Engineering Lead, Analytics / AI

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 100,000 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.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

About the team

The Engineering team at Airwallex is a diverse group of innovators, builders, and problem solvers, driven by a mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime. We thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment, where we're constantly pushing the boundaries of what's possible in the financial technology space. As a team, we value technical craftsmanship, continuous learning, and a strong sense of ownership, working together to build scalable, reliable, and secure products that empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders.

The Analytics / AI team is a newly created group focused on building advanced, predictive analytics and AI solutions for our Spend products. This team will empower our customers with tools to forecast expenses, automate payments in any currency, and leverage AI for end-to-end automation of spend. This function will play a vital role in building a predictive-based product suite that sets a new standard in financial management solutions.

What you’ll do

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Engineering Lead to lead our newly created Analytics / AI engineering function.

In this role, you drive the development of advanced AI, automation and analytics for our Spend products. With deep technical expertise, you’ll guide the team to deliver high-quality, data-driven capabilities while fostering cross-regional and cross-departmental collaboration.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

1. Lead and mentor a high-performing engineering team to deliver innovative, data and AI-driven solutions
2. Define and drive the technical roadmap, building scalable and customer-centric products
3. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to prioritise and integrate features seamlessly
4. Ensure the team delivers high-quality, secure, and performant solutions with a strong focus on user experience
5. Own the technical architecture, ensuring systems scale efficiently and handle increasing data volumes
6. Foster a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous learning within the team
7. Communicate technical concepts clearly to executives and stakeholders, providing regular updates on progress and risks
8. Drive the adoption of best practices in software engineering, including agile development, continuous integration, and automated testing

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

1. 5+ years of software engineering experience
2. 1+ years of experience leading or mentoring engineers, ideally in a team lead or engineering manager capacity
3. Strong organisational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritise tasks and balance multiple projects effectively
4. A collaborative, problem-solving mindset; comfortable working closely with engineers, product managers, and stakeholders to deliver solutions
5. Ability to build solid working relationships across teams and with stakeholders, fostering trust and alignment
6. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with a focus on team development and clear, transparent leadership

Preferred qualifications:

1. Experience with backend technologies such as Java, Kotlin, Spring / Spring Boot
2. Familiarity with fintech and global payment systems

Equal opportunity

Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.