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Engineering Lead, Core Banking

Airwallex

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Singapore , Singapore

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Job Description:

The Core Banking Platform team is crucial in powering Airwallex's global operations by facilitating client wallet transactions and ensuring the financial accuracy of client ledgers. Primarily based in Singapore, our lean team delivers a robust, high-performance distributed multi-currency wallet platform that supports the continuous growth of Airwallex products like global transfers, payments and acquiring, card issuing, and lending.

Job Responsibility:

  • Lead and mentor a team of talented engineers
  • Actively engage in the development process
  • Provide hands-on guidance
  • Take responsibility for presenting and defending technical designs and decisions
  • Lead the development of a transaction engine focused on scalability, financial accuracy, and adaptability
  • Build and maintain a distributed multi-currency wallet platform
  • Provide precise financial oversight for client ledgers
  • Collaborate across teams with product and other engineer teams
  • Innovate productivity-enhancing tools and processes
  • Explore AI opportunities to improve engineering practices and system observability

Requirements:

  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • Strong foundation in designing and implementing distributed systems
  • Hands-on experience in backend development and database technologies
  • 2+ years of experience managing and mentoring a team of developers
  • Solid understanding of accounting concepts (ledger, financial transactions)
  • Experience working in a financial domain
  • Strong communicator
  • Collaborative and inclusive
  • Analytical and strategic
  • Proactive and resourceful
  • Meticulous and accuracy-driven
  • Curious learner

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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