Airwallex Plans to Grow Its Singapore Team to More Than 1,000 With a S$2 Billion (About $1.6 Billion) Investment

Airwallex, the cross-border payments and financial platform, plans to invest more than S$2 billion in Singapore over the next five years, about $1.6 billion at the ExchangeRate-API daily rate, as it grows its local workforce from more than 750 to over 1,000 employees. Future hiring will focus on specialised roles in product development, engineering and AI, and the plan came with the opening of an expanded co-headquarters at Guoco Tower in Tanjong Pagar. For Metaintro readers in Singapore or thinking of moving there, this guide covers which teams are growing, what the Singapore listings on the Airwallex careers page ask for, and the work pass and job advert rules that shape who gets hired.

What Exactly Is Airwallex Planning in Singapore?

The plan pairs new money with more local hiring, and it keeps the city as one of its two global co-headquarters, alongside San Francisco.

Outlets convert S$2 billion differently, from about US$1.5 billion at e27 to more than S$2 billion ($1.56 billion) at TechNode Global. This article uses a rate of 1.283658 Singapore dollars to the US dollar, which turns S$2 billion into about $1.6 billion.

Both headcount figures are floors, not exact counts, so Airwallex has not given the exact number of new roles. Treat it as a hiring direction over five years, not a list of vacancies open this month.

The money is not broken into parts. It is meant to support further hiring, product innovation, technology development and the expansion of its regional and global operations, and Airwallex did not break the figure down.

The plan was developed in collaboration with the Singapore Economic Development Board, which expects the expansion to bring additional product and AI capabilities to Singapore while creating job opportunities in next-generation financial services.

Which Teams Will the New Hiring Focus On?

The growth is aimed at technical teams. Airwallex will focus on building specialised, high-value capabilities in areas such as product development, engineering and AI, which is meant to help create opportunities for local talent to contribute to the company's global operations and innovation.

The current team is broader than that. Its Singapore staff work across commercial, corporate, product and engineering functions, and Singapore also serves as a regional hub for Airwallex in Malaysia, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

The technical tilt is not new. Singapore headcount grew by 62% in 2025, and the Product, Engineering and Design group saw the strongest growth at 130%, reflecting continued investment in AI, data and engineering capabilities.

Demand from small firms is part of the case. Airwallex said local SMEs increasingly seek integrated financial platforms to manage their operations, and Lionel Tan, Head of SME and Growth, said interest in AI tools for managing finances is also rising.

We’re not just expanding our presence in Singapore, we’re investing in the talent, technology and capabilities that will power our next phase of global growth, Arnold Chan, General Manager, Asia-Pacific, said, according to the e27 analysis of the plan.

What Singapore Roles Are Listed on the Airwallex Careers Page?

Applications go through the Airwallex jobs page, which lets you filter by team and by location, with Singapore listed under APAC. On the Airwallex current jobs board, the Singapore roles on the first page include a Senior Data Scientist, Analytics (Risk and Payments) role in the Product team and two engineering internships.

More Singapore product roles sit on the same careers site, starting with the Senior Product Manager, Business Accounts role. The related Singapore jobs shown beside the Senior Data Scientist role also include Product Director, Issuing, Senior Product Manager, Identity, and two more Senior Data Scientist roles, in Regulatory Reporting and in Risk and Compliance.

The jobs page team filter, which covers all locations, also includes Regulatory and Compliance, Finance and Corporate Development, Legal, Operations, Sales and Strategy and Operations, so non-engineers can filter Singapore for those teams.

Each of these listings carries a fraud warning. Airwallex will not ask for bank details, sensitive ID numbers (i.e. passport), or any form of payment during the application or interview process, and all official messages come from an airwallex.com email address.

What Do the Two Engineering Internships Ask For?

The Software Engineer Intern (Jan to Jun 2027) role asks applicants to be able to commit to a 6 month placement period, ideally commence in Jan ‘27 through to June 2027, on full-time hours. Applicants must be a current student in Singapore, studying towards a formal tertiary qualification at a recognised university, with strong verbal and written communication skills and a desire to learn and grow with Airwallex as a technologist.

That intern will design, develop, and deploy production-ready capabilities for Airwallex’s Spend Cards and Issuing platform. The minimum skills start with proficiency in Python, with strong software engineering fundamentals. The minimum list also asks for the ability to design and implement AI-driven systems that automate workflows and improve customer experiences, strong skills in system design and critical thinking, a proven track record of writing clean, high-quality, production-grade code, experience working with production AI systems and excellent communication and collaboration skills.

The preferred list adds proficiency in Kotlin, Typescript or Javascript, familiarity with MLOps practices and deployment pipelines for AI-driven products, experience with vector databases, orchestration frameworks or event-driven systems, and exposure to cloud AI/ML services (AWS, GCP, or Azure). Its preferred skills are great to have, but are not mandatory.

The Software Engineer Intern (Summer 2027) role is a 12-week Software Engineering Intern Program commencing in May 2027, timed for the Singapore university summer break. It is open to students in the penultimate year or Final year of a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree, at any stage in your PhD in Computer Science, Software Engineering or equivalent. The same list adds Computing and Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) Fundamentals, strong verbal and written communication skills and a desire to learn and grow with Airwallex as a technologist.

The summer recruitment process covers application submission including your current resume and academic transcript, an online technical assessment, a talent screen, a live code interview and a hiring manager interview. Interviewers may test how you approach problem solving with and without AI assistance, and Airwallex says many of its interns receive an Airwallex Graduate role at intern program completion.

What Do the Senior Data and Product Roles Require?

The Senior Data Scientist, Analytics (Risk and Payments) listing asks for 7+ years industry experience and a degree in a quantitative field (e.g. Statistics, Engineering, Sciences, Computer Science, Economics), with an advanced degree counted as a bonus. It also wants strong skills in SQL and Python/R, experience in experimentation and causal inference, and excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and lists experience in technology, financial services or a high growth environment as advantageous.

The work centres on payments. The role will design and implement rigorous frontend experiments to improve the payment product experience and payment success rates, and it includes mentoring junior data scientists. With no salary printed on the listing, our data scientist salary guide by experience and city shows how US pay changes with experience.

The Senior Product Manager, Business Accounts listing lists as its first essential 5+ years of product management experience in high-growth technology companies, ideally across fintech, payments, treasury, financial infrastructure, or complex B2B SaaS. The other essentials are experience owning customer-facing product areas with meaningful UX complexity, a demonstrated ability to partner deeply with engineering teams on technically complex products, experience working cross-functionally across Product, Engineering, Design, Data, and operational stakeholders, strong communication and stakeholder management skills, a track record of building or improving products used by globally operating, multi-entity, or operationally complex businesses and exceptional product judgment, strong customer empathy, and a passion for craftsmanship.

The holder will own the product experience for Business Accounts across accounts, transfers, FX, reporting, and Airwallex Pay.

The role sits in the Singapore office, and the listing looks for someone happy being in the office three days a week. With no salary printed on that listing either, our product manager salary guide by level shows how US product manager pay changes by level.

What Pay and Benefits Does Airwallex Describe?

None of the Singapore listings above prints a salary figure. Airwallex describes its pay as top-of-market total compensation that reflects the expertise you bring and the impact you make every day but does not publish amounts.

On equity, eligible employees receive Restricted Stock Units (RSUs), or stock options in select locations, and it links high performance to differentiated pay, bonus potential, and long-term equity.

The leave and flexibility items are specific.

• One paid day off during your birthday month
• Three paid days annually through Airwallex Impact for volunteering
• Remote work from another Airwallex office or an eligible location where you have the legal right to work, for up to 30 days per year, subject to approval and local requirements
• An Employee Assistance Program with free, confidential access to mental health resources, therapy and career coaching for you and your immediate family

What Do Foreign Professionals Need to Work in Singapore?

For professionals moving from abroad, the key pass is the Employment Pass from the Ministry of Manpower, which allows foreign professionals, managers, executives and technicians to work in Singapore. It has two stages: a minimum salary, then, unless exempted, the points-based Complementarity Assessment Framework (COMPASS).

Outside financial services, the current minimum qualifying salary is S$5,600 (about $4,360), and candidates need to earn at least $5,600 a month under it. That floor increases progressively with age from age 23, up to $10,700 at age 45 and above, which is S$10,700 (about $8,340). For financial services, the current floor is S$6,200 (about $4,830), rising with age up to $11,800 at age 45 and above, which is S$11,800 (about $9,190).

The bar rises next year. For new applications from 1 Jan 2027, and for renewal of passes expiring from 1 Jan 2028, the floor becomes S$6,000 (about $4,670) outside financial services, rising with age up to $11,500 at age 45 and above, which is S$11,500 (about $8,960). In financial services it becomes S$6,600 (about $5,140), rising up to $12,700 at age 45 and above, which is S$12,700 (about $9,890). Which band applies depends on the employer's sector, and the eligibility page links a guide on which companies count as financial services.

Unless exempted, meeting the salary is not enough on its own. An application needs to earn 40 points to pass COMPASS, and stage 1 is the qualifying salary. Candidates who do not meet stage 1 will not be eligible for an EP, regardless of the points they would have scored under COMPASS.

How Does the Job Advert Rule Help Job Seekers?

Before an Employment Pass application, employers must first advertise the job on MyCareersFuture and consider all candidates fairly. That MyCareersFuture advert must be open for at least 14 consecutive days to allow job seekers to view and apply for the vacancy.

The rule also forces pay into the open. The advertised salary range must be visible to all candidates and cannot be hidden, and the maximum salary cannot exceed two times of the minimum salary. Employers should not make a job offer to a candidate during the mandatory FCF job advertising duration.

There are exemptions. An advert is not needed when your company has fewer than 10 employees, when the fixed monthly salary for the vacancy is $22,500 and above, which is S$22,500 (about $17,530), when the role is short-term, i.e. not more than 1 month, when the role is to be filled by a local transferee, or when the role is to be filled by a candidate choosing to apply as an overseas intra-corporate transferee. How many of the new roles will go to hires from abroad is not yet public.

Airwallex’s investment also highlights Singapore’s position as a key hub for fintech innovation, and a strategic base for companies expanding across Southeast Asia and the wider APAC regions, Herman Loh, Senior Vice President and Co-Head, Digital Industry Singapore, EDB, said, according to the Fintech News Singapore report.

How Big Is Airwallex, and How Is Its Singapore Business Doing?

The Singapore business recorded 90% year-on-year revenue growth and a 90% increase in total transaction volume in the first half of 2026. For the full 2025 financial year, FY2025 revenue in Singapore grew 107% year-on-year (YoY), with transaction volume rising 93%. No absolute Singapore revenue figure was disclosed, so it is hard to tell how much of that is a modest base compounding quickly, in e27's view.

The office is growing in step. Airwallex added office space on level 35 and plans to occupy another floor in early 2027, after which its Singapore office will cover more than 80,000 square feet across four floors. It set up its global headquarters in Singapore in 2023.

Group-wide, Airwallex describes itself as co-headquartered in San Francisco and Singapore, with more than 2,700 people across 27 offices. Global headcount was more than 2,300 when it announced its US$320 million Series H in June, by e27's count, a round that values the company at $11 billion.

For scale, Singapore fintechs raised US$499 million across 53 deals in the first half of 2026, the weakest first-half fintech showing in close to a decade, by e27's count.

What This Means for Job Seekers in Singapore, and What Should You Do Next?

The useful signal here is the type of work, not the headline money. The headcount goal is spread over five years, and the focus on specialised roles in product development, engineering and AI tells you which teams the new hiring will focus on. Students can apply now for the two Singapore engineering internships, while the Senior Data Scientist role and the Senior Product Manager role both ask for years of experience.

• Students, apply early. The summer internship reviews applications on a rolling basis, as does the Jan to Jun internship. For that one, send the PDF copies of your transcripts and CV outlining when you finish your studies, and tighten your resume with our guide on how to write a software engineer resume that gets interviews.
• Practise AI-assisted coding. Interviewers may look at your ability to evaluate, refine or challenge AI-generated suggestions, so practise explaining when you would reject an AI answer.
• Watch MyCareersFuture too. Unless an exemption applies, roles that need an Employment Pass must first be advertised on MyCareersFuture, so search there too.
• Moving from abroad? Check the Employment Pass salary floor and COMPASS points for your age before you apply, since the floor rises for new applications from January 2027.
• Stay safe. Apply only through careers.airwallex.com or its official channels, and never pay or share bank details to get a job.

Lacey Kaelani, Metaintro's CEO, puts it this way: A headcount target over five years is not a job opening. Follow the teams that are actually growing, apply when a role fits you, and walk into the interview ready to show how you build with AI, not just that you use it.

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People Also Asked

Q: How many people will Airwallex employ in Singapore?

A: Airwallex plans to grow its local workforce from more than 750 to over 1,000 employees over the next five years, so the exact number of new roles has not been given.

Q: How much is Airwallex investing in Singapore?

A: It plans to invest more than S$2 billion in Singapore over the next five years, which is about $1.6 billion at the latest ExchangeRate-API daily rate.

Q: Where do I apply for Airwallex jobs in Singapore?

A: Openings are posted on the Airwallex jobs page, where you can filter by team and by the Singapore location under APAC.

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