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Senior IT Engineer, LRC

Airwallex - San Francisco, CA, United States - Hybrid - posted 2026-09-14

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Airwallex is a unified payments and financial platform serving over 250,000 global businesses. The company is valued at $11 billion and backed by leading investors including Sequoia, Visa, and Mastercard. You will serve as the primary IT engineer for Airwallex's Legal, Risk & Compliance (LRC) organization, acting as a trusted technical advisor and builder of systems that enable the legal function to scale globally. This is a high-impact role with significant autonomy and visibility across the organization. Key responsibilities include: - Understand LRC workflows and ways of working, then design and implement solutions to improve and scale their function - Build workflows and orchestrations using low-code/no-code platforms (Workato, Okta Workflows, Zapier) that integrate across multiple systems - Leverage and implement AI tools tailored to legal operations (e.g., Harvey.ai) - Work with APIs across major vendors (Okta, Google, GCP, Aliyun) - Own legal applications and tools (Ironclad, Auditboard, Google Workspace, internal tools) as the technical owner - Manage service desks and orchestrations using Atlassian products (JIRA, Confluence) - Own the full lifecycle of features from proof-of-concept through implementation, operations, and maintenance - Handle escalations and incidents as part of an on-call roster - Collaborate with INFOSEC, People Ops, Engineering, and IT teams to build scalable systems - Write technical documentation and maintain solution diagrams - Continuously evaluate and enhance products and offerings This role is highly collaborative with global impact from day one, partnering with LRC teams across multiple countries and regions. REQUIREMENTS: - Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science, or related field - 5+ years of relevant experience in a similar IT engineering or systems role - Expert-level understanding of identity standards (SAML, OAuth, SSO) - Expert knowledge of workflows and orchestration tools (Workato, etc.) - Experience with programming languages (Python) and infrastructure as code (Terraform) - Strong API integration experience with common vendors - Cloud infrastructure experience (AWS, GCP) - Deep understanding of RBAC, ABAC, PBAC, ACLs, and access management principles - Experience with SaaS-based systems and applications - Strong understanding of MDM systems (Kandji, JAMF, Intune) - Ability to write strong technical documentation - Highly trustworthy and empathetic; ability to handle privileged information - Autonomous, able to work with minimal direction while maintaining velocity - Ability to move fast and make correct decisions with incomplete information

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