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Payroll is a new product area at Airwallex, and London is where we’re building the engineering team from day one. As the first Engineering Manager for Payroll in London, you’ll have a rare opportunity to shape a foundational product line—setting the team’s operating model, technical direction, and delivery cadence from the start. You’ll lead the build-out of the core Payroll software layer (services, APIs, workflows, integrations) that customers will trust every pay cycle. It’s a high-ownership, high-visibility role with real scope: balancing product speed with the engineering bar required for correctness, security, and compliance in a regulated domain.
Job Responsibility:
Build, lead, and grow a high-performing Payroll engineering team in London
Partner with Product and Design to define roadmap, scope, and success metrics
translate customer needs into an executable plan
Own the technical strategy and architecture for Payroll services and APIs, with a focus on scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability
Drive strong delivery practices: planning, prioritisation, execution, and continuous improvement
Lead cross-functional execution with stakeholders across Compliance/Legal, Risk, Operations, Support, and other engineering teams
Stay hands-on where it matters: guide design reviews, de-risk complex initiatives, and raise the bar on engineering quality
Establish operational excellence for production systems (monitoring, incident response, postmortems, reliability improvements), and ensure auditability/traceability is built in
Requirements:
7+ years of software engineering experience, including strong backend/system design expertise
2+ years experience as an Engineering Manager leading small to mid-sized teams (or equivalent leadership experience)
Strong product sense: ability to make tradeoffs, iterate quickly, and build for customer outcomes
Track record building API- and integration-heavy systems in production environments
Strong communication and stakeholder management skills in cross-functional settings
Nice to have:
Experience in fintech, payroll, payments, or other regulated domains
Experience building 0→1 products/teams and scaling systems as adoption grows
What we offer:
Offers Equity
Offers Bonus
medical, dental, and vision insurance
a 401(k) plan
short-term and long-term disability
basic life insurance
well-being benefits
20 paid days of vacation
12 paid days of company holidays in a calendar year