Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Hybrid Employment

Airwallex is hiring a Senior/Staff Network Engineer

About the Role

The candidate will be responsible for building and maintaining resilient networking systems that support large-scale financial platforms. This role involves close collaboration with infrastructure and security teams to ensure performance, reliability, and compliance across global environments.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy secure, high-performance network architectures
  • Support global connectivity across data centers and cloud environments
  • Maintain and optimize routing, switching, and transport protocols
  • Troubleshoot complex network issues across distributed systems
  • Implement and manage firewalls, load balancers, and security controls
  • Automate network configurations and operational workflows
  • Monitor network performance and proactively address bottlenecks
  • Ensure compliance with security and regulatory standards
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on infrastructure projects
  • Support incident response and network-related escalations
  • Manage DNS, DHCP, and IP address allocation systems
  • Evaluate and integrate new networking technologies
  • Document network topologies and operational procedures
  • Participate in capacity planning and network forecasting
  • Work with third-party vendors and service providers

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package commensurate with experience

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility based on location

Team

Part of the infrastructure team focused on scalable and secure global systems

Why This Role Matters

Network infrastructure is critical to the reliability and security of financial operations. This role directly impacts platform uptime, transaction speed, and customer trust by ensuring robust global connectivity.

What We Value

Technical excellence, ownership, collaboration, and a commitment to building resilient systems that support rapid business growth.

Available for qualified candidates where permitted by law

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About company
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.
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Department Engineering, Corporate IT
Category other
Posted 3 months ago