Airwallex · 1 day ago
Engineering Manager, Core Banking
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
8+ years expAirwallex is a unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 200,000 businesses worldwide. The Engineering Manager for Core Banking will lead and mentor a team of engineers, driving the development of a scalable transaction engine and a distributed multi-currency wallet platform while collaborating across teams to ensure alignment with business objectives.
FinanceFinancial ServicesFinTechPayments
Responsibilities
Lead and Mentor: Guide and support a team of talented engineers, fostering a collaborative and high-performing work environment that encourages innovation and growth
Hands-On Technical Leadership: Actively engage in the development process, providing hands-on guidance and taking responsibility for presenting and defending technical designs and decisions
Develop Cutting-edge Solutions: Lead the development of a transaction engine focused on scalability, financial accuracy, and adaptability
Build and maintain a distributed multi-currency wallet platform, providing precise financial oversight for client ledgers
Collaborate across teams with product and other engineer teams to ensure alignment between technical solutions and business objectives
Innovate productivity-enhancing tools and processes, exploring AI opportunities to continually improve our engineering practices and system observabilities
Thrive in a collaborative, energetic team environment that encourages innovation and continuous learning
Qualification
Required
8+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on solving availability & consistency challenges across mission-critical, distributed systems
2+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team of developers
Solid understanding of accounting concepts (ledger, financial transactions) & experience working in a financial domain
Experienced in Distributed Systems: You have a strong foundation in designing and implementing distributed systems, with hands-on experience in backend development and database technologies
Strong Communicator: You effectively convey technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, ensuring clarity and understanding
Collaborative and Inclusive: You foster a team environment that values diverse perspectives and promotes continuous learning
Analytical and Strategic: You leverage data to drive decisions, aligning engineering efforts with business objectives for optimal outcomes
Proactive and Resourceful: You take initiative and skillfully navigate complex technical challenges to deliver impactful results
Meticulous and Accuracy-Driven: You prioritize financial correctness and have an eye for detail, ensuring reliability in client ledgers and transactions
Curious Learner: You're eager to explore new tools and technologies, including AI, to innovate and enhance your technical expertise
Preferred
Strong cloud experience GCP (preferred) or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with docker and Kubernetes
Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures
Experience developing and maintaining automated tests and quality control processes
Experience integrating with observability tooling such as Splunk, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana
Company
Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, payment solutions, and spend management tools.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$1.53BKey Investors
AdditionSquare Peg CapitalLone Pine Capital
2025-12-08Series G· $330M
2025-05-21Series F· $150M
2025-05-21Secondary Market· $150M
Leadership Team
Jack Zhang
Co-Founder & CEO
Jacob Dai
Co-Founder & CTO
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