Senior Software Engineer Backend, DevX

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, empowering over 100,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions for business accounts, payments, spend management, and treasury.
$133,500 - $228,900
Backend
Senior Software Engineer
In-Person
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
5+ years of experience

Description For Senior Software Engineer Backend, DevX

Airwallex, the unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, is seeking a Senior Software Engineer Backend for their Developer Experience (DevX) team. This role is based in San Francisco, USA, and offers a competitive salary range of $133,500 - $228,900, along with equity, commission, and bonus opportunities.

As a Senior Software Engineer Backend in the DevX team, you'll be responsible for overseeing the customer's developer journey from discovery to building at scale. Your mission will be to provide an intuitive and well-organized onboarding experience, allowing developers to discover product details, learn implementation specifics, and develop independently.

Key responsibilities include:

  1. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to refine the developer experience
  2. Ensuring APIs meet the highest standards and conventions
  3. Creating a next-in-class user and data analytics pipeline
  4. Building a world-class developer portal with AI integration
  5. Contributing to open source and fostering a developer community
  6. Incorporating cutting-edge technologies and elevating the tech stack
  7. Developing external tools and services for customer release

The ideal candidate will have 5+ years of software engineering experience, a passion for building developer-facing products, and advanced knowledge of languages like TypeScript, Java, Kotlin, or Python. Strong communication skills, experience with high-volume distributed systems, and cloud expertise (preferably GCP) are essential.

Airwallex offers a comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off, and various well-being benefits. Join a team of over 1,500 innovative professionals across 20+ global offices, backed by world-leading investors, and be part of building the future of global payments and financial platforms.

If you're ready for the most ambitious work of your career and want to contribute to a rapidly growing, valued company, Airwallex is the place for you.

Last updated 4 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior Software Engineer Backend, DevX

  • Collaborate with product, engineering, customer-success, and technical support teams to refine & streamline the developer experience for our customers
  • Ensure our APIs meet the highest standards and conventions
  • Create next-in-class user and data analytics pipeline
  • Build world-class developer portal and docs with AI as a core feature
  • Contribute to open source and fostering a developer community
  • Incorporate the latest technologies and up-leveling our tech stack
  • Develop external tools and services that get released to our customers

Requirements For Senior Software Engineer Backend, DevX

TypeScript
Java
Kotlin
Python
Kubernetes
  • 5+ years of software engineering experience
  • A passion for building delightful developer-facing products
  • Advanced knowledge of one or more programming languages, including but not limited to Typescript, Java, Kotlin, or Python
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Evidence of working on high-volume distributed systems
  • Strong cloud experience with GCP (preferred) or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with Docker and Kubernetes

Benefits For Senior Software Engineer Backend, DevX

Equity
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
  • Equity
  • Commission
  • Bonus
  • 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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