Senior Data Platform Engineer, Knowledge Platform & AI Enablement

About the role

The Data Platform Engineering team is going to implement various data processing tasks on the newly built next-generation data platform. We aim to further optimize data storage, processing, application, interfaces, and other dimensions. Throughout the continuous iteration process, we will also incorporate new data components and consider new data architectures (such as Lake House) to achieve faster data scheduling, significantly reducing data latency and enabling more efficient operation of data engineering applications.

Responsibilities

• This role is based in Singapore.
• Develop and automate large-scale, high-performance distributed data processing systems (batch/streaming) to drive Airwallex's business growth and enhance product experiences.
• Advocate for high-quality software engineering practices to establish scalable data infrastructure and pipelines.
• Contribute to defining shared data engineering tool standards to enhance the productivity and output quality of data engineers across the company.
• Provide guidance to junior engineers.

Requirements

• We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
• 5+ years of relevant experience as a data engineer.
• Hold a Bachelor's or Master's degree in CS/CE/CIS (or equivalent experience) with knowledge of Kotlin / Java / Scala / Python / SQL.
• Ability to take ownership of designing, building, and operating distributed systems and establishing overarching data architecture.
• Possess strong working knowledge of Real-time/Batch processing systems.
• Have experience with working data at PB scale.
• Knowledge of Kafka, Data Lake, Spark, Flink, DBT, Spring Boot, Hadoop, BigQuery, and Snowflake is preferred.
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Additional Information

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 2,200 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.

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