Senior Software Engineer, AI Tooling, Information Security

The role

You will lead the development of AI tools and applications to protect systems, data, and employees. You will build and maintain infrastructure including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, ETL pipelines, and terabyte-scale log pipelines.

What you will do

• Lead the development of AI tools and applications from inception through implementation.
• Build infrastructure that supports reliable internal tooling, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, ETL pipelines, and terabyte-scale log pipelines.
• Support incident response by developing tools for threat hunting, remediation, and security scanning.
• Partner with engineers and product engineering teams to identify automation opportunities.
• Deliver security outcomes, including patching automation, gateways, and other services that reduce risk.
• Mentor Software Engineers and help raise the engineering bar across the team.

Required qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• At least five years of relevant software engineering experience.
• Experience working with production codebases.
• Experience with at least one scripting language, such as Python, and one systems programming language, such as Go or C/C++.
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes.
• A track record of working autonomously and delivering high-quality projects on time.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• The ability to investigate deeply and find the best solution to a problem.
• Obsessive curiosity, with a willingness to ask questions, gather context, and keep learning.

Nice to have

• Experience working in a high-growth technology company.
• Hands-on experience leveraging AI to build applications.
• Experience maintaining Linux operating systems.

About the company

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure for over 675,000 businesses globally.