Payments Platform Engineering Leader

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 210,000 - 310,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Director to lead and operate critical components of the Payments Platform. You will combine people leadership, technical direction, and delivery ownership to drive a scalable and reliable platform.

This role can be based in Singapore, United Kingdom or San Francisco, United States, reflecting Airwallex's global footprint and growth trajectory in fintech.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
• Proven experience managing Engineering Managers or Leads.
• Strong product thinking and roadmapping ability.
• Deep fluency in architecture for large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the Payments Platform vision, strategy, architecture and roadmap for Airwallex's platform.
• Lead and grow engineering managers and senior technical talent across multiple squads.
• Provide architectural direction for high-volume, mission-critical payment systems and ensure reliability, security, and scalability.
• Set OKRs, manage multi-initiative execution and balance short-term delivery with long-term health.
• Collaborate with Product, Commercial, Risk, Compliance and regional leaders to align tech with business outcomes.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering leadership

People management

Product thinking

System architecture

Distributed systems

FinTech domain experience

Job description

Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Director to lead and operate critical components of the Payments Platform. You will combine people leadership, technical direction, and delivery ownership to drive a scalable and reliable platform.

This role can be based in Singapore, United Kingdom or San Francisco, United States, reflecting Airwallex's global footprint and growth trajectory in fintech.