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Airwallex is an AI-native financial operating system serving over 675,000 businesses globally, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok. The company operates as the regulated backbone for global payments with 85+ licenses and presence across North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
The Growth Engineering team is building an AI-native platform that powers customer acquisition, activation, conversion, retention, and expansion. As Engineering Lead, you will lead a team of engineers to design, build, and scale the platforms and experiences that drive growth at Airwallex.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead engineering execution and delivery of complex Growth initiatives from technical planning through implementation, launch, and continuous improvement
- Drive technical direction for scalable backend services, frontend applications, event-driven systems, and AI-native platform capabilities enabling experimentation, personalization, and growth automation
- Build and develop a high-performing engineering team through mentorship, coaching, and fostering a culture of ownership and excellence
- Partner across Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, and other engineering teams to translate business problems into technical solutions
- Drive measurable business outcomes through experimentation, customer insights, and data-driven prioritization
- Establish strong practices for system design, code quality, performance, reliability, security, observability, and operational excellence
The role spans both human + AI and autonomous operating models: AI-native tools that increase growth team leverage, alongside agentic workflows that research opportunities, launch and optimize campaigns, orchestrate customer journeys, and measure outcomes. The challenge combines consumer-technology speed with the precision, trust, and regulatory complexity of global B2B finance.
You'll work from the Seattle office three days per week.
REQUIREMENTS:
Essentials:
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams or complex technical initiatives
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
- Strong technical expertise in backend, frontend, or full-stack engineering with experience designing, building, and operating scalable production systems using Python, Java/Kotlin, React, or TypeScript
- Proven technical leadership and execution skills with track record of leading complex engineering projects, making sound architectural decisions, and delivering high-quality solutions
- Demonstrated ability to lead and develop engineers through mentorship, technical guidance, delegation, and fostering accountability and continuous improvement
- Strong ownership, product judgment, and cross-functional collaboration with ability to navigate ambiguity, influence stakeholders, and translate business objectives into measurable outcomes
Preferred:
- Experience building growth platforms, experimentation systems, customer segmentation engines, marketing automation, or product-led growth experiences
- Experience developing AI-powered applications or agentic workflows, including LLM integration, tool orchestration, evaluation, and production observability
- Experience with distributed systems, event-driven architectures, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP)
- Experience leading cross-functional engineering initiatives involving Product, Design, Data Science, Marketing, Sales, or Revenue Operations
- Experience establishing engineering processes, improving delivery predictability, and scaling team execution in fast-moving environments
- Experience in high-growth technology companies, fintech, payments, or regulated environments
