8 hours ago
London, United KingdomSenior
Responsibilities
- Partner with the CEO and global leadership to translate strategic visions and AI capabilities into financial software.
- Shape product direction by balancing business requirements, regulatory considerations, user needs, and emerging technology.
- Build rapid proofs of concept, deploy products to live users, test market fit, and iterate quickly.
- Deliver end-to-end solutions across backend architecture, API design, and frontend development.
- Own product and engineering outcomes from ambiguous executive direction through production delivery.
Requirements
- 6+ years of software engineering experience with strong backend architecture skills and the ability to work across the full stack.
- Demonstrated experience personally shipping products from scratch in a high-growth startup, corporate innovation lab, or greenfield environment.
- Strong product and commercial judgment, including the ability to evaluate technical decisions through user and business impact.
- Resourcefulness and pragmatic problem-solving skills in ambiguous technical and institutional environments.
- Preferred experience with generative AI, large language models, intelligent workflow automation, fintech, payments, compliance, money movement, startup founding, founding engineering, or technical leadership.
Benefits
- London-based hybrid work arrangement with three days per week in the office.
- Opportunity to work in Airwallex’s internal Founders’ Lab innovation hub and partner directly with executive leadership.
- Ownership of 0-to-1 financial products and rapid validation with real users on global financial infrastructure.
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About Airwallex
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.