Director of Engineering, Spend Platform & AI

Airwallex-; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a SF-based engineering leader to own the Spend domain, driving technical strategy and an architectural roadmap across corporate cards, expense management, and related workflows.

You will partner with Product, Design, and Commercial teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions, while growing a high-performing US engineering organization and advancing AI-enabled automation within financial workflows.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience, with 5+ years in leadership roles.
• Proven people management experience, including managing managers or leads.
• Strong product thinking and ability to partner with Product Management to define roadmaps.
• Deep technical fluency in software architecture and large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments valuing ownership.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Expenses sub-domain (product / family of products), owning the vision, delivery, and roadmap in close collaboration with the local product teams.
• Evolve the technical architecture across the Spend domain, contributing to architecture decisions in data engineering, AI, and analytics.
• Scale the US engineering team and mentor new squads.
• Drive operational excellence across your domain by setting OKRs and optimizing delivery across multiple projects.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, Commercial, and other US Engineering Leads to align execution with business strategy and build Airwallex's US site culture.
• Own the talent acquisition strategy for your domain in the San Francisco market.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

People management

Product thinking

Software architecture

Distributed systems

Fintech experience

AI/ML

Global collaboration

Job description

Airwallex is seeking a SF-based engineering leader to own the Spend domain, driving technical strategy and an architectural roadmap across corporate cards, expense management, and related workflows.

You will partner with Product, Design, and Commercial teams to translate business goals into scalable technical solutions, while growing a high-performing US engineering organization and advancing AI-enabled automation within financial workflows.