Senior Software Engineer, Data Platform & AI Enablement

SG - Singapore💼 Full-time🗓 2026-03-27 → 2026-09-27

Core

Architect and build core infrastructure components for a high-performance, distributed ecosystem powering real-time AI enablement and global financial data.

Role type

Senior IC distributed systems engineer (AI infrastructure)

Builds

High-availability service layers, scalable vector indexing, agentic workflows, and real-time data streaming pipelines.

Domain

Fintech / Distributed Systems / AI Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Java, Kotlin, Go, Kafka, Flink, Spark, Kubernetes, OLAP engines, JVM internals, distributed storage, stream processing, state management, checkpointing, exactly-once semantics

Preferred skills

Lakehouse architecture, petabyte-scale data processing, 30+ global region deployment, SDK development, automation frameworks

Responsibilities

Lead technical decision-making for core infrastructure, tune system performance and internals, develop AI infrastructure components, own SDLC for high-performance distributed systems, advocate for engineering practices and tooling, mentor mid-level engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship

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About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.