Senior Software Engineer, Data and AI Infrastructure

Airwallex; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex in Seattle is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for Data and AI Infrastructure to design, operate, and scale Kubernetes-based systems across public clouds.

You will build platforms for Kafka, Spark, Flink, AI gateways, and model serving, collaborating with teams to improve reliability, performance, and cost efficiency of distributed data pipelines.

This on-site role emphasizes observable, self-service deployment and proactive optimization for cutting-edge AI workloads.

Qualifications

• Experience designing, operating and scaling distributed data and AI infrastructure.
• Strong knowledge of cloud environments and containerized workloads.
• Ability to partner with multiple engineering teams to improve reliability and cost efficiency.

Responsibilities

• Designs, operates, and scales Kubernetes-based data and AI infrastructure across public cloud environments.
• Builds platforms for Kafka, Spark, Flink, AI gateways, model serving, traffic management, observability, and self-service deployment.

Skills

Kubernetes

Distributed systems

Cloud environments

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

AI gateways

Model serving

Observability

Self-service deployment

Job description

Senior Software Engineer, Data and AI Infrastructure

$150K–$245K/yr Above Market Full-time On-site 1d ago

Designs, operates, and scales Kubernetes-based data and AI infrastructure across public cloud environments. Builds platforms for Kafka, Spark, Flink, AI gateways, model serving, traffic management, observability, and self-service deployment. Partners with engineering teams to improve reliability, scalability, performance, cost efficiency, and operational simplicity of distributed systems.

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