Airwallex
Engineering Director, Payments Platform
US - San Francisco, Remote. Posted 3 months ago
The role
You will own the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and roadmap for the Payments Platform. You will lead and grow an engineering organisation by managing Engineering Managers and senior technical talent.
What you will do
- Own the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Airwallex's Payments Platform.
- Lead and grow a high-performing engineering organisation by managing and developing Engineering Managers and senior technical talent.
- Provide architectural direction for high-volume, mission-critical payment systems.
- Drive execution across multiple concurrent initiatives.
- Partner with Product, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, and regional engineering leaders.
Required qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in software engineering
- 5+ years in engineering leadership roles
- Demonstrated experience in people management, including managing Engineering Managers or Engineering Leads
- Strong product thinking and the ability to partner closely with Product Management
- Deep technical fluency in software architecture and system design
- Experience in fintech, financial services, payments, or a similarly regulated industry
Nice to have
- Experience at a fintech, payments company, or other highly regulated business
About the company
Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. It provides financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.