Engineering Manager, Growth

About the role

Airwallex is the only unified payments and financial platform for global businesses. Powered by a unique combination of proprietary infrastructure and software, we empower over 250,000 businesses worldwide - including Brex, Rippling, Navan, Qantas, SHEIN, and many more - with fully integrated solutions to manage everything from business accounts and payments to spend management, treasury, and embedded finance at a global scale.

Proudly founded in Melbourne, we have a team of over 2,300 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech across 27 offices around the globe. Valued at US$11 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.

Our Growth Team sits at the heart of Airwallex's mission, focusing on user acquisition and strategic market expansion. We leverage data and cutting-edge technologies to craft seamless, intuitive experiences that help millions of users discover, engage with, and benefit from our products. From new-user funnels to onboarding optimizations, our Growth team is all about experimentation, rapid iteration, and driving sustainable business impact. Whether it's designing scalable architectures for high-traffic pages, building robust A/B testing frameworks, or integrating global marketing platforms, the Growth team's contributions directly shape how we attract and retain customers worldwide. Joining the Growth team means you'll have a front-row seat to the most crucial stage of our product lifecycle and play a pivotal role in fueling the next wave of our global expansion.

What you'll do

• Lead talent strategy for your organization by recruiting, onboarding, and developing top-tier engineers and managers, building a diverse team and robust succession plans for sustained velocity.
• Build and scale a high-performing engineering organization (including managers and senior individual contributors): set goals, establish career paths, run performance and compensation processes, and cultivate a culture of ownership, inclusion, and excellence.
• Set goals and development targets for engineers within the team and support the team with feedback and development plans as they progress.
• Manage, coach, and grow a team of engineers through regular feedback, performance management, and career development.
• Support hiring and onboarding to scale the team sustainably while maintaining quality and mission alignment.
• Lead cross-functional execution with stakeholders across Compliance, Legal, Risk, Operations, and Support to ensure integrated solutions.
• Effectively communicate progress, insights, and the business impact of initiatives to executive leadership and other stakeholders company-wide.
• Provide strategic leadership for a mission-critical platform, aligning technical direction and capacity planning with business goals and regulatory requirements.
• Translate complex technical concepts for stakeholders across Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Executive leadership to foster shared understanding and collaboration.
• Assure collaboration between your team and other teams, including local and global engineering teams, infrastructure teams, and product management teams.

Requirements

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in a leadership role managing high-performing teams (small to mid-sized).
• Proven ability to recruit, onboard, and develop top-tier engineers, including building succession plans and well-defined career ladders.
• Experience running performance and compensation processes while fostering an inclusive culture that balances high accountability with strong ownership.
• Ability to navigate ambiguity, make technical tradeoffs, and align engineering efforts with business objectives and success metrics.
• Excellent skills in translating technical concepts for stakeholders across Legal, Risk, Compliance, and Executive leadership.
• Track record of building API- and integration-heavy systems in production environments.
• Strong judgment to make decisions from first principles, balancing speed and rigor in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Commitment to operating with humility, collaboration, and a bias for action to turn zero-to-one ideas into real products.

Location: Singapore

Singapore

Engagement: Full-time