Senior Product Engineer, CoE

The role

You will shape the future of the Finance team by diagnosing gaps, designing target states, and building solutions. You will own the AI transformation roadmap and take technical solutions from prototype to production.

What you will do

• Define and deliver the future of the global Finance function
• Diagnose gaps and design the target state
• Build solutions to reach the target state
• Connect processes, data, and platforms
• Make build-versus-buy decisions
• Align stakeholders around a transformation journey
• Identify high-impact use cases with global Finance teams
• Own the AI transformation roadmap
• Take technical solutions from prototype to production
• Codify effective working patterns into reusable building blocks

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of software or forward-deployed engineering experience
• Strong product sense to evaluate engineering decisions through a commercial lens
• Ability to connect technical work to user experience and business impact
• Comfort with ambiguity
• Ability to independently map technical specifications from high-level direction
• Pragmatic, resourceful, and self-directed approach to solving technical and organisational blockers
• Ability to discuss deep technical trade-offs with infrastructure teams
• Ability to present clear, simplified product outcomes to executive stakeholders

Nice to have

• Strong academic credentials from a top-tier university
• Experience in top-tier management consulting, systems integration, or digital transformation leadership
• Hands-on experience with Finance systems such as SAP, Oracle, or NetSuite
• Experience with automation or AI tools such as machine-learning-based reconciliation and workflow platforms
• Familiarity with data architecture, analytics, and business intelligence
• Experience building software that uses generative AI, LLMs, or automated agent workflows
• Experience in fintech, payments, multi-currency ledgering, or regulated financial systems
• Prior experience as a founder, founding engineer, or early employee

About the company

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