Airwallex

Engineering Lead / Manager, KYC (Relocation to Singapore)

AU - Sydney, Remote. Posted 7 months ago

The role

You will lead the engineering direction for KYC systems to make user onboarding safer and more efficient. This involves building automation and workflow systems and developing AI-driven solutions to identify user risk.

What you will do

  • Lead the engineering direction for KYC systems.
  • Build and improve automation and workflow systems to streamline registration approval.
  • Develop AI- and data-driven solutions to identify user risk and prevent fraud.
  • Partner with Product, Operations, Compliance, and Engineering.
  • Raise the bar on architecture, reliability, performance, and engineering quality.
  • Mentor and support the growth of engineers on the team.

Required qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field.
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience.
  • Ability to understand complex business processes and translate them into technical solutions.
  • Strong organisational and communication skills.
  • Experience collaborating across teams and stakeholder groups.
  • Software engineering skills in backend or frontend development using Kotlin, Java, React, or TypeScript.
  • Hands-on experience building scalable, robust automation or workflow systems.
  • Self-driven and proactive approach to identifying problems and driving improvements.
  • Experience contributing to architectural discussions, code reviews, system reliability, performance, and scalability.
  • Ability to mentor or guide engineers and act as a technical role model.

Nice to have

  • Experience leading or mentoring engineers, ideally as a team lead or project lead.
  • Experience applying AI or machine learning to real-world problems, particularly automation or risk detection.
  • Familiarity with automation and workflow tools in cloud environments, such as AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, or CI/CD pipelines.
  • Experience working in fintech, payments, or a fast-growing technology environment.
  • Familiarity with compliance, risk control, or user onboarding domains.

About the company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system used by over 675,000 businesses. It provides financial infrastructure across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.