Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling

Airwallex; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Airwallex is seeking a Staff Software Engineer in San Francisco to lead AI tooling development. You will partner with teams to find impactful automation solutions and mentor junior engineers.

The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience, a degree in Computer Science, and strong skills in cloud infrastructure. This position offers opportunities to work with cutting-edge technology in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
• Experience with production code bases.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of AI tools and applications.
• Support incident response efforts.
• Build, monitor, and maintain Kubernetes clusters.

Skills

Software Engineering

AI tools development

Cloud infrastructure

Python

Kubernetes

Golang

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Linux operating systems

Data pipelines

Job description

What you’ll do

As a Staff Software Engineer working on internal AI tooling, you will be responsible for helping keep $200b+ in payments, 300,000 companies, and our thousands of employees safe.

You’ll have the opportunity to partner with internal teams to help identify projects that can drive impact – like building internal automation tooling, owning our terabyte‑scale log pipelines, and using AI to streamline how our team operates.

We're not tied to specific projects, languages, and technology – we rely on smart people diving deep to find the best solutions to hard problems. You'll also be mentoring junior team members and continuing to grow our world‑class engineering team.

This role is based in San Francisco, or Melbourne or Sydney.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.

• Support incident response efforts by building ad‑hoc tools for threat hunting, remediation and scanners.

• Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and ETL pipelines.

• Sit with engineers to identify opportunities for automation and tooling development.

• Partner with product engineering teams to drive security outcomes – such as automation for patching, and development of gateways and other services to decrease risk.

• Mentor and help grow other Software Engineers in the team.

Who you are

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.

• 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.

• Experience with production code bases.

• Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g., Python) and one systems programming language (e.g., Golang, C/C++).

• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes.

• Proven experience working autonomously on projects – delivering them to a high quality and on time.

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

• Ability to dive deep to find the best solution to a problem.

• Obsessive curiosity and a willingness to ask questions, gather context, and learn.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience working in a high‑growth tech company.

• Hands‑on experience with AI – specifically leveraging AI to build applications.

• Experience maintaining Linux operating 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.