Airwallex

Staff Product Security Engineer

Airwallex
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2 months ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Create and build security controls that enable Airwallex to scale securely.
  • Design and deliver security improvements across applications, software, and services.
  • Develop and operationalize detection strategies and incident response workflows.
  • Build and enhance secure systems through integration, testing, operations, and maintenance.
  • Analyze endpoint, network, and cloud telemetry to identify, investigate, and mitigate threats.
  • Design, implement, and maintain cybersecurity infrastructure to improve environmental resilience.
  • Investigate, contain, and respond to cybersecurity incidents.
  • Identify vulnerabilities, configuration issues, and remediation opportunities across systems and networks.
  • Collect and analyze threat intelligence and forensic evidence.
  • Conduct defensive operations, tactical forensics, and threat hunting.
  • Partner with Product, Engineering, Infrastructure, and other teams to embed security into applications, software, and services.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of experience in security engineering or incident response within a technology company.
  • In-depth expertise with at least one major cloud platform.
  • Strong knowledge of common software development tools and infrastructure, including CI/CD tooling and pipelines.
  • Comprehensive understanding of attacker tools and techniques, their detection and prevention, and high-quality incident investigation and response.
  • Strong communication skills for explaining technical security and software concepts to non-technical audiences.
  • Preferred: bachelor's degree in Cybersecurity, Computer Science, or a similar field.
  • Preferred: recognized cybersecurity training or certifications such as OSCP, GIAC, or CEH.
  • Preferred: strong experience with Splunk and other security monitoring tools.
  • Preferred: past DevOps or SRE experience with Kubernetes.
  • Preferred: experience with GCP or Alibaba Cloud.
  • Preferred: experience with Okta, GSuite, and cloud-based VPN services.
  • Preferred: experience with Python, Java, and Kotlin.
  • Preferred: published cybersecurity articles, journal papers, or blog posts.

Benefits

  • The role is based in San Francisco, Sydney, or Melbourne.

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About Airwallex

1,001-5,000 employees

Airwallex builds a global payments and financial operations platform for businesses, offering payment acceptance, multi-currency accounts, FX and transfers, card issuing, treasury and spend management via APIs and web apps. It monetizes through transaction and foreign-exchange fees and related account services. Founded in Melbourne in 2015 and privately held, the company serves customers worldwide, with notable users including Brex, Canva and Qantas.

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