Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in APAC. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and MSME to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. In 2023, we successfully closed an oversubscribed USD 100 million Series C equity round led by Sequoia Capital and Lightspeed Ventures with participation of Tencent, Paypal Ventures, LGT Capital Partners, Picus Capital and MassMutual Ventures. To power our solutions, we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise and helped more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.
For 2 consecutive years in 2022 & 2023, Aspire has been awarded Best Employer of the Year and Startup of the year by Asia FinTech Awards, and also LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore. In 2023, we also made it to CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech List.
You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team! Aspire serves as an environment for you to innovate and drive change with our team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international and diverse backgrounds.
Are you a top talent who is passionate about entrepreneurship? Join our rapidly growing team to make an impact in the fintech space!
At Aspire, we believe that technology has the power to revolutionize the way businesses manage finances. Our Engineering Team is at the forefront of this transformative journey, responsible for designing, building, and maintaining Aspire's exceptional products and infrastructure. We take pride in developing cutting-edge, digital first technology solutions that simplifies financial services for businesses
As we enter our next phase, we are focused on building a next-generation architecture that can sustain high growth and endure for years to come. To help us on this journey, we're seeking a highly skilled Technical Lead with diverse backgrounds who can drive and help us accelerate and enhance our technical capabilities on this journey. You will be building a leading fintech product across South-East Asia on an international & diverse team.
● Technical delivery execution of the team/pod to drive technical excellence
● Create a realistic technical sprint plan and align it with a quarter roadmap with stakeholders
● Collaborate and drive timely and quality delivery with proper technical documentation
● Identify technical challenges worth solving, and create technical design and plan to solve
● Hands-on coding, doing code reviews and story execution
● Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in technology, establish best practices and share knowledge with the wider team.
● Manage, mentor, and guide technical team members
● Working experience with start-ups or good tech companies with education from top universities with 7-10 years of experience
● Strong understanding and hands-on with programming languages, frameworks & technologies and able to provide technical guidance and direction to the team.
● Proficiency in at least one backend programming language such as PHP, Go, Python, Node.js, Java, etc. Prefer to have work experience with PHP.
● Good understanding of microservices architecture, and RESTful API design and knowledge of data architecture for database systems.
● Experience of delivery and team management with agile methodologies and driving a pod, scrum etc for sprint delivery
● Good understanding of software development methodologies, system architecture, debugging, testing, code reviews, and technical documentation
● Experience in refactoring, optimizing code, managing technical debt, and able to prioritize tasks to ensure the technical debt is minimized.
● Ability to evaluate new technologies and tools, and make informed decisions about their use in the organization.
● Strong understanding of code quality and best practices, and ability to apply them within the team to ensure high-quality code
● Excellent problem-solving skills and be able to identify and address complex technical problems.
● Strong communication skills and collaboration skills
● Positive attitude, Proactiveness, Grittiness, Ownership, Adaptability, Strong Work Ethics
● Working experience with full stack development, understanding of frontend, and mobile technologies.
● Exposure to DevOps with AWS, messaging, logging and monitoring frameworks
● Exposure to multiple backend tech stacks
● Fintech domain experience
What we offer
Equal Opportunity Statement
Aspire is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by applicable laws.
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