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Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling

Airwallex· Engineering
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Hybrid (US - San Francisco)$200k - $280k + equity + bonusFull-timePosted 4mo ago

About the role

Role focused on delivering Airwallex’s AI tooling platform, partnering with internal teams to identify high-impact projects, mentoring engineers, and building scalable tooling and infrastructure with emphasis on security and automation.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.
  • Support incident response efforts by building ad-hoc tools for threat hunting, remediation and scanners.
  • Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and ETL pipelines.
  • Sit with engineers to identify opportunities for automation and tooling development
  • Partner with product engineering teams to drive security outcomes – such as automation for patching, and development of gateways and other services to decrease risk.
  • Mentor and help grow other Software Engineers in the team.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Security, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
  • Experience with production code bases
  • Experience with at least one scripting language (e.g. Python) and one systems programming language (eg. Golang, C/C++)
  • Experience with modern cloud infrastructure, including data pipelines, serverless workloads, and Kubernetes
  • Proven experience working autonomously on projects – delivering them to a high quality and on time.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Ability to dive deep to find the best solution to a problem
  • Obsessive curiosity and a willingness to ask questions, gather context, and learn

Skills

Required:AI tooling developmentAutomation toolingThreat hunting toolingMentorship

Benefits

  • Airwallex compensation and benefits include base salary, equity, bonus opportunities.
  • US-based benefits example: medical, dental, vision, 401(k), disability, life insurance, vacation days, company holidays.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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