Software Engineer II, Ops Efficiency

About the team

Airwallex's risk platform team is dedicated to safeguarding the company's diverse range of products, including GTPN, PA, Issuing, Onboarding, and Account Takeover. Our responsibility extends to the crucial areas of Know Your Customer (KYC) and Know Your Business (KYB) for customer onboarding. As the risk landscape continuously evolves and fraudsters grow more sophisticated, innovation in risk management becomes paramount. Our team, dispersed across Beijing, Shanghai, and Singapore, collaborates globally with other teams and customers to approach risk management holistically.

What you'll do

Our mission is to ensure Airwallex's products and services remain safe and secure, positioning us as a trusted partner for businesses worldwide. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as graph, Machine Learning (ML), and Language Learning Models (LLM), we continuously refine our risk management strategies. This includes enhancing KYC and KYB processes to streamline onboarding while maintaining robust security protocols.

This role is based in Singapore.

Responsibilities:

1. Use Java 8 / Kotlin for the development of payment products and transaction systems in collaboration with the senior technical team.
2. Independently design and develop components within the company's microservice framework.
3. Work directly with product managers and users to understand and fulfill their requirements.
4. Explore new technologies and propose architectural improvements.
5. Mentor newcomers to foster good software engineering practices and coding standards.

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

1. Over 2 years of Core Java development experience and 3+ years in Internet application / large financial system / e-commerce platform development.
2. Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related fields.
3. Proficient in Java 8, with a strong understanding of Java multi-threading, high concurrency, IO / NIO, and network communication.
4. Well-versed with common design patterns and experienced in designing and developing large-scale distributed systems with high concurrency and high availability.
5. Mastery of various common server technologies to optimize service response and data queries.
6. Familiarity with Microservice Architecture and technologies like Spring / Spring Boot and build tools like Gradle / Maven.
7. Proficient in HTTP, GraphQL, GRPC, REST, JSON, and YAML.
8. Strong communication skills.

Preferred qualifications:

1. Experience in international clearing and settlement / foreign exchange transactions.
2. Fluent in English.
3. Familiar with PostgreSQL, Redis, Kafka, Temporal, Kubernetes, CNCF, GitOps, and Cloud platforms (GCP/Aliyun/Databricks).
4. Knowledgeable in Kotlin, Scala, Python, Golang, TypeScript, React, CSS3.
5. Experience with OLAP skill based on BigQuery or Spark
6. Experience with LLM applications.
7. Background in finance/risk management.