Airwallex

Senior Data Engineer (Seattle)

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Base Salary

$140k - $240k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement scalable data models supporting business intelligence, machine learning, and operational needs.
  • Select appropriate star, snowflake, normalized, or denormalized schema designs based on use cases.
  • Partner with business teams to translate data needs into clean, documented models and promote a single source of truth.
  • Build and maintain batch and streaming ETL pipelines across ingestion, transformation, and delivery.
  • Maintain data consistency, traceability, and quality across multiple data sources and domains.
  • Contribute to data governance policies and standards covering quality, stewardship, metadata, master data, privacy, security, and lifecycle management.
  • Work with Data Platform Engineers and Product Managers to identify data issues and deliver scalable solutions.
  • Explore ways for data engineering and AI to work together across products and operations.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Information Systems, Finance, Mathematics, or a related field.
  • Five or more years of experience designing and implementing ETL pipelines using Informatica, Talend, Apache NiFi, or similar platforms.
  • Strong experience with data modeling, data schemas, ETL, and end-to-end data workflows.
  • Proficiency in SQL, database management systems such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Oracle, and data warehousing solutions.
  • Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform, particularly BigQuery and Airflow.
  • Strong problem-solving, attention to detail, communication, and collaboration skills.
  • Strength in data modeling or ETL with the ability to contribute across the broader data engineering discipline.
  • Preferred experience in financial services, payments, or fintech.
  • Preferred knowledge of data governance practices and financial-industry regulatory requirements.
  • Preferred experience with Python or R for data analysis and automation.
  • Preferred experience with distributed or multi-datacenter data systems, including data migration, duplication, and consistency challenges.
  • Certification in data management or related technologies is preferred.

Benefits

  • Seattle role with an expectation of working from the office three days per week.
  • Collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen.
  • Regular team-building events.
  • Freedom to be creative.

Tech Stack

Apache AirflowGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformInformaticaMySQLPostgreSQLPythonRSQLTalend

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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