Airwallex
Airwallex Innovation, Technology & Agility
Innovation Pace
Airwallex is highly innovative: teams ship new products fast, run experiments, and push the boundaries of global finance with AI‑powered infrastructure.
- Externally recognized: Ranked No. 3 on Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies (Finance & Personal Finance, 2025) and included in Forbes Cloud 100, with ongoing newsroom coverage of innovation milestones.
- Always shipping: Recent launches span new regions and products (e.g., Yield, embedded finance partnerships, expanded payment acceptance), with strategy and product roadmaps shared in All Hands.
- AI at the core: Engineering and product teams deploy LLM tools and AI features across the stack—from DevHub AI Chat to IDE assistants and risk/onboarding automation—to accelerate delivery and quality.
- Culture of experimentation: Hackathons and innovation forums encourage bottom‑up ideas, rapid prototyping, and recognition for high‑impact projects.
- Industry validation: Winner of Banking Tech of the Year at the Asia FinTech Awards 2025, judges cited customer impact and category‑redefining solutions.
Tools & Technology Quality
Airwallex equips teams with modern, AI‑powered tools, clear systems, and practical enablement, so people can deliver great work with speed and confidence through:
- AI‑enabled developer tools: Devhub AI Chat and IDE‑integrated LLM assistants help engineers code, test, and ship faster, with higher quality.
- Performance and collaboration systems: Lattice powers 1:1s, feedback, and reviews, while global Slack channels keep priorities and updates visible.
- Workplace provisioning: The workplace team provides access and onboarding support, ensuring flexible, well‑equipped spaces for collaboration.
- Role and leadership enablement: Programs like Airwallex Elevate, self‑paced LMS learning, and targeted trainings ensure employees can use tools effectively and grow their capabilities.
- Innovation forums and alignment: Hackathons foster rapid prototyping and cross‑functional mentorship, while regular All Hands share roadmaps and product updates to connect tools with strategy.
Adoption of Emerging Tech
Airwallex adopts new technology quickly by piloting, validating, and scaling across teams—especially with AI—so employees can deliver faster with higher quality through our:
- AI‑first culture: Leadership prioritizes AI as central to our future, guiding rapid adoption across products and workflows.
- Rapid pilots: Teams test and iterate quickly to prove value before broader rollout.
- Company‑wide rollouts: IDE‑integrated LLM assistants moved from pilot to global deployment to speed coding, testing, and shipping.
- POC‑to‑production velocity: Strong collaboration helps ideas move from proof‑of‑concept to production fast.
- Hackathons drive adoption: Innovation forums and hackathons accelerate testing of new tools and approaches.
- Industry recognition: Fast Company ranked Airwallex No. 3 for innovation in Finance (2025), reflecting our pace of adopting and scaling new tech.
