Senior Software Engineer Backend, Cards

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 100,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions.
$133,600 - $229,000
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
Hybrid
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
5+ years of experience

Description For Senior Software Engineer Backend, Cards

Airwallex is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Backend for their Cards & Spend Management team. As part of this role, you'll work on exciting initiatives across the international payments platform, delivering business outcomes through cloud-native, Kotlin-based microservices. You'll be responsible for designing and building new capabilities, conducting architectural reviews, reducing tech debt, and enhancing operational effectiveness.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Developing microservices and exposing them via GraphQL to a React frontend
  • Working with Kafka events/messaging as a key part of the architecture
  • Designing and building new capabilities to support the product roadmap
  • Conducting architectural reviews of new and current solutions
  • Reducing tech debt and enhancing operational effectiveness (e.g., MTTD and MTTR)

Airwallex offers a dynamic work environment with regular team-building events, flexible working arrangements, and the freedom to be creative. They value diversity and make hiring decisions based on merit, qualifications, competence, and talent.

The company is valued at US$5.6 billion and is backed by world-leading investors. Join Airwallex if you're ready to do the most ambitious work of your career and be part of building the global payments and financial platform of the future.

Last updated 4 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer Backend, Cards

  • Work on exciting initiatives across the international payments platform
  • Deliver business outcomes through cloud-native, Kotlin-based microservices
  • Design and build new capabilities to support the product roadmap
  • Conduct architectural reviews of new and current solutions
  • Reduce tech debt and enhance operational effectiveness
  • Develop and expose microservices via GraphQL to a React frontend
  • Work with Kafka events/messaging as part of the architecture

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer Backend, Cards

Java
Kotlin
Kafka
Kubernetes
React
TypeScript
  • 5+ years experience in modern engineering practices focused on continuous integration and quality engineering
  • Strong computer science fundamentals
  • Experience with Java or Kotlin, Spring / Spring Boot
  • Experience designing and building GraphQL APIs
  • Knowledge of high volume distributed systems
  • Experience with Kafka event streams
  • Familiarity with GCP or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc), docker and Kubernetes
  • Knowledge of Javascript / Typescript
  • Experience with operational tooling such as New Relic, StatsD, Elk, Datadog, Prometheus
  • Flexibility to coordinate with colleagues in Melbourne AU as necessary

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer Backend, Cards

Equity
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
  • Equity
  • Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Vision Insurance
  • 401k
  • 20 paid days of vacation
  • 12 paid days of company holidays
  • Short-term and long-term disability
  • Basic life insurance
  • Well-being benefits

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