Engineering Manager, GTPN Platform (Seoul)

About Airwallex

Airwallex is the AI-native financial operating system for a real-time, intelligent economy. More than 675,000 businesses, including McLaren Racing, Qantas, SHEIN, and TikTok, use us, directly or through our platform partners, to run their financial operations or build and monetize financial products of their own.

We started in Melbourne in 2015 to build the infrastructure global commerce runs on. We're the regulated backbone behind global payments: not by accident, but by design. A decade plus, 85+ licenses, and a financial infrastructure spanning North America, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.

We're co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,300 people across 27 offices. We hire builders with founder-level energy, people who move fast with good judgment, dig in with real curiosity, and make calls from first principles rather than waiting to be told what to do. Read our operating principles to see it in full.

How you'll make impact

As an Engineering Manager, you’ll lead the architecture, development, and operation of platform systems that support Airwallex’s global treasury and payment products. You’ll manage and develop a high-performing engineering team, strengthening team health, execution quality, and long-term technical outcomes.

• Set technical direction, guide key architectural decisions, and deliver scalable, reliable, and high-performing services.

• Partner closely with engineering, product, and cross-functional stakeholders to shape platform strategy, prioritise effectively, and deliver capabilities aligned with customer and business needs.

• Contribute to code reviews, technical problem-solving, and critical implementation work where needed, while maintaining high standards for engineering quality, reliability, and operational excellence.

• Use data and system insights to improve platform performance, reliability, and team effectiveness.

• Set technical direction across a distributed engineering team by leading design reviews for platform-wide changes, collaborating with engineering hubs across the US, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.

You’ll work from our Seoul office five days a week.

What we're looking for

Essentials

• Proven experience leading high-performing engineering teams.

• Strong software engineering and system architecture background, with 10+ years of experience in modern engineering environments.

• Strong programming or scripting skills in a language such as Java, Kotlin, C++, Python or a similar language.

• Strong technical judgment and experience guiding teams building scalable, reliable systems.

• A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.

• Strong cross-functional collaboration and execution skills.

• High ownership, sound prioritisation, and adaptability in fast-paced environments.

• A data-driven, customer-aware, and quality-focused approach.

Preferred

• Experience in fintech, payments, or other regulated financial domains.

• Deep experience with JVM-based ecosystems, including Java or Kotlin with Spring or Spring Boot.

• Prior experience leading teams responsible for high-availability, low-latency systems.

• Track record of leading complex, ambiguous technical initiatives from design through delivery and operation.

You'll thrive here if

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