Staff Software Engineer, Tech Platform

Airwallex Singapore, Singapore
Apply Now

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. 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.

Minimum Qualifications:

  1. Strong proficiency in backend programming languages such as Java, Go, Rust, Lua, or Python and their corresponding frameworks;
  2. Infrastructure & Cloud Expertise: Familiarity with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Aliyun) and infrastructure management tools (Kubernetes, Docker, Istio)
  3. Database & Storage Systems Expertise: Proven hands-on experience with PostgreSQL, Redis, Elasticsearch, and logical replication, with a deep understanding of performance optimization, scalability, and data consistency in distributed systems.
  4. Traffic Management Expertise: Strong familiarity with NGINX, OpenResty, Envoy, APISIX, Kong, and Istio, with a solid understanding of traffic routing, load balancing, and API gateway management in high-scale distributed systems.
  5. API Lifecycle & Security Expertise: Strong experience and deep understanding of API lifecycle management, from design to deprecation, along with expertise in API security best practices, including authentication, authorization, and threat mitigation.

Preferred Qualifications:

  1. Performance Tuning Expertise: Hands-on experience optimizing API Gateway performance, including advanced profiling techniques such as CPU flame graphs to diagnose and enhance system efficiency.
  2. Service Mesh Expertise: Hands-on experience managing traffic between Kubernetes pods using Istio, including traffic routing, load balancing, and resilience strategies within a service mesh architecture.
  3. API Security Expertise: Hands-on experience in securing APIs, including mitigating threats such as DDoS attacks, SQL injection, and implementing mTLS (mutual TLS) and Data Loss Prevention (DLP) to ensure robust protection and compliance.
  4. Open Source & Innovation Expertise: Stay up to date with the latest advancements in the open-source community, with the ability to evaluate, adopt, and introduce cutting-edge technologies to enhance Airwallex’s technology stack.
Apply Now Back to Search