Senior Software Engineer, Yield

Airwallex
Sydney
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Collaboration","Ownership","Problem-solving","Communication","Teamwork"]

Senior Software Engineer on the Yield team shaping high‑integrity backend systems for Airwallex’s investment product. You’ll own end‑to‑end workflows, contribute to architectural vision, build mission‑critical financial infrastructure, ensure reliable integration with external providers, and collaborate across Product, Infrastructure, and Design to deliver a best‑in‑class fintech experience.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
10 months ago

Senior Software Engineer, Yield

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Job Summary

Senior Software Engineer on the Yield team shaping high‑integrity backend systems for Airwallex’s investment product. You’ll own end‑to‑end workflows, contribute to architectural vision, build mission‑critical financial infrastructure, ensure reliable integration with external providers, and collaborate across Product, Infrastructure, and Design to deliver a best‑in‑class fintech experience.
Location: Sydney
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and build the high‑integrity backend systems that allow businesses to earn returns on their idle cash with total liquidity.
  • •Contribute to the architecture and long‑term technical vision of our backend systems, helping define the engineering strategy and framework selection for the Yield squad.
  • •Own the end‑to‑end delivery of core investment workflows, including client signup, investment, and redemption processes—from design to production.
  • •Build and maintain mission‑critical financial infrastructure, such as reconciliation controls, unit registries, and investment ledgers.
  • •Write high‑quality, testable code with a focus on reliability and maintainability, ensuring seamless integration with our external investment providers.

Key Requirements

  • •5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
  • •Bachelor degree or above in computer science or software engineering related majors.
  • •Have experience solving distributed systems challenges - scalability, consistency, latency.
  • •Mastery of backend technologies is essential. While we do not mind what language you have most recently been using, we are using Kotlin w/ vert.x, Temporal & Kafka
  • •Experience working with automated tests and been involved in quality control processes.
Experience:5+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinance
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:CollaborationOwnershipProblem-solvingCommunicationTeamwork
Tech Stack:KotlinVert.xTemporalKafkaGCPAWSDockerKubernetesSplunkNewRelicPrometheusGrafana

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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