Engineering Lead, Devops (Infra team)

As an Engineering Lead in the Data Devops team at Airwallex, you will provide technical leadership to engineers in Singapore. Your primary responsibility will be designing and implementing robust, scalable data infrastructure using technologies like Kafka, Flink, and Spark. You will also develop and enhance tooling and platforms to improve self-service capabilities for the engineering team, ensuring a secure and highly available financial solutions platform.

Must Have

• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers based in Singapore.
• Design and implement a robust and scalable data infrastructure.
• Design and develop scalable software applications or systems with self-service capabilities.
• Conduct comprehensive testing and quality assurance.
• Perform ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting for deployed software.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of emerging technologies.
• 6+ years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps.
• Data streaming engineering experience with Kafka, Flink or Spark.
• Hands-on experience with at least one programming language.
• Previous experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Bachelor degree or above in computer science or engineering related majors.

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide – including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN and many more – with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts, payments, spend management and treasury, to embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,000 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 26 offices around the globe. Valued at US$8 billion and backed by world-leading investors including T. Rowe Price, Visa, Mastercard, Robinhood Ventures, Sequoia, Salesforce Ventures, DST Global, and Lone Pine Capital, Airwallex is leading the charge in building the global payments and financial platform of the future. If you’re ready to do the most ambitious work of your career, join us.

Attributes We Value

We hire successful builders with founder-like energy who want real impact, accelerated learning, and true ownership. You bring strong role-related expertise and sharp thinking, and you’re motivated by our mission and operating principles. You move fast with good judgment, dig deep with curiosity, and make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor.

You’re humble and collaborative; turn zero‑to‑one ideas into real products, and you “get stuff done” end-to-end. You use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster. Here, you’ll tackle complex, high‑visibility problems with exceptional teammates and grow your career as we build the future of global banking. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next.

About The Team

As the engineering organization matures, the infrastructure teams are the key to Airwallex’s ability to build a globally distributed platform, increase engineer productivity and ensure effective use of resources. Our teams work to provide the best possible experience for our developers and customers while providing a safe and secure environment to ensure that our financial solutions are always available.

What You’ll Do

The Data Devops team is tasked with providing our data engineering and analytics teams with the right tools. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining the data infrastructure, incorporating technologies such as Kafka, Flink, and Spark. Additionally, you will create and enhance tooling and platforms to empower the engineering team with improved self-service capabilities.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership and direction to a team of engineers based in Singapore.
• Design and implement a robust and scalable data infrastructure tailored to meet different needs of the engineering team.
• Design and develop scalable software applications or systems that provide good self-service capabilities and ensure robust architecture and maintainability.
• Conduct comprehensive testing and quality assurance to identify and rectify errors, ensuring the software aligns with quality standards and functions effectively.
• Perform ongoing maintenance and troubleshooting for deployed software, implementing updates and enhancements to improve functionality and address evolving needs.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to ensure project alignment and timely delivery.
• Engage in continuous learning to stay abreast of emerging technologies, programming languages, and development methodologies, enhancing the quality and efficiency of software solutions.

Who You Are

Qualifications

• 6+ years of engineering experience.
• Demonstrated expertise in Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps
• Data streaming engineering experience. Prior experience working with data streaming platforms such as Kafka,Flink or Spark.
• Hands-on experience with at least one programming language.
• Previous experience in leading and mentoring a team of engineers.
• Bachelor degree or above in computer science or engineering related majors.