Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Unified payments and financial platform for global businesses, powering over 100,000 businesses worldwide with integrated solutions for business accounts, payments, and treasury.
$160,300 - $274,800
Backend
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
1,000 - 5,000 Employees
10+ years of experience
Finance

Description For Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Airwallex, a leading unified payments and financial platform valued at US$5.6 billion, is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join their Developer Experience team in San Francisco. This role focuses on enhancing the developer journey from discovery to scaling, creating intuitive onboarding experiences and developer tools.

The position offers a competitive salary range of $160,300 - $274,800, along with equity and comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, vision insurance, and 401(k). As a Staff Engineer, you'll lead the development of user analytics pipelines, ensure API excellence, and build AI-powered developer documentation.

The ideal candidate brings 10+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in API development, with expertise in Java/Kotlin and cloud technologies. You'll work with a diverse team of 1,500+ professionals across 20+ global offices, contributing to a platform that serves 100,000+ businesses worldwide.

This role presents an exceptional opportunity to impact the future of global payments technology, working with cutting-edge tools and technologies in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You'll be instrumental in shaping the developer experience for a platform that enables businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.

Join a team backed by world-class investors like Sequoia and Salesforce Ventures, where technical craftsmanship, continuous learning, and strong ownership are valued. This position combines technical leadership with the chance to build scalable, reliable solutions that empower global business growth.

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Responsibilities For Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

  • Lead and develop next-in-class user and data analytics pipeline
  • Ensure APIs meet the highest standards and conventions
  • 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 tech stack
  • Develop external tools and services for customers
  • Collaborate with product, engineering, customer-success, and technical support teams

Requirements For Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Java
Kotlin
Kubernetes
  • 10+ years of software engineering experience with focus on API development
  • Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science or related field
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills
  • Solid understanding of RESTful API design principles and patterns
  • Experience with Java or Kotlin, Spring / Spring Boot
  • Experience developing and maintaining automated tests
  • Evidence of working on high volume distributed systems
  • Strong cloud experience with GCP or AWS
  • Experience with observability tooling (Splunk, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana)

Benefits For Staff Software Engineer, Developer Experience

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401k
Equity
  • 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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