Senior Backend Engineer, AI-Native Growth Platform

Airwallex; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Seattle is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and own scalable backend services powering Growth. You’ll tackle distributed systems, real-time data, and AI-native capabilities, collaborating with product, data science, and marketing to ship impactful solutions.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, reliability, and observable systems, with opportunities to mentor peers and raise engineering quality across the org.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building production backend systems.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems and backend architecture.

Responsibilities

• Build scalable backend systems, APIs, and real-time data processing.
• Develop AI-native capabilities for personalized workflows and actions.
• Own end-to-end delivery from design to production operations.
• Design for reliability, observability, and scalability.
• Solve ambiguous business problems with cross-functional teams.
• Elevate engineering quality through code reviews and mentoring.

Skills

Backend dev

Distributed systems

Python/Java/Kotlin

API design

Ownership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

FastAPI/Spring Boot

Job description

Airwallex in Seattle is seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and own scalable backend services powering Growth. You’ll tackle distributed systems, real-time data, and AI-native capabilities, collaborating with product, data science, and marketing to ship impactful solutions.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, reliability, and observable systems, with opportunities to mentor peers and raise engineering quality across the org.