Engineering Lead - Onboarding Team
Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Lead for their Onboarding team to own the technical strategy and execution for KYC, risk, and user management systems. The role involves partnering with product and design to drive the roadmap while maintaining high standards for scalability, reliability, and security. Candidates require deep experience with modern JVM ecosystems, microservices, and distributed systems within high-growth production environments. This is a critical leadership position focused on enabling global expansion through robust API and integration-heavy software solutions.
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Experience
8+ years
Function
Engineering
Work mode
Onsite, Singapore
Company
Tier 1
What you will work on
Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Lead for their Onboarding team to own the technical strategy and execution for KYC, risk, and user management systems. The role involves partnering with product and design to drive the roadmap while maintaining high standards for scalability, reliability, and security. Candidates require deep experience with modern JVM ecosystems, microservices, and distributed systems within high-growth production environments. This is a critical leadership position focused on enabling global expansion through robust API and integration-heavy software solutions.
TAL's take
Exceptional tier-1 company, clear leadership scope in a high-impact onboarding domain, and well-defined technical expectations.
The JD provides a crisp overview of responsibilities, specific tech stack, and clear team context.
Must haves
- 8+ years of backend engineering experience
- Deep foundation in distributed systems and high-availability architectures
- Proficiency in modern JVM ecosystems (Java 17+, Kotlin, Spring / Spring Boot)
- Expert knowledge of design patterns and microservices architecture
- Hands-on experience with Kafka, GCP/AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Experience developing large-scale system control interfaces
Tools and skills
Nice to have: scala, javascript, python, golang, ai, llms.
About the company
Airwallex is a globally recognized fintech unicorn with a valuation of $8 billion.