Engineering Manager, Growth

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 2,200 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 Growth Team sits at the heart of Airwallex’s mission, focusing on user acquisition and strategic market expansion. We leverage data and cutting-edge technologies to craft seamless, intuitive experiences that help millions of users discover, engage with, and benefit from our products. From new-user funnels to onboarding optimizations, our Growth team is all about experimentation, rapid iteration, and driving sustainable business impact. Whether it’s designing scalable architectures for high-traffic pages, building robust A/B testing frameworks, or integrating global marketing platforms, the Growth team’s contributions directly shape how we attract and retain customers worldwide. Joining the Growth team means you’ll have a front-row seat to the most crucial stage of our product lifecycle and play a pivotal role in fueling the next wave of our global expansion. What You’ll Do Lead the talent strategy for your organization by recruiting, onboarding, and developing top-tier engineers and managers, building a diverse team with robust succession plans for sustained velocity. Build and scale a high-performing engineering organization by setting goals, establishing career paths, running performance and compensation processes, and cultivating a culture of ownership, inclusion, and excellence. Coach and grow your team through regular feedback, performance management, and career development plans, while supporting hiring and onboarding to scale sustainably. Drive cross-functional execution with stakeholders across Compliance/Legal, Risk, Operations, Support, and other engineering teams, effectively communicating progress, insights, and business impact to executive leadership and key partners across the company. Foster strong collaboration between your team and local/global engineering, infrastructure, and product teams, while providing strategic leadership for a mission-critical platform — aligning technical direction and capacity planning with business goals and regulatory requirements. This role is based in San Francisco. Responsibilities: 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3+ years in a leadership role managing high-performing teams (small to mid-sized). Proven ability to recruit, onboard, and develop top-tier engineers, i