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Data Platform Engineering Director
AirwallexUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 13 Sept 2023
About the role
Airwallex is the leading financial technology platform for modern businesses growing beyond borders. With one of the world’s most powerful payments and banking infrastructure, our technology empowers businesses of all sizes to accept payments, move money globally, and simplify their financial operations, all in one single platform.
Established in 2015, our purpose is to connect entrepreneurs, business builders, makers and creators with opportunities in every corner of the world. Today, Airwallex has a global footprint across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America.
The Role:As the Data Engineering Director, you will oversee the strategy, architecture, development,and operation of Airwallex's data and AI platforms. You will play a pivotal role in influencingdata-driven and AI-powered decision-making processes. A key aspect of your role will alsoinclude building a high-performing team that excels in a fast-paced environment. Yourleadership will be critical in mentoring the team, promoting a culture of innovation, anddriving technical excellence.
Responsibilities：● You are a leader– with 8+ years of experience leading a high-powered engineeringteam● You are committed – you strive to produce high-quality and tested solutions ineverything you do● You are a team player– you enjoy working in a collaborative environment with smartand innovative people● You are naturally curious– always asking why and suggesting new ways to do things● You are a passionate problem solver – You love digging deep and brainstormingwith colleagues to come up with the best solution for a problemQualifications：● Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.● Minimum of 8 years experience in data engineering, with at least 5 years in amanagerial role.● Successful track records in transforming an organization into a data-drivenorganization.www.airwallex.com1802 China Overseas International Center, No.838, South Huangpi Road, Huangpu, Shanghai● Expertise in big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.● GCP experience is preferred, but AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with dockerand Kubernetes are great too.● Proven track record in technical mentorship and leadership.● Strong communication and collaboration skills.● Familiarity with Agile methodologies.● Flexibility to work across global time zones is required.● Exposure to working on high-volume distributed systems.● Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures.● Previous experience in FinTech is a plus.
At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech.We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salaryplus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the bestenvironment for our people by providing collaborative open office space with a fully stockedkitchen. We organise regular team-building events and we give our people the freedom tobe creative.
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyoneseeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence,and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry,citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protectedstatus. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let usknow.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex willnot pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a searchfirm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into concerning the specific openposition(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basisshall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.www.airwallex.com
1802 China Overseas International Center, No.838, South Huangpi Road, Huangpu, ShanghaiAt Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organise regular team building events and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have
Established in 2015, our purpose is to connect entrepreneurs, business builders, makers and creators with opportunities in every corner of the world. Today, Airwallex has a global footprint across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and North America.
The Role:As the Data Engineering Director, you will oversee the strategy, architecture, development,and operation of Airwallex's data and AI platforms. You will play a pivotal role in influencingdata-driven and AI-powered decision-making processes. A key aspect of your role will alsoinclude building a high-performing team that excels in a fast-paced environment. Yourleadership will be critical in mentoring the team, promoting a culture of innovation, anddriving technical excellence.
Responsibilities：● You are a leader– with 8+ years of experience leading a high-powered engineeringteam● You are committed – you strive to produce high-quality and tested solutions ineverything you do● You are a team player– you enjoy working in a collaborative environment with smartand innovative people● You are naturally curious– always asking why and suggesting new ways to do things● You are a passionate problem solver – You love digging deep and brainstormingwith colleagues to come up with the best solution for a problemQualifications：● Bachelor’s or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.● Minimum of 8 years experience in data engineering, with at least 5 years in amanagerial role.● Successful track records in transforming an organization into a data-drivenorganization.www.airwallex.com1802 China Overseas International Center, No.838, South Huangpi Road, Huangpu, Shanghai● Expertise in big data technologies like Hadoop, Spark, and Kafka.● GCP experience is preferred, but AWS (EC2, RDS, ELB, CloudFront, etc.) with dockerand Kubernetes are great too.● Proven track record in technical mentorship and leadership.● Strong communication and collaboration skills.● Familiarity with Agile methodologies.● Flexibility to work across global time zones is required.● Exposure to working on high-volume distributed systems.● Hands-on experience with event-driven architectures.● Previous experience in FinTech is a plus.
At Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech.We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salaryplus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the bestenvironment for our people by providing collaborative open office space with a fully stockedkitchen. We organise regular team-building events and we give our people the freedom tobe creative.
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyoneseeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence,and talent. We don’t regard color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry,citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protectedstatus. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let usknow.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex willnot pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a searchfirm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into concerning the specific openposition(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basisshall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.www.airwallex.com
1802 China Overseas International Center, No.838, South Huangpi Road, Huangpu, ShanghaiAt Airwallex you’ll have the ability to make an impact in a rapidly growing, global fintech. We want you to share in our success, which is why you’ll be offered a competitive salary plus valuable equity within Airwallex. We also like to ensure we create the best environment for our people by providing a collaborative open office space with a fully stocked kitchen. We organise regular team building events and we give our people the freedom to be creative.
Airwallex is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and anyone seeking employment at Airwallex is considered based on merit, qualifications, competence and talent. We don’t regard colour, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status. If you have
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