Staff Software Engineer, IAM & Account Infrastructure

Airwallex; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking an experienced IAM engineer to join our Identity and Access Management team in Singapore. You will help build secure, scalable authentication and access control solutions that protect customer accounts and internal systems.

Join a collaborative engineering culture and contribute to cutting-edge projects that underpin Airwallex’s global platform. Based in Singapore, you will collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to deliver robust IAM infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Extensive software development experience with a focus on HA and identity management.
• Strong understanding of authentication and access control mechanisms.
• Proficiency in designing secure IAM solutions with scalable architectures.

Responsibilities

• Develop and evolve IAM products to protect user identities and access.
• Measure product impact using data to drive decisions and improvements.
• Engineer scalable, secure infrastructure to support Airwallex's growth.

Skills

IAM

Security

Authentication

Access control

Data-driven

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 250,000 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, 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.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

About the team

Become an integral part of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Account team, where you will play a critical role in advancing our identity solutions and fortifying our account infrastructure. We are on the lookout for passionate engineers driven to work on cutting‑edge projects that enhance the availability, scalability, and security of our platform. Engage in global collaboration with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver exceptional IAM solutions that safeguard businesses and optimize our account infrastructure for Airwallex's exponential growth.

This role is based in Singapore.

Why Join Us

• Be Part of Something Big: Join a team that's redefining the future of finance. Your work will have a direct impact on our mission to revolutionize financial services and help millions of businesses grow globally.

• Grow With Us: At Airwallex, we're committed to your professional development. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow, and shape your career path in a fast‑paced, innovative environment.

• Collaborate With the Best: Work with a team of talented and passionate individuals who are driven by the desire to create something extraordinary.

What You'll Do

• Develop and Evolve: Working with best talents and build IAM products with revolutionary technologies to keep businesses secure.

• Measure and Optimize: Leverage data to drive decisions. Your keen data sense will help you measure the success of our products and identify opportunities for optimization and growth.

• Engineer Excellence: Champion engineering excellence by establishing and maintaining high standards for code quality, performance, and security. Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions that support and accelerate Airwallex's exponential growth.

Who You Are

• Experienced and Technically Proficient: You bring a wealth of experience in software development, ideally with a strong focus in HA / access control / authentication and authorization / identity management. Your technical expertise enables you to develop robust and secure systems.

• Strategic and Forward-Thinking: You optimize for long-term value, making decisions that positively impact the business and technology landscape over time. Your strategic mindset helps anticipate future needs and contributes to sustainable growth.

• Customer-Focused and Empathetic: Your understanding of customer security needs guides your development process. You create intuitive IAM solutions that enhance our platform's usability while maintaining top‑notch security.

• Data-Driven and Analytical: You leverage data to inform and refine IAM strategies, ensuring our systems are both effective and efficient.

Why Join Us

• Engineering Culture: Immerse yourself in a supportive and dynamic engineering culture that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence. You’ll have the opportunity to contribute to an environment that encourages continuous learning, creativity, and the sharing of ideas.

• Grow With Us: At Airwallex, we're committed to your professional development. You'll have opportunities to learn, grow, and shape your career path in a fast‑paced, innovative environment.

• Collaborate With the Best: Work with a team of talented and passionate individuals who are driven by the desire to create something extraordinary.

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Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.