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Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform serving over 250,000 global businesses including Brex, Navan, Qantas, and SHEIN. The company operates across 27 offices globally with 2,300+ employees and is valued at $11 billion, backed by leading investors including Sequoia, Visa, Mastercard, and T. Rowe Price.
The Infrastructure team builds and scales Airwallex's globally distributed financial platform, focusing on high availability, security, and cloud scalability while empowering developer productivity across regions.
In this role, you will:
- Design, build, and optimize highly available, multi-account, and multi-region AWS and GCP cloud network architectures, including Layer 3 routing, Transit Gateway, Shared VPC, Cloud Router, and Direct Connect.
- Automate and manage global cloud network infrastructure using Terraform through Git-driven CI/CD pipelines.
- Manage BGP routing, IPsec VPNs, and dynamic cloud routing between public clouds (AWS/GCP), regional POPs, and external banking partners under strict financial regulatory requirements.
- Serve as an escalation point for complex cloud networking issues, improve network visibility, and participate in a global on-call rotation.
- Work closely with Security, DevOps, and Platform teams to build secure Landing Zones and automated network controls.
The company values builders with founder-like energy, strong role-related expertise, and sharp thinking. You'll tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career building the future of global banking.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Solid hands-on AWS design experience operating network environments at scale (VPC, TGW, Route Tables, Direct Connect, AWS Network Firewall)
- Proficiency in Terraform or equivalent Infrastructure as Code tools for provisioning and automating cloud network components
- Practical experience with GCP networking concepts (Shared VPC, Cloud Router) or multi-cloud environments
- Familiarity with Linux distributions, scripting (Python or Bash), and CI/CD pipelines
- Strong knowledge of core routing and switching, subnetting, TCP/IP, and BGP dynamic routing principles
- Associate-level networking certification or equivalent hands-on experience (CCNA, JNCIA-Junos, HCIA, Aruba ACA, Network+, AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty, or GCP PCNE)
NICE TO HAVES:
- Experience in fintech, local banking, or high-concurrency/high-availability financial networks with strict information security requirements
- Familiarity with GCP-preferred architectures
- Advanced certifications (CCNP/JNCIP or AWS Certified Advanced Networking - Specialty)
- AI-assisted workflows and modern operational tools integration
