Engineering Lead, Scale

Airwallex
London
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeGBP 100,000 - 150,000 annuallyFunction: Administration & Executive AssistanceExperience: 8+ yearsSkills: ["Communication","Leadership","Mentoring","Stakeholder management","Problem-solving"]

Engineering Lead, Scale will lead a team that builds critical platform capabilities powering Airwallex’s embedded finance products. You’ll set technical direction for scalable backend systems, ensure high design and operational standards, and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, compliance, and sales to translate enterprise requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
5 months ago

Engineering Lead, Scale

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Job Summary

Engineering Lead, Scale will lead a team that builds critical platform capabilities powering Airwallex’s embedded finance products. You’ll set technical direction for scalable backend systems, ensure high design and operational standards, and collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, compliance, and sales to translate enterprise requirements into pragmatic technical solutions.
Location: London
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Administration & Executive Assistance
Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Manage, coach, and grow a team of engineers through feedback, performance management, and career development.
  • •Set technical direction for scalable, reliable backend systems and partner with senior engineers on architecture and design.
  • •Ensure high standards for system design, code quality, testing, and operational excellence.
  • •Drive improvements across reliability, observability, security, and developer productivity.
  • •Work cross-functionally with product, design, compliance, sales, and engineering leaders to align execution with business priorities.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: GBP 100,000 - 150,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •8+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 1+ years in a people leadership role.
  • •Strong backend development experience with Java/Spring Boot.
  • •Proven experience designing and operating large-scale, distributed production systems.
  • •Strong system design and object-oriented design fundamentals.
  • •Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
Experience:8+ yearsFintechPaymentsEmbedded finance
Skills:CommunicationLeadershipMentoringStakeholder managementProblem-solving
Tech Stack:JavaSpring BootPostgreSQLRedisKafkaAWSGCPOAuth 2.0API design

Company Brief

Airwallex
Airwallex is a global payments and financial platform that provides business accounts, cross-border payments, treasury, corporate cards, and embedded finance APIs to help companies manage global financial operations and scale internationally.
Industry: Fintech Infrastructure
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Singapore, Singapore
Founded: 2015
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