Senior Software Engineer, AI Tooling (Information Security)

About the role

Airwallex is building an AI‑native financial operating system and needs a senior engineer to design, build, and operate its internal AI tooling platform. You will work closely with security and engineering teams to turn emerging AI capabilities into reliable, governed tools that improve security, automation, and scalability across the company.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end‑to‑end development of AI tools and applications, from concept through production.
• Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure such as Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and terabyte‑scale ETL pipelines.
• Support incident response by creating ad‑hoc threat‑hunting and remediation tools.
• Partner with product engineering teams to automate security outcomes like patching and risk reduction.
• Mentor junior engineers and help grow the engineering team.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of software engineering experience with production codebases.
• Proven ability to work autonomously and deliver high‑quality projects on time.
• Excellent communication skills for both technical and non‑technical stakeholders.

Required skills

• Python (scripting language).
• Golang or C/C++ (systems programming language).
• Kubernetes and serverless cloud infrastructure.
• Design and operation of data pipelines and ETL workflows.
• Linux operating system administration.