Airwallex

Overview

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the infrastructure that powers our data and AI platforms, designing and operating distributed systems that support high-throughput data processing, real-time workloads, and production AI applications.

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide.

Requirements & Eligibility

• 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering, owning production systems end to end
• Strong experience designing, operating, and troubleshooting production Kubernetes environments
• Experience building or operating distributed data infrastructure with technologies such as Kafka, Spark, or Flink OR experience developing AI infrastructure such as AI gateways or model-routing platforms
• Hands-on experience with at least one major public cloud platform, such as AWS, Google Cloud, or Microsoft Azure
• Strong knowledge of cloud and container networking, including DNS, load balancing, ingress, service discovery, TLS, routing, and network security
• Proficiency in one or more of Go, Python, or Java, with experience writing maintainable production software

Key Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate highly available data and AI infrastructure on Kubernetes and public cloud platforms
• Develop scalable platforms for streaming, batch processing, and real-time data workloads using technologies such as Kafka, Spark, and Flink
• Build and evolve AI infrastructure, including AI gateways, model-routing layers, traffic management, rate limiting, authentication, observability, and usage controls
• Develop self-service capabilities that enable data, AI, and application teams to deploy and operate workloads safely and independently
• Partner with engineering teams to translate emerging data and AI requirements into durable platform capabilities