Airwallex

Principal Architect, Data Knowledge Platform & AI

Airwallex
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7 months ago
Singapore, SingaporeStaff+

Responsibilities

  • Own the technical execution of regional and global data localization strategies within Databricks.
  • Design scalable patterns that meet regulatory requirements while maintaining a unified global data model across priority markets.
  • Reconcile local compliance constraints with global consistency in definitions, metrics, and knowledge artifacts.
  • Partner with Data Science, AI Engineering, Product, and Risk teams to support experimentation and high-quality decision-making.
  • Lead global data modeling efforts and create unified schemas that accommodate regional variance.
  • Define and implement agent interfaces, including APIs and tools that enable AI agents to interact with knowledge and skills layers.
  • Implement governance-as-code with automated data lineage and quality controls embedded in the data platform.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience designing and building large-scale data systems with strong architectural fundamentals.
  • Hands-on experience with the Databricks ecosystem, including Unity Catalog and Delta Lake.
  • Experience implementing semantic layers or metric stores for consistent reporting and analytics.
  • Understanding of how AI and agent-based systems consume data, with experience building APIs or data services to support them.
  • Experience designing data solutions that meet regional data residency and compliance requirements.
  • Senior-level individual contributor experience, including leading design reviews and mentoring engineers.

Benefits

  • Hiring location is Singapore.
  • Competitive salary and valuable equity are offered.
  • Collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen.
  • Regular team-building events and freedom to be creative.

Tech Stack

Categories

Data Engineering
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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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