Senior Software Engineer, Edge Team
Core
Architect and build the software foundations for Airwallex's global edge infrastructure, including API gateways, CDN layers, DNS routing, and perimeter security.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (edge infrastructure)
Builds
API gateway, CDN layer, DNS routing, and perimeter security services
Domain
Fintech / Global Payments / Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Java, Go, Python, software design, system thinking, large-scale high-throughput service development
Preferred skills
distributed low-latency systems design, security-focused development, performance optimization
Technologies
API gateway, CDN, DNS, WAF, CLI, plugins
Responsibilities
Architect and ship new gateway and CDN features; Build libraries and pipelines for rate-limits, WAF/filter rules and bot-detection; Create CLI/plugins and lightweight frameworks for self-service tooling; Optimize metrics, latency, and fail-over gaps for reliability