Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AI

Airwallex
San Francisco
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeUSD 150,000 - 299,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Collaboration","Problem-solving","Communication","Ownership","Fast learner"]

Design and operate distributed, event-driven backend systems in Python to power AI-assisted finance workflows. Build production-grade APIs (Python FastAPI) and robust data models on GCP, own end-to-end data architecture, and create reliable infrastructure primitives. Collaborate with ML and product teams to deploy AI-driven, scalable financial infrastructure, shipping platform foundations and reusable tooling for the org.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
6 months ago

Staff Backend Engineer, Agentic AI

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Job Summary

Design and operate distributed, event-driven backend systems in Python to power AI-assisted finance workflows. Build production-grade APIs (Python FastAPI) and robust data models on GCP, own end-to-end data architecture, and create reliable infrastructure primitives. Collaborate with ML and product teams to deploy AI-driven, scalable financial infrastructure, shipping platform foundations and reusable tooling for the org.
Location: San Francisco
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and operate distributed, event-driven systems that process high-volume, high-sensitivity financial data with strict correctness and latency guarantees.
  • •Build typed, production-grade APIs and services in Python (FastAPI + Pydantic) that power agentic workflows, AI copilots, and real-time financial infrastructure.
  • •Own data architecture end-to-end schema design, event models, ledger primitives, and storage layers optimized for auditability, traceability, and scale.
  • •Develop resilient infrastructure primitives (queues, retries, idempotency, observability, backpressure handling) that let teams ship fast without sacrificing reliability.
  • •Work at the intersection of systems + AI, building feedback loops where product data continuously improves models and models autonomously improve system behavior.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 150,000 - 299,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity
Perks:EquityAnnual Bonus

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years backend experience with Python at scale.
  • •Deep knowledge of SQL/NoSQL database design.
  • •Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or microservices.
  • •Familiarity with GCP services (Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, KMS, etc.).
  • •Strong grasp of security and compliance best practices.
Experience:5+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial services
Skills:CollaborationProblem-solvingCommunicationOwnershipFast learner
Tech Stack:PythonFastAPIPydanticGCPPub/SubCloud RunCloud SQLBigQueryKMS

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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