Airwallex - Software Engineer Intern (Jan to Jun 2027)
Requirements
• Able to commit to a 6 month placement period, ideally commence in Jan ‘27 through to June 2027. • Able to commit to Full Time hours for the duration of the placement. • Are a current student in Singapore, studying towards a formal tertiary qualification at a recognised university. • Strong verbal and written communication skills. • Desire to learn and grow with Airwallex as a technologist. • We’re looking for people who meet the minimum skills and experience for this role. The preferred skills are great to have, but are not mandatory. • Proficiency in Python, with strong software engineering fundamentals. • Ability to design and implement AI-driven systems that automate workflows and improve customer experiences. • Strong skills in system design and critical thinking, building elegant abstractions over complex patterns, especially in financial services. • Proven track record of writing clean, high-quality, production-grade code and ensuring robust interactions between services. • Experience working with production AI systems, adhering to best practices in engineering, security, and AI governance. • Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to partner across technical and non-technical teams. • Proficiency in Kotlin, Typescript or Javascript. • Familiarity with MLOps practices and deployment pipelines for AI-driven products (e.g., model serving, monitoring, retraining). • Experience with vector databases, orchestration frameworks (LangChain, Ray, etc.), or event-driven systems (Kafka, RabbitMQ). • Exposure to cloud AI/ML services (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including GPU orchestration and scalable model deployment. • Application and Assessment process • Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis with application status changes and outcomes communicated as soon as decisions are finalised. Your patience during this process is highly appreciated. • Online technical assessment • Technical Interview • Hiring Manager interview • Requirements: Please provide us with the PDF copies of your transcripts and CV outlining when you finish your studies when applying • You can think on your feet - with knowledge of building platforms which resolve fast paced, ever changing success measures. • You can think on your feet - • You are a team player - you enjoy working in a collaborative, innovative and customer first environment. • You are a team player - • You are naturally curious - always asking why to better understand our customer needs. • You are naturally curious - • You are a passionate problem solver - You love digging deep and brainstorming with colleagues in order to come up with the best solution for a problem • You are a passionate problem solver - • 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 email address. Please apply only through 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 • Equal opportunity
Responsibilities
• Technical design scoping: Create workflow diagrams, identify dependencies, expected inputs and outputs, and define success criteria (e.g., latency, accuracy, cost). • Technical design scoping: • Feature development: Build and integrate production-ready Cards and Issuing capabilities across backend, APIs, and frontend where needed. • Feature development: • Testing & observability: Add automated testing and set up observability dashboards with logging, metrics, and alerts to monitor performance and reliability. • Testing & observability: • Deployment: Deploy the completed capability to production and validate it with real users. • Deployment: • Project Milestones: • Project Milestones • Technical design sign-off: Finalise workflow diagrams, success criteria, and technical design documentation. • Technical design sign-off: • MVP development: Build Cards or Issuing capability and validate key flows. • MVP development: • Production readiness: Complete testing, observability, and integration requirements. • Production readiness: • Deployment and showcase: Release the capability and present the outcome to the wider Engineering team. • Deployment and showcase: • Expected learning: • Expected learning: • Card issuing concepts, including card lifecycle, spend controls, and transactions • Card issuing • API and distributed systems design • API and distributed systems • Production engineering including testing, observability, and reliability • Production engineering • Frontend for customer-facing experiences • Frontend • Building within a global fintech platform • global fintech platform • Actively participate in team standups, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to align with engineering priorities. • Collaborate with cross-functional partners (e.g., Operations, Finance, Infosec) to understand workflow requirements and validate outputs. • Contribute to code reviews, testing, and documentation. • Deliver bi-weekly project updates and participate in mid-point and final showcases to demo project. • Design, develop, and deploy an assigned Cards or Issuing project under mentor guidance. • Outline of onboarding process steps in team: • Buddy assignment: Pair with a senior engineer/mentor for end-to-end feature lifecycle walkthrough, and weekly technical check-ins. • Buddy assignment: • Tools orientation: Setup access to relevant AI and development tools • Tools orientation • Domain familiarization: Walkthrough of identified finance operational workflows (e.g., cash reconciliation, PO approvals) with relevant domain experts • Domain familiarization: • Proposed schedule of Review Check-ins: • Monthly check-in for progress review and feedback sharing • Final Review: at 24 weeks (End-of-project showcase)
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