Airwallex - Head of Engineering, Payments Platform

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles. • Demonstrated experience in people management, including managing Engineering Managers or Engineering Leads, with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams. • Strong product thinking and the ability to partner closely with Product Management to define roadmaps, prioritise delivery, and drive business outcomes. • Deep technical fluency in software architecture and system design, with experience guiding architectural decisions for large-scale, complex distributed systems. • Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-growth environments where incremental improvement, ownership, and speed of execution are valued. • Experience in fintech, financial services, payments, or a similarly regulated industry where correctness and data integrity are critical. • YOU'LL THRIVE HERE IF • You're comfortable owning the roadmap yourself. • You own the outcome and you don't wait for permission to fix what's broken. • You're comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and moving quickly anyway. • You enjoy working closely with people across multiple countries and time zones as part of one connected, global team, including flexing your hours occasionally to make that connection work. • You have experience at a fintech, payments company, or other highly regulated business. • 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 http://airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com http://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