripting skills in a language such as Java, Kotlin, C++, Python or a similar language.
• Direct experience building or maintaining a public-facing developer platform, app marketplace, or extension framework.
• Experience designing scalable systems and making sound architectural decisions across complex technical domains.
• A track record of leading ambiguous, cross-functional initiatives from technical strategy through delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical roadmap for the App Marketplace and Extension Framework, contributing to architectural decisions, coding standards, observability patterns and security practices.
• Design and evolve platforms and integrations across accounting, HR, ERP, marketplace, payment and open-banking systems.
• Build secure, reliable APIs, SDKs, webhooks and UI-extension patterns that enable third-party developers and partners to build on Airwallex.
• Improve developer experience through documentation, sandboxes, and tooling.
• Partner with engineering, product, design, and go-to-market teams to deliver secure, reliable experiences.

Skills

Java

Kotlin

C++

Python

Architectural design

Lead cross-functional initiatives

Cloud-native

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Observability tools

Job description

Airwallex, a Singapore-headquartered fintech, seeks a Staff Software Engineer to direct the technical direction of the Ecosystem Platform. You will lead architectural decisions for the App Marketplace and Extension Framework, building secure APIs and tooling for partners, while guiding cross-functional teams to deliver reliable experiences.

You’ll work from our Singapore office five days a week, collaborating with engineering, product, design, and GTM to connect Airwallex’s financial products