Airwallex
Engineering Lead, Growth
US - Seattle, Remote. Posted 27 days ago
The role
You will lead a team of engineers to design, build, and scale platforms and experiences for Growth. You will drive technical direction for scalable backend services, frontend applications, and AI-native platform capabilities.
What you will do
- Lead engineering execution and delivery of complex Growth initiatives
- Drive technical direction for scalable backend, frontend, and AI-native platforms
- Build and develop a high-performing engineering team through mentorship and coaching
- Partner across functions including Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, and Sales
- Drive measurable business outcomes using experimentation and customer insights
- Establish strong practices for system design, code quality, and operational excellence
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience leading engineering teams or complex technical initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
- Technical expertise in backend, frontend, or full-stack engineering
- Experience designing, building, and operating scalable production systems using Python, Java/Kotlin, React, or TypeScript
- Proven technical leadership and execution skills
- Ability to lead and develop engineers through mentorship and delegation
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and influence stakeholders
Nice to have
- Experience building growth platforms, experimentation systems, customer segmentation engines, marketing automation, or product-led growth experiences
- Experience developing AI-powered applications or agentic workflows, including LLM integration, tool orchestration, evaluation, and production observability
- Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure such as AWS or GCP
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering initiatives involving Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, or Revenue Operations
- Experience establishing engineering processes and scaling team execution
- Experience in high-growth technology companies, fintech, payments, or regulated environments
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.