Who We are
The Airwallex Cloud Infra team is a group of highly skilled, innovative, and collaborative professionals dedicated to creating and maintaining a cutting-edge, secure, and scalable infrastructure that supports our cross-border payment solutions. The team brings together experts in Kubernetes, service mesh, cloud platforms, and middlewares, all working seamlessly to ensure the highest levels of performance, reliability, and security. Committed to constant improvement, the Cloud Infra team is pivotal to Airwallex's mission to empower businesses worldwide by providing a robust and efficient financial technology platform.
Responsibilities:
- Craft new cloud infrastructures services, tools and platforms based upon Kubernetes, Terraform and similar technologies in a fully automated manner (programmatic approach), ensuring rapid, secure, and efficient provisioning and management of cloud infrastructure resources.
- Collaborate closely with fellow team members and stakeholders across the organization to identify areas for improvement, propose innovative solutions, and contribute to the continuous evolution of our infrastructure and technology stack.
- Monitor and maintain the overall health, performance, and security of our infrastructure, proactively identifying and resolving potential issues and vulnerabilities before they impact our customers.
- Participate in on-call rotations, working together to provide prompt and efficient resolution of issues or incidents that may arise, maintaining the highest levels of availability, performance, and customer satisfaction on our infrastructure.
- Share your knowledge and expertise with other team members, providing mentorship, guidance to help them develop their skills and further enhance the capabilities of the Cloud Infra team.
- Stay current with the latest trends, technologies, and best practices in AI, Kubernetes, OAM (Open Application Model), Cloud Platforms, and related areas, proactively integrating new ideas and tools to ensure Airwallex remains at the forefront of financial technology.
Qualifications:
- Over 5 years of experience in high-performance, distributed systems.
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science or related fields.
- Strong expertise in working on building Infrastructure as Code (IaC).
- In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes, K8S Operator development, and containerization technologies.
- Expertise in Golang, Python or other programming languages.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to identify and resolve potential issues and vulnerabilities in a proactive manner.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and share knowledge and expertise with others.
Bonus Qualifications:
- Experience in writing custom kubernetes operators
- Experience with Istio service mesh
- Experience with GitOps , such as ArgoCD
- Relevant certifications in Kubernetes, or cloud platforms (e.g., GCP, AWS or Azure).
