Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling

The role

You will lead the development of AI tools and applications used by employees. You will build automation, internal products, and infrastructure including Kubernetes clusters and log pipelines.

What you will do

• Lead AI tools and applications from inception through implementation
• Build automation and ad hoc tooling for threat hunting, incident response, remediation, and security scanning
• Build, monitor, and maintain infrastructure including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, ETL pipelines, and large-scale log pipelines
• Partner with engineering teams to identify automation opportunities and develop services to improve security outcomes
• Mentor engineers and help grow a strong engineering team

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field
• 8+ years of experience as a software engineer
• Experience working with production codebases
• Experience with at least one scripting language, such as Python, and one systems programming language, such as Go or C/C++
• Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes
• Experience owning projects autonomously and delivering high-quality work on time
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills
• The ability to dive deep to find the best solution to a problem
• Curiosity and a willingness to ask questions, gather context, and learn

Nice to have

• Experience working in a high-growth technology company
• Hands-on experience with AI, particularly using AI to build applications
• Experience maintaining Linux operating systems

About the company

Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system. It provides financial infrastructure for global commerce and is co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore.