Staff Software Engineer, Business Accounts

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As the Staff Software Engineer on the Business Accounts team, you will help build the intelligent orchestration layer for Airwallex’s business account ecosystem, connecting Cash, Yield, Lending, and broader Airwallex product surfaces into a unified financial experience for businesses.
This role is based in Sydney.
Contribute to the architecture and long-term technical vision of our backend systems, helping define the engineering strategy and framework selection for the Yield squad.
Own the end-to-end delivery of core investment workflows, including client signup, investment, and redemption processes—from design to production.
Build and maintain mission-critical financial infrastructure, such as reconciliation controls, unit registries, and investment ledgers.
Write high-quality, testable code with a focus on reliability and maintainability, ensuring seamless integration with our external investment providers.
Promote and uphold engineering best practices, with a strong emphasis on observability, API design, and robust integration rails.
Collaborate with cross-functional teams including Product, Infrastructure, and Design to ensure our product delivers the best possible experience for businesses.
 

We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
 
7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Bachelor degree or above in computer science or software engineering related majors.
Have experience solving distributed systems challenges - scalability, consistency, latency.
Mastery of backend technologies is essential. While we do not mind what language you have most recently been using, we are using Kotlin w/ vert.x, Temporal & Kafka
Experience working with automated tests and been involved in quality control processes.
Cloud technologies experience with GCP or AWS, including Docker and Kubernetes.
Experience integrating with observability tooling such as Splunk, NewRelic, Prometheus, Grafana.
Experience in financial services, lending, payments, or credit products
Experience with SaaS product offering as a platform.
 
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