Senior Site Reliability Engineer, Spend

Airwallex3 days ago

Location

SG - Singapore

Type

Full Time

Salary

SGD 120,000 – 180,000

Level

Senior

Role

Site Reliability Engineer

Posted

Apr 7, 2026

Full TimeSenior

The role

Summary

A Senior Site Reliability Engineer role at Airwallex in Singapore, focusing on designing and maintaining scalable cloud infrastructure for global financial services. The ideal candidate will lead critical infrastructure projects, drive reliability, and support the company's mission of empowering global business payments.

What you'll do

Cloud Infrastructure Architecture: Design and implement cloud infrastructure for new services and strategic roadmap initiatives, ensuring scalability and reliability.

Team Collaboration: Embed with development teams to drive reliability, performance, and operational readiness of critical systems.

Incident Management: Lead incident response, develop observability strategies, and create automation solutions across critical production systems.

Performance Optimization: Own team-level Service Level Objectives (SLOs), develop comprehensive runbooks, and track DevOps performance metrics.

Cross-functional Coordination: Collaborate with central DevOps and security teams to ensure compliance, resilience, and best practices.

What we look for

Technical

Cloud PlatformsExpert-level knowledge of AWS or GCP cloud infrastructure

ContainerizationAdvanced Kubernetes configuration and management skills

Monitoring ToolsExtensive experience with observability and monitoring solutions

Education

Computer Science DegreeBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field

Experience

SRE ExperienceMinimum 6+ years in Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or infrastructure-focused engineering roles

Skills

Required skills

Cloud InfrastructureExpertise in designing and managing cloud architectures

Incident ResponseProven ability to manage and mitigate critical system incidents

DevOps PracticesStrong understanding of continuous integration and deployment methodologies

Nice to have

Financial Technology ExperiencePrior experience in fintech or regulated industry environments

Data Pipeline KnowledgeFamiliarity with data streaming and analytics pipeline technologies

Compensation & benefits

Salary

SGD 120,000 – 180,000 (annual)

Stock options

Available

Benefits

Global Work Environment

Opportunity to work with a diverse, innovative team across 26 global offices

Career Growth

High-growth fintech environment with potential for rapid professional development

Technical Challenge

Work on complex, high-visibility infrastructure projects in a cutting-edge financial technology platform

Interview process

1
Initial Screening — HR phone screen to assess background and initial fit
2
Technical Assessment — Comprehensive technical evaluation of SRE and cloud infrastructure skills
3
Architectural Design Interview — In-depth discussion of complex infrastructure design and problem-solving approaches
4
Team Collaboration Interview — Assessment of cross-functional communication and teamwork capabilities
5
Final Leadership Interview — Meeting with senior engineering leadership to evaluate overall fit and potential