🛠 Tech Stack

💼 About This Role

You'll lead the technical direction of Airwallex's risk platform, owning critical parts of the real-time detection system and client-facing fraud management products. You'll design distributed, event-driven architectures and drive engineering excellence across the team. This role offers hands-on impact at a high-growth global fintech unicorn.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Lead technical direction of core risk services including real-time detection and decision engines.
• Design and evolve system architecture for distributed, event-driven risk systems.
• Own end-to-end delivery of complex initiatives from design to rollout.
• Mentor and uplevel other engineers through coaching and design guidance.

📋 Requirements

• 10+ years of back-end engineering experience with distributed systems in production.
• Deep experience in risk, fraud, or fintech systems.
• Strong proficiency in Java including multi-threading and high-concurrency patterns.
• Hands-on experience with distributed system design including event-driven architectures.

✨ Nice to Have

• Experience with graph, ML, or LLM technologies.
• Experience with streaming pipelines and feature stores.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🏖️ Flexible PTO
• 📈 Equity in a high-growth unicorn
• 🏥 Comprehensive health insurance
• 💻 Remote-friendly culture (occasional in-office)
• 📚 Learning budget