Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform & AI Enablement

Airwallex
Seattle
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 240,000 annuallyFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsSkills: ["Technical leadership","Mentorship","First-principles thinking","Ownership mindset","Curiosity"]

Build and extend Airwallex’s next-generation distributed data platform that powers real-time AI enablement. You’ll lead architecture and custom development across storage, high-availability service layers, and “Knowledge Platform” capabilities such as vector indexing and agentic workflows. Drive performance tuning for exactly-once semantics and state/checkpointing, own batch and streaming SDLC across global regions, and advocate engineering rigor through tooling, SDKs, and automation.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
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Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform & AI Enablement

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Job Summary

Build and extend Airwallex’s next-generation distributed data platform that powers real-time AI enablement. You’ll lead architecture and custom development across storage, high-availability service layers, and “Knowledge Platform” capabilities such as vector indexing and agentic workflows. Drive performance tuning for exactly-once semantics and state/checkpointing, own batch and streaming SDLC across global regions, and advocate engineering rigor through tooling, SDKs, and automation.
Location: Seattle
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Lead technical decision-making and custom development for core infrastructure components from foundational storage to high-availability service layers.
  • •Perform performance tuning and systems internals work including state management, checkpointing, and exactly-once semantics for millisecond-level accuracy.
  • •Develop and integrate the Knowledge Platform, enabling AI-driven products with scalable vector indexing, agentic workflows, and real-time data streaming.
  • •Own the full SDLC for high-performance distributed systems (batch and streaming) processing petabytes of data across 30+ global regions.
  • •Act as a technical beacon: mentor engineers and drive delivery through design reviews and technical leadership.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 240,000 annually

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years building and operating large-scale distributed systems or infrastructure platforms.
  • •Deep understanding of computer science fundamentals, including distributed systems and networking protocols.
  • •Proficiency in Java, Kotlin, or Go, with hands-on experience deep-diving into systems like Kafka, Flink, Spark, Kubernetes, or OLAP engines.
  • •Proven ability to take 0-1 ownership from design through production stability.
  • •Motivated to explore emerging AI/ML infrastructure and real-time systems to create business impact.
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systemsInfrastructure platformsAI/MLReal-time systems
Skills:Technical leadershipMentorshipFirst-principles thinkingOwnership mindsetCuriosity
Tech Stack:JavaKotlinGoKafkaFlinkSparkKubernetesOLAP enginesJVM

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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