About the role
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. If that sounds like you, let’s build what’s next. Senior Data Engineer Hiring Location: Singapore What you’ll do Part 1. Data Modeling Design and implement robust and scalable data models that support business intelligence, machine learning, and operational needs. Possess a deep understanding of data schemas and be able to select appropriate schema designs (e.g., star schema, snowflake, normalized vs denormalized) based on use cases. Collaborate closely with business teams to translate their data needs into clean, structured, and well-documented models. Understand and promote the concept of SSOT (Single Source of Truth) throughout the data layers and pipelines. Maintain data consistency, traceability, and quality across multiple data sources and domains. Part 2. ETL and Data Pipeline Management Experience building and maintaining both batch and streaming ETL pipelines, with a strong understanding of end-to-end data workflow — from data ingestion to transformation and delivery. Able to work closely with Data Platform Engineers (DPEs) and Product Managers (PMs) to quickly identify root causes of data issues and provide efficient, scalable solutions.