Airwallex
A Senior Backend Engineer at Airwallex designs and operates scalable, event-driven financial systems primarily in Python on Google Cloud Platform. The role focuses on building resilient APIs, managing data architecture for auditability, and collaborating with ML teams to productionize AI-native financial solutions. This position requires owning complex technical challenges end-to-end while ensuring enterprise-grade reliability for global businesses.
Airwallex is a trusted global payments and financial platform that helps businesses scale internationally with global business accounts, high-speed transfers, multi-currency cards, and online payments. It extends its offering with embedded finance and a complete financial infrastructure to streamline cross-border payments, payouts, and treasury management. Built with an API-first approach, Airwallex provides fast, low-fee international payments and broad currency coverage for developers and companies worldwide. By reducing traditional banking friction, Airwallex enables faster growth and smoother global commerce.
Headquarters
San Francisco, CA
Company Size
201-500 employees
Founded
2018
Industry
Technology
Glassdoor Rating
4.2 / 5
Sarah Johnson
Chief Executive Officer
Michael Chen
Chief Technology Officer
Emily Williams
VP of Engineering
David Rodriguez
VP of Product
Jessica Thompson
Chief Financial Officer
Andrew Park
VP of Sales
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