Staff Software Engineer, Productivity

US - Seattle, Remote. Posted 7 months ago

The role

You will lead the technical strategy and delivery of developer productivity platforms. You will design scalable solutions for developer tooling, CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, observability, messaging, and workflow automation.

What you will do

Lead technical strategy and delivery of developer productivity platforms
Identify productivity bottlenecks and build scalable solutions
Define and drive an AI-powered developer productivity strategy
Set the technical bar by shaping architecture and reviewing RFCs
Mentor engineers and balance performance, scalability, maintainability, and cost
Partner with engineers and stakeholders to improve developer experience

Required qualifications

8+ years of professional software engineering experience
Experience building or maintaining CI/CD pipelines, developer tooling, or platform infrastructure at scale
Proficiency in a backend programming language such as Python, Java, Go, Kotlin, Rust, or Node.js
Experience designing and developing large-scale distributed systems with high concurrency, high load, and high availability requirements
Strong system design skills and experience defining technical strategy
Hands-on experience with cloud services such as AWS, GCP, or Aliyun
Experience with infrastructure management tools such as Terraform, Kubernetes, and Docker
Experience providing technical leadership across teams
Experience with server technologies to optimise service response and data queries
Experience partnering with engineering teams and stakeholders

Nice to have

Experience using AI, machine learning, or LLM integrations to improve developer workflows
Familiarity with AI-powered development tools such as Cursor or Copilot
Experience with observability and monitoring tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or the ELK stack
Experience operating production infrastructure with strong incident-response practices
Solid understanding of messaging systems such as Kafka, data streaming, container orchestration, and microservices architecture
Experience in platform engineering or developer experience at a technology or fintech company
A data-driven approach to measuring and improving developer productivity
Experience with build systems such as Bazel or Gradle, or internal developer portals
A track record of moving quickly in dynamic, collaborative, and ambiguous environments

About the company

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