Senior Software Engineer (Frontend), Global Payments

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.

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.

As a global engineering powerhouse, our team spans China, the Netherlands, and Singapore, embracing a rich tapestry of cultures and perspectives. Guided by our True North Vision, we're passionately striving to become the preferred payment partner for businesses seeking to boost revenue and streamline expenses.

Our mission is to simplify the complexities of payments for businesses by designing solutions that seamlessly integrate into their workflows, enhancing efficiency and driving customer conversion rates. Within our diverse and dynamic team, you'll find yourself at the intersection of innovation and practicality, where every contribution is essential in making payment processes effortless.

As a senior Frontend engineer, you'll be at the forefront of developing cutting-edge financial solutions. Your work will directly impact the growth and success of businesses worldwide. You will work alongside a team of talented engineers, product managers, and designers to bring our Embedded Finance products from concept to launch, while shaping the future of finance.

This role is based in Singapore.

• Develop and Innovate: Build cutting-edge frontend financial solutions that directly impact the growth and success of businesses worldwide using ReactJS.

• Collaborate and Create: Partner with engineers, product managers, and designers to bring Embedded Finance products from concept to launch.

• Understand and Empathize: Dive deep into customer needs and challenges, leveraging strong product sense to design and implement UI solutions that truly resonate with users.

• Measure and Optimize: Leverage data to drive decisions, measure product success, and identify opportunities for frontend optimization and growth.

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

• Experienced and Technically Proficient: Possess a wealth of experience in frontend software development, underpinned by robust expertise in ReactJS and Node.JS. Approach work as a craftsman of comprehensive user-facing solutions, setting high technical standards and leading by example.

• Empathetic and Insightful: Driven by deep empathy for customer needs during the development process to create intuitive, impactful products that enrich user experiences.

• Data-Driven and Analytical: View data as a critical tool to inform frontend decision-making, interpret user data to enhance product performance, and elevate user satisfaction.

• Collaborative and Knowledge-Sharing: Committed to sharing knowledge and ideas, mentoring peers, and promoting a learning culture within team settings.

• Adaptable and Continuously Learning: Agility and eagerness to adopt new frontend skills and technologies in a fast-paced fintech environment.

• Proactive and Ownership-Driven: Self-motivated and proactive, demonstrating a strong sense of ownership to lead web projects to successful outcomes.

• Efficient and Prioritization-Savvy: Excel at prioritizing tasks to manage workloads effectively while maintaining high standards of quality.

• Prior experience building complex web applications within fintech, digital payments, or transaction-heavy platforms.

• Deep knowledge of frontend build tools, performance tuning, and optimizing web application scalability for global user bases.

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