Airwallex

Senior Backend Engineer, Agentic AI

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3 months ago

Base Salary

$150k - $245k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate distributed, event-driven systems processing high-volume, sensitive financial data.
  • Build typed production APIs and services in Python using FastAPI and Pydantic for agentic workflows, AI copilots, and real-time financial infrastructure.
  • Own schema design, event models, ledger primitives, and storage layers optimized for auditability, traceability, and scale.
  • Develop reliability infrastructure such as queues, retries, idempotency, observability, and backpressure handling.
  • Build feedback loops connecting product data, models, and system behavior.
  • Create internal frameworks, SDKs, and tooling that improve engineering productivity.
  • Partner with ML and product teams to productionize research-grade ideas into customer-facing systems.
  • Help define an AI-native financial stack and its architecture.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of backend experience with Python at scale.
  • Deep knowledge of SQL and NoSQL database design.
  • Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, or microservices.
  • Familiarity with GCP services including Pub/Sub, Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, BigQuery, and KMS.
  • Strong understanding of security and compliance best practices.

Tech Stack

FastAPIGoogle BigQueryGoogle Cloud PlatformPythonSQL
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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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