Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Spend

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Bonus opportunities

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

20 paid days of vacation

12 paid days of company holidays

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Site Reliability Engineer based in San Francisco to architect and implement scalable cloud infrastructure. You'll drive incident response and operational excellence in a collaborative Engineering team focused on innovation in financial technology.

This position requires over 6 years of experience in an SRE or DevOps role, with deep knowledge in cloud solutions and a commitment to improving system reliability.

Qualifications

• 6+ years in an SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused engineering role.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, observability, and incident response.
• Strong experience supporting production systems with high availability and compliance requirements.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cloud infrastructure for new services and roadmap initiatives.
• Lead incident response, observability, and automation across critical systems.
• Collaborate with central DevOps and security teams to ensure compliance and resilience.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS/GCP)

Kubernetes

Observability

Incident response

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Location

US - San Francisco

Employment Type

Full time

Location Type

Hybrid

Department

Engineering Spend

Compensation

• 160,000 - 250,000; offers equity; offers bonus

Airwallex promotes fair compensation practices in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local law. These expected base pay ranges are based on information at the time this post was generated and represent the company’s good faith minimum and maximum ranges for this role at the time of posting. The actual compensation offered to a candidate will be dependent upon multiple factors, including but not limited to relevant experience, skills and other qualifications, geographic location as noted, internal equity, and other external market factors. Certain roles may be eligible for other compensation including, but not limited to, annual bonuses, commissions, RSUs, or other forms of compensation in addition to the established salary range. Benefits may vary depending on the nature of employment and work location. US-based employees are eligible to participate in medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability, basic life insurance, and well-being benefits. US-based employees also receive 20 paid days of vacation and 12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year. Further details about our compensation and benefits package are available upon request by contacting our Talent Acquisition team.

About the team

The Engineering team at Airwallex is a diverse group of innovators, builders, and problem solvers, driven by a mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime. We thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, where we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the financial technology space. As a team, we value technical craftsmanship, continuous learning, and a strong sense of ownership, working together to build scalable, reliable, and secure products that empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders. Our SRE team is breaking new engineering ground and we have the opportunity to define innovative solutions for a number of challenges, paving the way for other teams to follow in our footsteps. This team is responsible for the availability, performance, monitoring and capacity planning of our Global services.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Site Reliability Engineer, you’ll work closely with product teams in Spend to deliver and maintain scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure in support of key product initiatives. Aligned to the roadmap, you’ll lead on infrastructure design and delivery for complex, high-risk projects such as launching new services, executing global data centre migrations, and modernising data pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement cloud infrastructure for new services and roadmap initiatives.
• Embed with development teams to drive reliability, performance, and operational readiness.
• Lead incident response, observability, and automation across critical systems.
• Own team-level SLOs, runbooks, and DevOps performance metrics.
• Collaborate with central DevOps and security teams to ensure compliance and resilience.

Minimum qualifications

• 6+ years in an SRE, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused engineering role.
• Bachelor degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS/GCP), Kubernetes, observability, and incident response.
• Able to lead SRE strategy for large-scale, cross-functional projects.
• Strong experience supporting production systems with high availability and compliance requirements.
• Proven ability to work closely with developers and guide reliability best practices.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience in a fintech or similarly regulated industry.
• Familiarity with data streaming, analytics pipelines, or financial data systems.

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.

Compensation Range: $160K - $250K