Senior Backend Engineer, IAM & Account Infra

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. About the team Become an integral part of our Identity and Access Management (IAM) and Account team, where you will play a critical role in advancing our identity solutions and fortifying our account infrastructure. We are on the lookout for passionate engineers driven to work on cutting-edge projects that enhance the availability, scalability, and security of our platform. Engage in global collaboration with product managers, designers, and fellow engineers to deliver exceptional IAM solutions that safeguard businesses and optimize our account infrastructure for Airwallex's exponential growth. What you'll do As a Senior Backend Engineer on the IAM & Account Infra team, you will shape the long-term technical vision and architecture for Airwallex's identity, authentication, and core account domains. You will design and build high-availability, cloud-native products (using Java/Kotlin) that secure our platform and optimize account infrastructure for global scale. Partnering cross-functionally with Product, Security, and Compliance teams, you will translate complex regulatory demands into scalable technical roadmaps that safeguard thousands of businesses worldwide. This role is based in Singapore. RESPONSIBILITIES: Strategic Leadership & Roadmap: - Technical Strategy: Define the long-term technical vision and architectural strategy for Airwallex’s Identity (IAM) and account infrastructure domains. Make high-level decisions and select technology stacks that support long-term scalability. - Roadmap Planning: Partner closely with Product Managers and Engineering Directors to translate business goals into a concrete technical roadmap. Prioritize initiatives based on risk, commercial value, and engineering bandwidth. - Cross-Functional Alignment: Act as the technical bridge between Engineering, Legal, Compliance, and Security teams to ensure our technical roadmap aligns with global regulatory changes. Engineering & Architecture: - System Design & Development: Design, develop, and maintain high-availability (HA) IAM products and account infrastructure using Java/Kotlin and cloud-native technologies. - Security Engineering: Implement industry-standard security protocols (e.g., OAuth2, OIDC, SAML) to safeguard business