Software Architect

About the company

Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses. We are on a

mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business

owners, empowering startups and SMBs 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 JP Morgan,

Visa and Wise and helped more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.

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 2024, we also made it to CB Insights’

Top 100 Global Fintech List two years in a row.

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!

About the team

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.

Location

Gurugram or Bengaluru

About the role

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 Architect 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.

Minimum Qualifications

● Working experience with Fintech start-ups or good tech companies with education from top

universities with 9+ years of experience

● Strong understanding and hands-on with programming languages, frameworks &

technologies.

● Define the design and architecture for a scalable and fault-tolerant fintech system

● Execute vertical-specific complex technical projects smoothly

● Evaluation and selection of appropriate technologies & frameworks

● Proactively optimizing system performance, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing

efficient solutions

Preferred Qualifications

● Strong grasp of software design patterns, architecture, and cutting-edge technologies.

● Strong expertise in software development methodologies, system architecture, debugging,

testing, and technical documentation

● Exposure to multiple tech stacks, and proficiency in at least one backend programming

language such as PHP, Go, Python, Node.js, Java, etc. Prefer to have work experience with

PHP.

● Deep understanding of microservices architecture, and RESTful API design and knowledge

of data architecture for database systems.

● Experience with caching, message broker, Logging and monitoring tools, etc

● Good understanding of scalability and performance considerations and implementing

systems to handle high traffic and large data.

● Proven ability to design systems with correctness, concurrency control, and fault tolerance —

ensuring safe behavior under load, retries, and race conditions.

● Balanced approach to scalability, performance and reliability, especially in domains where

accuracy, safety, and auditability