Software Engineer II, Backend, Tech Platform

• 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. • 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. • 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. • 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. • 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