Airwallex

Software Engineer Intern (Jan to Jun 2027)

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4 days ago
Singapore (city not specified)Intern

Responsibilities

  • Design workflow diagrams, technical specifications, dependencies, inputs, outputs, and success criteria for an assigned Cards or Issuing project.
  • Build and integrate production-ready capabilities across backend systems, APIs, and frontend experiences where needed.
  • Add automated testing and configure observability dashboards, logging, metrics, and alerts.
  • Deploy completed capabilities to production and validate them with real users.
  • Collaborate with Operations, Finance, Infosec, engineering teams, mentors, and other cross-functional partners.
  • Participate in standups, sprint reviews, retrospectives, code reviews, documentation, project updates, and final showcases.

Requirements

  • Be a current student in Singapore studying toward a formal tertiary qualification at a recognized university.
  • Commit to a full-time six-month placement, ideally from January through June 2027.
  • Demonstrate proficiency in Python and strong software engineering fundamentals.
  • Be able to design and implement AI-driven systems that automate workflows and improve customer experiences.
  • Have strong system design and critical-thinking skills, including the ability to create abstractions over complex financial-services patterns.
  • Have a proven record of writing clean, high-quality, production-grade code and building robust service interactions.
  • Have experience with production AI systems and engineering, security, and AI governance best practices.
  • Demonstrate strong communication, collaboration, curiosity, problem-solving, and cross-functional teamwork.
  • Preferred: proficiency in Kotlin, TypeScript, or JavaScript.
  • Preferred: familiarity with MLOps practices and AI product deployment pipelines, including model serving, monitoring, or retraining.
  • Preferred: experience with vector databases, LangChain, Ray, Kafka, RabbitMQ, or event-driven systems.
  • Preferred: exposure to AWS, GCP, or Azure AI/ML services, GPU orchestration, and scalable model deployment.
  • Provide PDF copies of transcripts and a CV stating when studies will be completed.

Benefits

  • Six-month full-time placement planned for January through June 2027, with a 24-week final review and showcase.
  • Mentorship from a senior engineer, weekly technical check-ins, buddy support, onboarding, and domain familiarization.
  • Opportunities to learn card issuing, distributed systems, production engineering, observability, customer-facing frontend development, and global fintech operations.
  • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis through online assessment, talent screen, technical interview, and hiring manager interview stages.
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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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