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Engineering Director, Payments Platform

Airwallex· Engineering
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Hybrid (US - San Francisco)$237k - $407kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Engineering Director overseeing the Payments Platform, responsible for end-to-end strategy, architecture, and execution across payment processing, routing, settlement, reconciliation, and partner integrations, with a focus on reliability, scalability, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Define and execute the Payments Platform vision: Own the end-to-end strategy, architecture, and roadmap for Airwallex's Payments Platform — covering payment processing, routing, settlement, reconciliation, and partner integrations — ensuring it scales reliably across global markets.
  • Lead and grow a world-class engineering organization: Manage, coach, and develop Engineering Managers and senior technical talent across multiple squads, building a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and continuous improvement while driving sustainable hiring and team growth.
  • Drive technical architecture and platform excellence: Provide architectural direction for high-volume, mission-critical payment systems, setting high standards for reliability, observability, security, scalability, and developer productivity across the platform.
  • Deliver with speed and operational rigor: Set clear OKRs, manage execution across multiple concurrent initiatives, and hold teams accountable for high-quality outcomes — balancing short-term delivery with long-term platform investments and operational health.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally to align technology with business outcomes: Partner closely with Product, Commercial, Risk, Compliance, and regional engineering leaders to ensure platform capabilities directly support Airwallex's growth, customer experience, and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in software engineering, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
  • Demonstrated experience in people management, including managing Engineering Managers or Engineering Leads, with a track record of building and scaling high-performing teams.
  • Strong product thinking and the ability to partner closely with Product Management to define roadmaps, prioritize delivery, and drive business outcomes.
  • Deep technical fluency in software architecture and system design, with experience guiding architectural decisions for large-scale, complex distributed systems.
  • Proven ability to operate in fast-paced, high-growth environments where incremental improvement, ownership, and speed of execution are valued.
  • Experience in fintech, financial services, payments, or a similarly regulated industry where correctness and data integrity are critical.

Skills

Required:Engineering leadershipProduct-facing partnershipSoftware architecture and system design

Benefits

  • Benefits vary by country and employment type in accordance with local statutory requirements.
  • All employees receive at least the statutory minimum for paid annual leave and public holidays, with many locations offering additional company-provided vacation days.
  • US-based employees have medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, disability and life insurance, well-being benefits, and 20 paid vacation days plus 12 paid holidays annually.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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