6 Aug 2026

Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling (Information Security)

Airwallex

Sydney

6 Aug 2026

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Airwallex is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for its AI Tooling team within Information Security, based in Sydney or Melbourne. The role involves leading the development of AI tools and applications, building and maintaining infrastructure like Kubernetes and ETL pipelines, and mentoring engineers. Requires 8+ years of software engineering experience, proficiency in scripting and systems languages, and experience with cloud infrastructure.

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Staff Software Engineer, AI Tooling (Information Security)

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Salary

Not specified

Work Location

Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, AU

Work Model

On-site

Experience Required

8 years

Employment Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Staff

Core Qualifications

Technical (Must-have)

PythonGoCC++KubernetesServerlessETLCloud InfrastructureLinuxAIAutomationIncident ResponseThreat HuntingPlatform EngineeringScalability

Soft Skills

CommunicationInterpersonal SkillsAutonomyCuriosityCollaborationMentoringProblem SolvingOwnership

Preferred Qualifications

Technical (Nice-to-have)

High-growth tech company experienceAI application developmentLinux maintenance

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.
•Support incident response efforts by building ad-hoc tools for threat hunting, remediation and scanners.
•Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and ETL pipelines.
•Sit with engineers to identify opportunities for automation and tooling development.
•Partner with product engineering teams to drive security outcomes – such as automation for patching, and development of gateways and other services to decrease risk.
•Mentor and help grow other Software Engineers in the team.

Staff Software EngineerAI ToolingInformation SecurityFinancial ServicesEngineeringInformation TechnologySydneyMelbourneAustraliaFull-time

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the development of AI tools and applications, from inception to implementation.

•Support incident response efforts by building ad-hoc tools for threat hunting, remediation and scanners.

•Build, monitor, and maintain underlying infrastructure, including Kubernetes clusters, serverless workloads, and ETL pipelines.

•Sit with engineers to identify opportunities for automation and tooling development.

•Partner with product engineering teams to drive security outcomes – such as automation for patching, and development of gateways and other services to decrease risk.

•Mentor and help grow other Software Engineers in the team.