Airwallex
Engineering Director, Payments Platform
SG - Singapore +3 · On-site · Director · Full-time · Posted Aug 11, 2026
- Location
- SG - Singapore
US - Seattle
UK - London
US - San Francisco - Experience
- 10+ years in software engineering, including 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
About the job
Leads the strategy, architecture, and delivery of Airwallex’s global Payments Platform, while building engineering teams that operate its critical payment systems.
What you'll do
- Own the platform strategy, architecture, and roadmap across payment processing, routing, settlement, reconciliation, and partner integrations.
- Manage and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical talent across multiple squads.
- Guide architecture and delivery for reliable, secure, scalable payment systems in partnership with Product and other business teams.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- Experience managing Engineering Managers or Engineering Leads and building high-performing teams.
- Deep fluency in software architecture and system design for large-scale, complex distributed systems.
- Experience in fintech, financial services, payments, or a similarly regulated industry.
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