Engineering Lead/Manager, Billing

Airwallex6 months ago

Location

SG - Singapore

Type

Full Time

Level

Manager

Role

Engineering Manager

Posted

Aug 27, 2025

Full TimeManager

The role

Summary

Airwallex is seeking an Engineering Lead/Manager for their Billing team in Singapore to lead the development of a next-generation billing platform that supports flexible pricing strategies and intuitive invoicing solutions. The role combines hands-on technical leadership with people management, requiring expertise in Java, distributed systems, and experience leading engineering teams in building large-scale, high-availability systems.

What you'll do

Team Leadership: Lead a team of engineers, set goals and development targets, and support team members with feedback and development plans

Product Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers to analyze requirements and produce technical solutions and execution plans

Hands-on Development: Design, implement and deliver software functions for the billing platform

Technical Architecture: Analyze and validate technical designs for software functions from the team

Code Review: Review code from team members and ensure coding standards and best practices

Product Planning: Engage with Product Managers to build backlogs that contribute to roadmap execution

Talent Development: Contribute to hiring, training and development of engineers within the managed team

Cross-team Collaboration: Ensure collaboration between your team and other teams including local/global engineering teams, infrastructure teams, and product manager teams

What we look for

Technical

Large-scale SystemsExperience in developing large-scale system control interfaces

Java ProficiencyProficient in Java 8, familiar with multi-threading, high concurrency, IO/NIO, network communication

System DesignExperience in design and development of large-scale distributed, high concurrency, high load, high availability systems

Server TechnologiesMaster various common server technologies for optimizing service response and data query

Spring FrameworkFamiliar with Spring/Spring Boot frameworks

Network ProtocolsFamiliar with HTTP, TCP/IP protocol and REST specifications

Build ToolsMaster Gradle/Maven and other build tools

ContainerizationFamiliar with Docker cluster usage

Data FormatsFamiliar with JSON and XML data formats

Education

Bachelor's DegreeBachelor degree in computer science and related majors

Experience

Engineering LeadershipExperience leading engineering teams and managing technical projects

Distributed SystemsExperience building and scaling distributed, high-availability systems

Design PatternsFamiliar with commonly used design patterns and software architecture principles

Skills

Required skills

Java 8Proficient in Java 8 with multi-threading, high concurrency, and network communication

Distributed SystemsExperience in large-scale distributed, high concurrency, high availability systems

Spring FrameworkFamiliar with Spring/Spring Boot for enterprise application development

System ArchitectureDesign patterns and large-scale system control interface development

Build ToolsMaster Gradle/Maven and other build automation tools

ContainerizationFamiliar with Docker cluster usage and container deployment

Network ProtocolsHTTP, TCP/IP protocol and REST specifications knowledge

Team LeadershipExperience leading engineering teams and managing technical projects

Nice to have

Financial SystemsInternational clearing and settlement/foreign exchange transactions experience

NoSQL DatabasesCassandra/Redis/NoSQL/Hadoop for big data and high-performance storage

Additional LanguagesKotlin/Scala/Python/Golang/R for diverse development needs

Container OrchestrationDocker Swarm/Kubernetes for advanced container management

Frontend TechnologiesJavaScript/Angular/React/CSS3 for full-stack development capabilities

Cloud PlatformsAliyun Cloud/AWS for cloud-native application development

Compensation & benefits

Benefits

Global Impact

Work on products that empower over 200,000 businesses worldwide including major brands like Brex, Rippling, and Qantas

Career Growth

Accelerated learning opportunities and true ownership in building the future of global banking

International Collaboration

Work with cross-functional teams across 26 offices globally spanning Shanghai and Singapore

Innovation Culture

Use AI to work smarter and solve problems faster in a founder-like energy environment

Equal Opportunity

Proud equal opportunity employer valuing diversity and inclusion across all backgrounds

Professional Development

Opportunities to tackle complex, high-visibility problems with exceptional teammates

Interview process

1
Initial Screening — Resume review and initial qualification assessment focusing on technical leadership experience and Java expertise
2
Technical Phone Screen — Technical discussion covering Java, distributed systems, and system design principles with focus on billing/financial systems
3
System Design Interview — Whiteboard session designing large-scale billing platform architecture, discussing scalability and high availability
4
Leadership Interview — Behavioral interview focusing on team leadership, people management, and collaboration with product managers
5
Code Review Session — Review and discussion of candidate's previous code or live coding session demonstrating Java and Spring expertise
6
Final Round — Panel interview with senior engineering leadership and product managers to assess cultural fit and strategic thinking