Staff Software Engineer, Cards

Airwallex
Singapore
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 8+ yearsEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Mentoring","Communication","Problem-solving","Collaboration"]

Lead the architecture and development of scalable backend systems for card products, shaping long-term engineering strategy and cross-team initiatives. Own end-to-end delivery from design to deployment, mentor engineers, and enforce best practices in observability, testing, and API design. Collaborate with product, design, and infrastructure to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance services at global scale from a base in Singapore.

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Airwallex
Airwallex
1 year ago

Staff Software Engineer, Cards

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Job Summary

Lead the architecture and development of scalable backend systems for card products, shaping long-term engineering strategy and cross-team initiatives. Own end-to-end delivery from design to deployment, mentor engineers, and enforce best practices in observability, testing, and API design. Collaborate with product, design, and infrastructure to deliver reliable, secure, high-performance services at global scale from a base in Singapore.
Location: Singapore
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering

Key Responsibilities

  • •Drive the architecture, design, and evolution of complex backend systems that support the Cards product.
  • •Lead cross-functional technical initiatives and ensure alignment with long-term engineering goals.
  • •Own the full lifecycle of backend services—from idea to design, implementation, testing, deployment, and maintenance.
  • •Guide teams in making scalable, secure, and high-performing system design decisions.
  • •Establish engineering best practices around observability, testing, and API design.

Key Requirements

  • •Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
  • •8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience in technical leadership roles.
  • •Proven experience architecting and scaling backend systems and APIs in production.
  • •Strong computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and distributed systems.
  • •Expertise in at least one backend language (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Go, Python) and deep understanding of REST API design (Spring Boot), with experience in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and Kubernetes.
Experience:8+ yearsFintechPaymentsFinancial services
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:LeadershipMentoringCommunicationProblem-solvingCollaboration
Tech Stack:JavaKotlinGoPythonSpring BootAWSGCPKubernetesGrafanaPrometheusSplunkREST API

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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