Senior / Software Engineer, Financial Platform

ABOUT AIRWALLEX Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale. Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,200 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us. ATTRIBUTES WE VALUE We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles https://www.airwallex.com/us/operating-principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor. You're humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. The Opportunity: Join our Ledger and Recon Platform team, a critical component of Airwallex's mission to provide seamless financial management solutions. As an Engineering Manager in this dynamic team, you will build and scale key financial products and serve as a bridge between engineering domains and the finance division. In this role, you will lead efforts to develop and enhance our internal ledger and reconciliation systems. Your expertise will help ensure accuracy, security, and innovation in our financial processes, and your understanding of accounting principles will facilitate effective collaboration with finance stakeholders. With Airwallex's rapid growth and fast-paced expansion, you will face and tackle the exciting challenge of developing scalable, extensible, and reliable technology infrastructure that supports our global business operations. What You'll Do Develop and Optimize: Engineer sophisticated and scalable backend systems to manage financial data and transactions efficiently and securely. Collaborate and Refine: Work closely with Product Management, Design, and other Engineering teams to enhance product features and functionality, ensuring our platform exceeds customer expectations and adheres to regulatory requirements. Innovate and Implement: Use your product insight and data-driven feedback to validate and evolve product requirements, ensuring robustness and scalability. Ensure Data Integrity: Implement and enhance data integrity checks and processes to maintain the accuracy and consistency of financial data. Secure Development: Develop with security best practices in mind to protect user data and transactions from threats and unauthorized access. What You Are Knowledgeable and Skilled: You bring a strong foundation in backend software engineering, with expertise in languages such as Java, Kotlin, or equivalent. Analytical and Data-Driven: You leverage data to make informed decisions and enhance the platform’s effectiveness. Empathetic and Insightful: You possess a deep understanding of customer and financial data needs, guiding your approach to software development. A Collaborative Team Player: You thrive in a team environment, sharing knowledge and embracing diverse perspectives to