Software Engineer II, Infrastructure (Data/AI-related)

Airwallex

Singapore

On-site

Who this role is best for

Infrastructure engineers with cloud and data streaming expertise will find this mid-level role in Singapore offers global impact and cross-functional collaboration.

Best fit for

Mid-level engineers with strong cloud infrastructure and data streaming experience who thrive in global, cross-functional teams
— “You will be working across multiple countries, owning our Data and AI infrastructure across the world.”
Candidates with hands-on DevOps and GitOps experience who can lead cloud strategy and consensus-building across geographies
— “leading the design of our DevOps strategy, and working closely with cross-functional teams”

Things to consider

This role demands global coordination and consensus-building across diverse feature teams
— “building consensus amongst DevOps Engineers across geographies in different feature teams”
The role requires a balance between speed and rigor in infrastructure decision-making
— “make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor”

How to stand out

Emphasize experience with cloud infrastructure optimization and cross-functional collaboration in your resume and interviews
— “developing and evolving the cloud infrastructure optimized for performance, scalability and security”
Showcase your ability to create observability and detection capabilities in data systems
— “developing observability and detection capabilities that will decrease time to discover problems”
Highlight your background in operational platform management and tooling development for DevOps teams
— “expertise in operational platform management, developing observability and detection capabilities”

Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · TeamLevel · Mid

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

Design and lead the DevOps strategy for cloud infrastructure
Develop and maintain data infrastructure for data engineering and analytics teams
Create and enhance tooling and platforms for improved self-service capabilities

Typical background

3+ years of Infra/Platform engineering experienceDemonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOpsData streaming engineering experience with platforms like Kafka, Flink, or Spark

Skills & requirements

Required

BackendCloud-infrastructureData-pipelinesObservabilityData-qualityAi-toolsScripting-languagesData-governanceApi-design

Preferred

KubernetesTerraformGitopsdbtGreat ExpectationsMonte CarloCopilotClaude CodeCursor

Stack & domain

KubernetesTerraformGitopsKafkaFlinkSparkPythonRSASSPSSGreat ExpectationsEvidently AIKubeflowBentomlTensorFlowPyTorchSci-kit LearnCNTKKerasMxnetArimaExponential SmoothingDecision TreesSVMHammingEuclideanManhattanLeadershipProblem-solvingTeamworkCommunicationCuriosityDecision-makingCollaborationData EngineeringAICloud InfrastructureData StreamingMachine Learning

About the role

Original posting from Airwallex via Ashby

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 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, 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 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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
The Data/AI Infra team is tasked with providing our data engineering and analytics teams with the right tools. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the data infrastructure, incorporating technologies such as Kafka, Flink, or Spark. Additionally, you will create and enhance tooling and platforms to empower the engineering team with improved self-service capabilities.
This role is based in Singapore.
What You’ll Do
As a Software Engineer in the team, you will be responsible for leading the design of our DevOps strategy, and working closely with cross-functional teams to develop and evolve the cloud infrastructure optimized for performance, scalability and security in order to support our next 10x growth.
You will be working across multiple countries, owning our Data and AI infrastructure across the world.
You will bring to the team a level of expertise in operational platform management, developing observability and detection capabilities that will decrease time to discover problems and allow our teams to increase stability and not sacrifice agility or security.
A key aspect of this position will be building consensus amongst DevOps Engineers across geographies in different feature teams about the tools and practices we use, and evolving that consensus into agreed standards.
Who You Are
3+ years of Infra/Platform engineering experience.
Demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps
Data streaming engineering experience. Prior experience working with data streaming platforms such as Kafka,Flink or Spark.
Hands-on experience with at least one programming language.
Bachelor degree or above in computer science or engineering related majors.
APPLICANT SAFETY POLICY: FRAUD AND THIRD-PARTY RECRUITERS
To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com http://airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com http://careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Source: Airwallex careers (Ashby)