Engineering Manager, Financial Platform

The role

You will lead a team of software engineers to build and deliver reliable, scalable services for the Financial Platform. This role involves managing real-time balances, transaction accounting, and global settlements.

What you will do

• Lead and mentor a team of software engineers.
• Drive the delivery of complex engineering projects from design through production.
• Partner with Finance and product teams to translate accounting requirements into technical solutions.
• Provide technical direction on backend engineering, architecture, security, scalability, and data integrity.
• Improve engineering processes and delivery outcomes through data-driven decision-making.
• Strengthen collaboration between Engineering and Finance.
• Deliver secure, compliant, and resilient financial systems.

Required qualifications

• Experience leading and mentoring a team of software engineers in a high-performance environment.
• Strong backend engineering experience, with proficiency in a language such as Java or Kotlin.
• Experience planning and delivering complex engineering projects from design through production.
• A track record of partnering effectively with cross-functional stakeholders, including Finance, Product, and Engineering.
• A solid understanding of software architecture, scalability, security, and data integrity.
• Experience making decisions with data and improving engineering processes, reliability, and delivery outcomes.
• Strong communication skills to explain technical concepts and financial or accounting requirements.
• A proactive, solutions-oriented approach to solving ambiguous problems.

Nice to have

• Experience working in fintech, payments, accounting, or another regulated industry.
• Understanding of accrual-based accounting principles and bookkeeping practices.
• Experience building or operating ledger, reconciliation, treasury, wallet, settlement, or financial reporting systems.
• Experience working with globally distributed teams and products operating across multiple markets.

About the company

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