Airwallex
About
Empowering modern businesses to grow beyond borders
Airwallex is the leading financial technology platform for modern businesses growing beyond borders.
With one of the world’s most powerful payments and banking infrastructure, our technology empowers businesses of all sizes to accept payments, move money globally, and simplify their financial operations, all in one single platform.
- Location
- Melbourne
- Website
- Visit website
- Founded
- 2015
- Employees
- 500+
- Industry
- FinTech
- Funding stage
- Series E
Careers
Available roles
The Matchstiq Top 2025
Snapshot of Airwallex
Powering Global Ambition
Helping businesses trade without borders.
Airwallex began in a Melbourne café, when founders Jack Zhang and Max Li grew frustrated by costly international payments. Alongside Lucy Liu, Jacob Dai and Ki-Lok Wong, they set out to build a modern, global financial infrastructure from scratch.
Launched in 2015, Airwallex now enables fast, low-cost payments, multi-currency accounts, cards and expense tools for businesses in over 20 countries.
Why Work at Airwallex? Big impact. Global scale. Still early.
Serious scale With over 900 million US dollars raised and a valuation north of 5.6 billion, Airwallex processes more than 130 billion in payments each year – yet there’s still so much to build.
Global by design From Melbourne to Singapore, London to San Francisco, the team works across borders to solve complex payment problems for ambitious businesses.
Real impact Whether you’re building APIs, improving FX rates, or designing expense tools, your work helps companies grow faster and smarter.
Speed and ownership Founded by engineers, Airwallex values pace, autonomy and product-first thinking. You’ll move quickly, learn fast and ship globally.
Milestones
- 2015: Founded in Melbourne
- 2016: First cross-border payment product launched
- 2019: Became a unicorn
- 2022: Valuation hit 5.6 billion
- 2025: On track to raise again at 6 billion valuation
The Vision Airwallex wants to be the AWS of global finance – the layer powering how modern businesses manage money across borders. Its infrastructure-first approach gives companies the tools to scale faster, with less friction.
Working with us
Values
Customers First
Our customers are why we are here. Knowing them, keeping them and consistently delivering a superior experience is the only way we can fulfill our mission.
Obsessive Curiosity
We always start by asking why and seek to understand. We have a hunger for knowledge, seek challenges that are insatiably interesting and always consider if there are better ideas.
Inspire and Be Inspired
We are a melting pot of cultures and ideas, and we recognise that happy, healthy and highly-functioning teams are inclusive and diverse. We celebrate success, share knowledge, learn and grow together.
Intellectual Honesty
We want to constantly seek the truth, to be open, constructive and transparent, approaching every problem with data and facts, not conjecture and opinion.
Craftsmanship
We are about product and engineering excellence. We create products and solutions with passion, finesse and meticulous attention-to-detail to deliver the best customer experience and outcome.
Make Impact
The reason we show up every day is our desire to make an impact and create a better world with what we do. We have one purpose in mind - to empower businesses of all sizes to grow without borders and scale the digital economy.