At Airwallex (airwallex.com), we're building the future of global finance on one platform. Founded in 2015 in Melbourne, Airwallex is the leading financial technology platform for modern businesses to grow beyond borders. With one of the world's most powerful payments infrastructure, our technology empowers businesses of all sizes to accept payments, move money globally, and simplify their financial operations, all on one single platform.
If you're excited to do the most ambitious work of your career and change the way money moves around the world - join us!
As VP of Engineering, you'll lead a dynamic team, oversee diverse engineering domains, and drive delivery excellence. Your technical prowess, combined with leadership, product insight, and business acumen, will set you apart and allow you to make a significant impact. You'll ensure overall engineering quality, removing obstacles, guiding teams, and escalating when needed. In this role you will collaborate with global stakeholders, including the CTO, VP of Product and VP of Design, managing engineers worldwide (Australia, Greater China, EMEA and North America) to shape Airwallex's tech roadmap.
Join us at the forefront of innovation and global impact!
Responsibilities
- You are the overall owner, responsible for designing, implementing, and monitoring all operations and critical performance metrics, and operational efficiency within engineering team.
- You are an inspirational leader, building, developing, and managing a global engineering team comprising 300+ professionals, fostering a culture of growth and excellence.
- You are a visionary architect, collaborating with team leads to define our technology strategy and effectively communicate it across the organization as we scale.
- You are dedicated to solving problems and implementing solutions, establishing standards and procedures to ensure consistent adherence to quality standards.
- You are an advocate for a down-to-earth Engineering culture, leading by example to emphasize user impact and product delivery. You cultivate this culture as the team evolves, fostering leadership within the organization to strengthen it further.
- You are a truth seeker with obsessive curiosity, consistently asking "why" and proposing innovative ways to create a lasting impact.
Qualifications - You want to build a significant global business and understand the critical role engineers play in achieving that mission.
- You have 15+ years experience in modern engineering practices, with a track record of leading, coaching, and mentoring high-performing engineering organizations - currently overseeing 300+ engineers in global operations.
- You possess extensive and robust computer science fundamentals, along with expertise in building and designing scalable and resilient systems. Your contributions significantly impact the broader engineering goals of the company.
- You have a successful track record of working with stakeholders to create engineering strategies and roadmaps, delivering impactful results both within and outside the company.
- You are an excellent communicator, recognizing the importance of balancing product knowledge and technical skills. You can coach other engineers and product managers on both aspects.
- You enjoy fostering an inspiring team environment that encourages idea sharing and values openness.
- You demonstrate flexibility to work across global time zones.
- Previous experience in FinTech/Payments is a plus
At Airwallex you'll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We organize regular team building events, encourage hybrid/flexible working, and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
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.
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