Airwallex
Engineering Director, Payments Platform
SG - Singapore. Posted 3 months ago
The role
You will own the strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Payments Platform. You will lead and grow an engineering organization by managing Engineering Managers and senior technical talent.
What you will do
- Own the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Payments Platform.
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organisation.
- Manage and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical talent across multiple squads.
- Provide architectural direction for high-volume, mission-critical payment systems.
- Drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Partner with Product, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, and regional engineering leaders.
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years in engineering leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience in people management, including managing Engineering Managers or Engineering Leads
- Strong product thinking and the ability to partner closely with Product Management
- Deep technical fluency in software architecture and system design
- Experience in fintech, financial services, payments, or a similarly regulated industry
Nice to have
- Experience at a fintech, payments company, or other highly regulated business
About the company
Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.