Airwallex

Engineering Lead, KYC (Relocation to Singapore)

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6 months ago
Sydney, Australia or Melbourne, AustraliaStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain scalable automation tools and systems that improve operational efficiency and customer onboarding.
  • Develop AI- and data-driven solutions to predict user risks and prevent fraudulent or malicious activity.
  • Collaborate with product managers, operations, compliance, and engineering teams to define requirements and deliver solutions.
  • Participate in architectural discussions and code reviews.
  • Improve system reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Serve as a technical role model and support the growth of junior team members.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • At least five years of software engineering experience.
  • Strong ability to understand complex business processes and propose effective technical solutions.
  • Strong organizational, communication, collaboration, and stakeholder-management skills.
  • Software engineering experience in backend or frontend development using Kotlin, Java, React, or TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience building scalable, robust automation or workflow systems.
  • At least one year of experience leading or mentoring engineers is preferred.
  • Experience applying AI or machine learning to automation or risk detection is preferred.
  • Familiarity with AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, and cloud-based automation or workflow tools is preferred.
  • Fintech, payments, startup, compliance, risk-control, or onboarding experience is preferred.

Benefits

  • The role is based in Singapore and involves relocation to Singapore.
Airwallex

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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