Airwallex - Senior Software Engineer, Edge Team
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Requirements
• Bachelor’s degree or above in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. • 5+ years of back‑end development experience, building large‑scale, high‑throughput services. • Proficient in one or more languages such as Java, Go, Python, or similar, with strong software‑design and system‑thinking skills. • Comfortable partnering across product, platform, and security teams; able to explain complex ideas clearly. • 3+ years designing and operating distributed, low‑latency systems (API gateway, cache, etc) or security‑focused development • Use data to identify performance or reliability bottlenecks and deliver targeted, code‑level improvements. • Thrive in a fast‑paced environment, take full ownership of your work, and continuously iterate based on feedback. • 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
• Next‑Gen Edge Services: Architect and ship new gateway and CDN features (think plugin‑driven routing, smart cache policies, dynamic purge APIs). • Next‑Gen Edge Services: • Security as Code: Build libraries and pipelines for rate‑limits, WAF/filter rules and bot‑detection, all embedded directly into our edge stack. • Security as Code: • Self‑Service Tooling: Create CLI/plugins and lightweight frameworks so other teams register APIs, enforce policies, and preview traffic insights in seconds. • Self‑Service Tooling: • Rock‑Solid Reliability: Dive into metrics, pinpoint latency or fail‑over gaps, and deliver code‑level optimizations to keep every request fast and flawless. • Rock‑Solid Reliability:
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