Airwallex
Senior Software Engineer, Growth
$158K–$225K
US - Seattle · Hybrid · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 19, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Builds and operates backend services and AI-native growth platforms that use customer and product signals to drive acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, and expansion.
What you'll do
- Design, build, deploy, and operate scalable backend services, APIs, distributed systems, and real-time data capabilities.
- Develop AI-driven personalization, decision systems, and automated workflows for growth.
- Partner across teams to deliver reliable services, solve business problems, and mentor engineers.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including substantial experience building and operating production backend systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in Python, Java, Kotlin, or a comparable backend language; experience with frameworks such as FastAPI or Spring Boot.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and backend architecture, and ability to independently deliver and operate complex backend solutions.
Nice to have
- Experience with growth platforms, experimentation, segmentation, marketing automation, or data-intensive applications.
- Experience with AI-powered applications or agentic workflows, real-time data pipelines, cloud infrastructure, or observability tooling.
Pay
$158K – $225K USD base salary
Tools
Python, Java, Kotlin, FastAPI, Spring Boot, AWS, GCP, Docker
AI focus
Build AI-native growth capabilities, including personalized experiences, next-best actions, automated workflows, and agentic workflows for researching opportunities, launching and optimizing campaigns, and orchestrating customer journeys.
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