Principal AI Engineer, Business Accounts
AI
Airwallex is seeking a Principal AI Engineer for its Business Accounts team in Sydney. The role involves defining the technical and strategic vision for AI solutions, building intelligent systems with language models, and designing robust APIs and system architecture. Requires 10+ years of backend software development experience with strong Python, TypeScript, or JavaScript skills and experience with large-scale distributed systems and vector databases.
What you'll do
- Define the technical and strategic vision for AI solutions that improve internal efficiency and transform the customer experience.
- Build intelligent systems using language models and related AI technologies, with a focus on reliable production use cases across Airwallex’s business account ecosystem.
- Design and implement robust APIs and system architecture for new AI applications, including systems that support liquidity optimisation, automated transfers and dynamic responses to business activity.
What you need
Must-have
PythonTypeScriptJavaScriptLarge-scale distributed systemsHigh concurrencyHigh throughputHigh availabilityVector databases
Nice-to-have
Financial servicesLendingPaymentsCredit productsSaaS products
Soft skills
OwnershipComfort with ambiguityAction-orientedDirect communicationRespectSimplifying complexityTechnical judgmentCuriosity
AI EngineerPrincipalFinancial ServicesFintechPythonTypeScriptJavaScriptDistributed SystemsVector DatabasesSydney