Senior Mobile Engineer (iOS or Android)
Senior Mobile Engineer · Senior · Full Time
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Role
What you'll do.
Senior Mobile Engineer role at Airwallex, a fintech unicorn building cross-border payment solutions. The team develops native iOS and Android apps using modern frameworks like SwiftUI, AndroidX, and Jetpack libraries. This is an opportunity to shape mobile architecture at a fast-growing company valued at $8B.
Responsibilities
- Feature Development: Take ownership of the design, implementation, and delivery of key features across iOS and Android apps, ensuring they are intuitive, performant, and reliable
- Architecture Design: Influence how mobile apps scale and evolve by shaping core architecture and contributing to long-term technical direction
- Cross-platform Collaboration: Collaborate closely with fellow engineers to define architecture, share best practices, and drive high-quality standards across platforms
- Technical Leadership: Be a hands-on technical leader who takes pride in clean, testable code and actively supports continuous improvement across the mobile stack
- Strategic Contribution: Go beyond feature development to contribute to team processes, product decisions, and broader engineering strategy as the company scales globally
Qualifications
What we look for.
Technical
Mobile Development Experience
6+ years of experience developing native mobile applications on iOS or Android using modern frameworks
Production App Experience
Proven experience shipping one or more production apps available in App Store or Google Play
Code Quality Focus
Strong focus on code quality with ability to write testable code with high test coverage
CI/CD Experience
Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools like GitHub Actions or Bitrise
Education
Bachelor's Degree
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
Experience
Senior Level Experience
6+ years of native mobile development experience
Production Apps
Experience shipping production mobile applications
Skills
Required
Native Mobile Development
6+ years experience with iOS or Android native development
Modern Frameworks
Proficiency in SwiftUI, AndroidX, Jetpack libraries, or equivalent modern frameworks
Code Quality
Strong testing practices and ability to write maintainable, testable code
CI/CD
Experience with continuous integration and deployment pipelines
Production Experience
Track record of shipping apps to App Store or Google Play
Preferred
SwiftUI & Combine
Nice to haveExperience with modern iOS development frameworks
Android Jetpack
Nice to haveProficiency with AndroidX, Hilt, Coroutines, and Jetpack libraries
Payment Integration
Nice to haveExperience with Apple Pay, Google Pay, or similar payment frameworks
Fintech Domain
Nice to haveUnderstanding of financial services and B2B payment solutions
Architecture Leadership
Nice to haveExperience in defining mobile app architecture and technical direction
Tech stack
Languages
Frameworks
Tools
Other
Compensation
Pay and benefits.
Benefits
Global Impact
Work on products used by over 200,000 businesses worldwide including major brands like Brex, Rippling, and Qantas
Career Growth
Accelerated learning opportunities in a fast-growing $8B unicorn company
Innovation Environment
Work with cutting-edge fintech technology and modern mobile development frameworks
Flexible Location
Role can be based in Singapore or Melbourne with global team collaboration
Equal Opportunity
Inclusive workplace that values diversity and equal opportunity employment
Process
Interview steps.
- 01
Initial Screening
Phone or video screening with recruiter to discuss background and role alignment
- 02
Technical Assessment
Mobile development coding challenge or technical assessment
- 03
Technical Interview
Deep-dive technical discussion on mobile development, architecture, and past projects
- 04
System Design
Mobile app architecture and system design discussion
- 05
Cultural Fit
Interview with team members to assess cultural alignment and collaboration style
- 06
Final Interview
Senior leadership interview to discuss vision, growth, and mutual fit
Full posting
Original listing.
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.
About the team
Our Mobile Team is responsible for the end-to-end development of both our iOS and Android apps, leveraging the latest technologies to build a seamless user experience. On iOS, we work with SwiftUI, Combine, and Async/Await, while on Android we use AndroidX, Coroutines, Hilt, and a suite of Jetpack libraries.
You’ll be joining Airwallex at a pivotal moment as we expand the capabilities of our modern, fully native mobile apps. These apps empower customers to manage global B2B payments, submit and approve expenses, and control both virtual and physical Airwallex cards—including seamless Apple Pay and Google Pay integration for card transactions.
What you’ll do
As a Mobile Engineer, you’ll focus on building high-quality, user-friendly native mobile applications using modern frameworks and best practices. You’ll work closely with product managers, designers, and other engineers to deliver features that are reliable, intuitive, and performant.
This role is can be based in Singapore or Melbourne.
Responsibilities
Take ownership of the design, implementation, and delivery of key features across our iOS and Android apps, ensuring they are intuitive, performant, and reliable.
Collaborate closely with fellow engineers to define architecture, share best practices, and drive high-quality standards across platforms.
Influence how we scale and evolve our mobile apps—built less than three years ago—by shaping core architecture and contributing to long-term technical direction.
Go beyond feature development: contribute to team processes, product decisions, and broader engineering strategy as we scale globally.
Be a hands-on technical leader who takes pride in clean, testable code and actively supports continuous improvement across the mobile stack.
Who you are
We’re looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.
Minimum Qualifications:
6+ years of experience developing native mobile applications on iOS or Android, using modern frameworks and development practices
Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
Proven experience shipping one or more production apps, ideally available in the App Store or Google Play
Strong focus on code quality—writes testable code with high test coverage
Experience maintaining CI/CD pipelines (e.g. GitHub Actions, Bitrise)
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience with modern Android or iOS development tools and libraries, such as AndroidX, Jetpack, SwiftUI, Combine, Hilt, or Coroutines
Applicant Safety Policy: Fraud and Third-Party Recruiters
To protect you from recruitment scams, please be aware that Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process. All official communication will come from an @airwallex.com email address. Please apply only through careers.airwallex.com or our official LinkedIn page.
Airwallex does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. Airwallex will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to Airwallex on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary.
Equal opportunity
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 color, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, ancestry, citizenship, sex, marital or family status, disability, gender, or any other legally protected status when making our hiring decisions. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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