Staff AI Engineer

The role

You will define the technical direction for next-generation AI solutions to improve internal efficiency and customer interaction. You will design and implement APIs, system architectures, agentic experiences, and language-model-powered workflows.

What you will do

• Define the technical direction for next-generation AI solutions
• Design and implement robust APIs and system architectures for AI applications
• Develop agentic experiences, language-model-powered workflows, search and data analysis systems
• Shape AI application roadmaps
• Research and apply emerging technologies
• Partner with cross-functional teams to turn product goals into reliable systems
• Resolve application issues and software bugs

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in backend software development
• Passion for AI and language technologies
• Proven track record of delivering major impact
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript or JavaScript
• Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems with high concurrency, high load and high availability
• Experience working with vector databases
• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or a related field

Nice to have

• Familiarity with MLOps practices and deployment pipelines for AI-driven products

About the company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure for global commerce and is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.