Airwallex Limited

Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling

Airwallex Limited • $150K — $180K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
  • Experience with production code bases.
  • Proficient in at least one scripting language (e.g. Python) and one systems programming language (e.g. Golang, C/C++).
  • Familiar with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes.
  • Proven track record of working autonomously to deliver high-quality projects on time.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills for engaging with technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.
  • Support incident response efforts by creating ad-hoc tools for threat hunting and remediation.
  • Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters and ETL pipelines.
  • Collaborate with engineers to discover opportunities for automation and tooling development.
  • Work alongside product engineering teams to achieve security outcomes through automation.
  • Mentor and develop junior Software Engineers within the team.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with cutting-edge technology in a high-growth environment.
  • Collaborative team atmosphere focused on innovation and effective security practices.
  • Professional development through mentorship and skills enhancement.
  • Contribute to significant security projects that impact a large user base.
  • Flexible working conditions to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
About the team

You'd be joining the team building Airwallex's AI tooling platform. A product that helps employees turn ideas into working apps, dashboards, and workflow tools faster, with strong focus on platform engineering, integrations, security, and scale.

What you'll do

Your role will be delivering AI Tooling being leveraged by all Airwallex employees. You'll have the opportunity to partner with internal teams to help identify projects that can drive impact - like building internal automation tooling, owning our terabyte-scale log pipelines, and using AI to streamline how our team operates.

We're not tied to specific projects, languages, and technology - we rely on smart people diving deep to find the best solutions to hard problems. You'll also be mentoring junior team members and continuing to grow our world-class engineering team.

This role is based in San Francisco, or Melbourne, or Sydney

Responsibilities:
  • Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.
  • Support incident response efforts by building ad-hoc tools for threat hunting, remediation and scanners.
  • Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and ETL pipelines.
  • Sit with engineers to identify opportunities for automation and tooling development
  • Partner with product engineering teams to drive security outcomes - such as automation for patching, and development of gateways and other services to decrease risk.
  • Mentor and help grow other Software Engineers in the team.


Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
  • Experience with production code bases
  • Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g. Python) and one systems programming language (eg. Golang, C/C++)
  • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes
  • Proven experience working autonomously on projects - delivering them to a high quality and on time.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to dive deep to find the best solution to a problem
  • Obsessive curiosity and a willingness to ask questions, gather context, and learn


Preferred qualifications:
  • Experience working in a high-growth tech company.
  • Hands on experience with AI - specifically leveraging AI to build applications
  • Experience maintaining Linux operating systems


Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters

To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.

Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.

About Airwallex Limited

Airwallex is a financial technology company that provides cross-border payment solutions for businesses. The company was founded in 2015 by a group of entrepreneurs from Australia and China. Airwallex's platform allows businesses to make and receive payments in multiple currencies at competitive exchange rates. The company has raised over $400 million in funding to date and has offices in several countries, including Australia, China, the United States, and the United Kingdom.
Learn more about Airwallex Limited
Size
800 employees
Industry
Founded
2015

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