Engineering Lead, Payments Platform

ph3strongAbout Airwallex /strong /h3pAirwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by our unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 100,000 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. /ppProudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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. /ph3strongAbout the team /strong /h3pThe Payments team spans China, the Netherlands, and Singapore, embracing a rich tapestry of cultures and perspectives.brOur mission is to simplify the complexities of payments for businesses by designing solutions that seamlessly integrate into their workflows, enhancing efficiency and driving customer conversion rates. Within our diverse and dynamic team, you'll find yourself at the intersection of innovation and practicality, where every contribution is essential in making payment processes effortless.brJoining us means becoming part of a global community of engineers leading the charge in reshaping the payments landscape while actively contributing to the operational success of businesses worldwide. /ph3strongWhat you’ll do /strong /h3pAs an Engineering lead, you will be responsible for working on a range of exciting initiatives across our international payments platform. The role includes both people technical responsibilities, and you’ll be responsible for both the product delivery overall health of the Engineering Team.brWe strongly value your experience in building, designing and engineering payment systems (gateway, acquiring, issuing or equivalent). If you don’t have them already, you will learn all the intricacies of the Visa and Mastercard payment platforms. You will work closely with the payments product team and will be given the opportunity to interact with the partners engineering teams when required. As part of our core acquiring payment team you are building the next generation Payment Acceptance infrastructure, and Merchant needs are always top of mind. /ppThis role is based in Amsterdam. /ph3strongResponsibilities: /strong /h3ullipLead a team of engineers, set goals and development targets for the engineers within the team and support the team with feedback and development plans as they progress /p /lilipWork closely with product managers and key stakeholders to define product roadmap, prioritize projects and ship incrementally to production /p /lilipDevelop various REST services and integration components within a backend microservices architecture, connecting with our React frontend /p /lilipConduct architectural reviews for current and upcoming solutions /p /lilipAddress tech debt, and enhance operational effectiveness such as MTTD and MTTR /p /lilipContribute to the hiring, training and development of the engineers within the managed team /p /li /ulh3strongWho you are /strong /h3pWe're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory. /ph3strongMinimum qualifications: /strong /h3ullip8+ years of software engineering experience, with a focus on low latency, distributed systems /p /lilipAt least one year experience in managing teams /p /lilipStrong computer science fundamentals. While we do not mind what language you have most recently been using we are using Java or Kotlin, Spring / Spring Boot /p /lilipExperience in designing and building REST APIs; High volume distributed systems; Kafka event streams; Distributed data storage systems (Cassandra, Hazelcast, Oracle Coherence or similar); GCP or AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc), docker and Kubernetes exposure; Javascript / Typescript /p /lilipOperational tooling such as New Relic, StatsD, Elk, Datadog, Prometheus /p /li /ulh3strongPreferred qualifications: /strong /h3ullipExperience in building a payment gateway, acquiring platform or issuing platform /p /lilipExperience integrating Local Payment Methods (i.e. iDeal, Klarna, Trustly or equivalent) or Cards (i.e. Visa, Mastercard, etc.)br/p /li /ulh3strongEqual opportunity /strong /h3pAirwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know. /ppemAirwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. /em /p /p #J-18808-Ljbffr