Software Engineer, Frontend

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 100,000 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 1,500 of the brightest and most innovative people in tech located across more than 20 offices across the globe. Valued at US$5.6 billion and backed by world-leading investors including Sequoia, Lone Pine, Greenoaks, DST Global, Salesforce Ventures and Mastercard, 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.

About the Role

Become an integral part of our Identity and User Security team, where you will play a critical role in advancing our identity solutions and fortifying our account infrastructure, creating the secure, seamless, and intuitive interfaces that our global customers use to manage their identities and business accounts.

We are looking for Frontend engineers driven to work on cutting-edge projects that enhance the security, accessibility, and user experience of our platform. You will collaborate globally with product managers, designers, and backend engineers to deliver exceptional Identity and Account solutions that safeguard businesses and optimize our infrastructure for Airwallex's exponential growth.

Responsibilities:

• Build high-quality products using latest versions of React and TypeScript
• Build micro-frontend web applications using domain-based design and Single SPA frameworks to ensure seamless integration.
• Leverage Apollo GraphQL as a Backend-for-Frontend (BFF) to build scalable and high-performance node service with simple and contact-based integration with backend.
• Partner with the design team to build our design system and common component libraries, benchmarking against industry standards like Material UI and Ant Design.
• Deliver NPM packages and library widgets with open source project to facilitate easy client integration.
• Leverage GCP, Aliyun K8S / Bucket CDN, and Cloudflare to deploy micro-frontends and Node.js services using GitLab CI/CD best practices.
• Adopt React Testing Library, Cypress, and Test Render to design high-quality unit test and e2e test with 80%+ coverage.
• Build no-code/serverless CMS systems for corporate and branding pages using Contentful and Next.js.
• Actively engage with the Frontend Guild, research cutting-edge technologies, and drive initiatives to build high-quality products and reduce technical debt.

Who you are

We're looking for people who meet the minimum qualifications for this role. The preferred qualifications are great to have, but are not mandatory.

Minimum qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related engineering major.
• 3+ years of frontend development experience, including 1+ year specifically in frontend architecture.
• Have experience developing large-scale financial web systems.
• Proficient in HTML5, CSS3, ECMAScript 6+, and TypeScript.
• Proficient in React, VUE, Angular and corresponding technology stack.
• Strong knowledge of HTTP(s) protocols, RESTful specifications, and build tools like Webpack, Polyfull, Rollup.js.
• Expertise in Styled-Components, Emotion, or SCSS and frameworks like Material UI or Ant Design.
• Have experience building Backend-for-Frontend layers using Node.js.

Preferred qualifications:

• Skilled in Modern Technologies: You have a strong background in software development with expertise in React, TypeScript, Node.js, and modern architectural patterns such as micro frontends and GraphQL.
• Innovative and Curious: You possess a relentless curiosity and a commitment to excellence, always probing and innovating to find better solutions.
• Diverse and Collaborative: You thrive in diverse, global teams and contribute to a collaborative, inclusive work environment.
• Efficient and Proactive: You focus on automating tasks to concentrate on high-impact activities and are proactive in reducing technical debt.
• Broad Technical Interests: You are interested in beyond frontend technologies, including design systems, server-side development, and data analytics.