Engineering Manager, Financial Platform; Relocate to Shanghai

Engineering Manager, Financial Platform (Relocate to Shanghai)

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About Airwallex 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 2,000 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.

Attributes We Value 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.

The Opportunity Join our Ledger and Recon Platform team, a critical component of Airwallex's mission to provide seamless financial management solutions. As an Engineering Manager in this dynamic team, you will build and scale key financial products and serve as a bridge between engineering domains and the finance division.

In this role, you will lead efforts to develop and enhance our internal ledger and reconciliation systems. Your expertise will help ensure accuracy, security, and innovation in our financial processes, and your understanding of accounting principles will facilitate effective collaboration with finance stakeholders.

With Airwallex's rapid growth and fast‑paced expansion, you will face and tackle the exciting challenge of developing scalable, extensible, and reliable technology infrastructure that supports our global business operations.

What You’ll Do

• Team Leadership:
  Mentor and lead a team of skilled engineers, fostering a supportive, high-performance environment.
• Project Management:
  Plan, implement, and oversee engineering projects, ensuring high-quality and timely delivery in alignment with business objectives.
• Cross‑Functional
  
  Collaboration:
  
  Act as a liaison between engineering teams and the finance division, ensuring clear communication and understanding of accounting requirements.
• Technical Guidance:
  Provide strategic direction and support in software development practices and system architecture, with an emphasis on financial processes.
• Process Improvement:
  Identify opportunities to optimize financial product efficiency, security, and scalability using innovative, data‑driven approaches.
• Security and Compliance:
  Ensure that all development procedures comply with industry standards for data security and regulatory requirements.

Who You Are

• Experienced Leader:
  Proven track record of managing and leading engineering teams in a dynamic environment, with an advantage given to experience in the fintech or accounting sectors.
• Technical Proficiency:
  Strong background in backend software engineering, with proficiency in languages such as Java or Kotlin.
• Accounting Insight:
  Demonstrated understanding of accrual-based accounting principles and bookkeeping practices, with experience in financial domains preferred.
• Strong Communicator:
  Capable of effectively conveying technical and financial concepts to diverse…