Job Overview
Location
US - San Francisco
Job Type
Full-time
Category
Data & Analytics
Date Posted
July 14, 2026
Full Job Description
📋 Description
- • We’re hiring a Director, Data and Knowledge Platform Engineering (based in San Francisco) to own the architecture, delivery, and adoption of a governed, reusable Data → Knowledge → Skills stack that powers analytics, AI agents, and real-time decisioning across the company.
- • This is a product-facing platform leadership role.
- • The successful leader will design and scale the semantic and operational layers on top of our Data Lakehouse (Databricks), enforce strong governance and lineage, and productize capabilities so both human analysts and machine agents reason and act consistently.
- • Our platform is evolving beyond raw data storage into a structured, scalable system comprising three tightly integrated layers:
- • Data – Governed, well-modeled, structured datasets including transactional records, event streams, dimensional models, and feature tables.
- • Knowledge – A semantic layer that makes data meaningful to both humans and machines.
- • Skills – Operationalized capabilities that act on data and knowledge.
- • A critical component of this role is ownership of the regional and global data localization strategy within our Databricks environment.
- • You will partner closely with Data Science, AI engineering, Product, and Risk teams to ensure the platform supports rapid experimentation, intelligent automation, and high-quality decision-making, transforming raw data into durable knowledge and deployable skills across the organization.
🎯 Requirements
- • 15+ years in data or platform engineering, with 5+ years leading engineering teams in complex, multi-region environments.
- • Proven experience architecting and scaling modern data platforms that extend beyond storage to include semantic layers, metadata systems, or knowledge graphs.
- • Strong hands-on expertise in data modeling (transactional, event-driven, dimensional, feature tables) with robust data quality, lineage, and observability practices.
🏖️ Benefits
- • Competitive salary
- • Comprehensive benefits package
- • Opportunity to work with a leading fintech company
- • Collaborative and dynamic work environment
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About Airwallex (UK) Limited
Airwallex is a global financial technology company providing cross-border payment and banking infrastructure for businesses. It offers multi-currency accounts, foreign exchange, card issuing, expense management, and embedded finance APIs. Founded in Melbourne in 2015, the company serves enterprises and SMEs across Asia-Pacific, Europe, and the Americas, operating under licenses in multiple jurisdictions and processing billions in annualized transaction volume.
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