Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling (Information Security)

About the role

Airwallex is building an AI‑native financial operating system and needs a senior engineer to lead the AI tooling platform within its Information Security team. You will design, build, and operate secure internal AI‑powered applications and automation that protect the company’s systems, data, and employees.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the end‑to‑end development of AI tools and applications, from concept through production.
• Build, monitor, and maintain the underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and terabyte‑scale ETL pipelines.
• Partner with product engineering teams to create security‑focused automation such as patching gateways and threat‑hunting tools.
• Mentor junior engineers and help grow the engineering team.

Required profile

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
• Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience with production code bases.
• 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.
• Systems programming language such as Go or C/C++.
• Modern cloud infrastructure experience, including Kubernetes, serverless workloads, and data pipelines.
• Linux operating system administration.