Vice President, Engineering

About Airwallex

All potential candidates should read through the following details of this job with care before making an application.

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 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.

Proudly 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.

About The Team

The Engineering team at Airwallex is a diverse group of innovators, builders, and problem solvers driven by a mission to empower businesses to operate anywhere, anytime.

We thrive in a collaborative and fast-paced environment where we constantly push the boundaries of what's possible in financial technology.

As a team, we value technical craftsmanship, continuous learning, and a strong sense of ownership, working together to build scalable, reliable, and secure products that empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders.

What You’ll Do

As Vice President of Engineering, you will lead a global team of engineers, ensuring excellence in delivery and engineering quality across all domains.

Your strong technical background, exceptional leadership, product vision, and business acumen will set you apart.

You will be accountable for the quality and timely delivery of all engineering projects. This includes clearing roadblocks, providing essential context and guidance to the teams, and knowing when to escalate issues.

In this role, you will collaborate closely with key stakeholders, including the CTO, VP of Product, and VP of Design, to align on strategy and execution.

You will oversee and manage engineering teams across Australia, Singapore, Greater China, EMEA, and North America, driving the definition and implementation of Airwallex's technology roadmap.

Your leadership will ensure the integration of engineering efforts seamlessly with the company's broader goals.

This role is based in San Francisco .

Responsibilities

• You are an overall owner, designing, implementing, and monitoring all operations and critical performance metrics / operational efficiency for the engineering team.
• You are an inspiring leader, building, developing, and managing an engineering team of 300+ engineers globally.
• You are a visionary architect, working with the leads to set out our technology strategy as we scale and be able to communicate this to the rest of the organization.
• You are a committed problem solver and solution practitioner. You develop standards and procedures to ensure that quality standards are met and consistent.
• You are a down-to-earth advocate for Engineering culture, leading by example to set a culture where the impact on the user and delivery of the product is the focus.

As the team evolves, you will ensure that this culture becomes more robust, and you grow leaders within the organization who further it.

You are a truth seeker with obsessive curiosity, asking why and suggesting new ways to make an impact.

Minimum Qualifications

• You want to build a significant global business and know how critical engineers can be in the mission.
• You have 15+ years working in modern engineering practices, including 5+ years leading, coaching, and mentoring a high-performing engineering organization, currently up to 300+ engineers with global operations.
• You possess extensive and strong computer science fundamentals, expertise in building and designing scalable and resilient systems, and the ability to contribute significantly to the company's broader engineering goals.
• You have successful experience working with stakeholders to create engineering strategies and roadmaps to deliver impacts inside and outside the company.
• You are an excellent communicator. You thoroughly understand the value of balancing product knowledge and technical skills and can coach other engineers and product managers on both.
• You enjoy creating an inspiring team environment where ideas are shared, and openness is valued.
• Flexibility to work across global time zones is required.

Preferred Qualifications

Previous experience in FinTech / Payment is a plus.

Equal opportunity

Airwallex 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.

Compensation Range : $218K - $374K

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