Software Engineer II - Backend

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 role:

We are hiring Backend Engineers who have experience in building backend systems in the cloud. 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 highly skilled technical professionals with diverse backgrounds who can help us accelerate and enhance our technical capabilities on this journey. You will be building a leading fintech product for global businesses while working with diverse teams.

What will you be doing?

• Design, develop and maintain cutting edge web-based fintech products
• Defining the software architecture and building the scalable & fault tolerance system
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in development
• Communicate effectively in English across Engineering, Product, UX teams on daily
• basis

We would love to get to know you if you have the following:

• Graduated with a Computer Science degree with 1 to 4 years of working experience in a software engineering role
• Working experience of start-ups or good tech companies with education from top universities.
• Strong hands-on and proficient in at least one backend programming language such as PHP, Go, Python, Java, etc.
• Strong Understanding of RESTful API design and implementation
• Solid understanding of software architecture principles and design patterns
• Code Quality: Focus on code quality and best practices, and ability to ensure code quality in the work.
• Code Review: Ability to review code, identify bugs, and provide feedback to ensure code quality standards are met.
• Unit Testing and Integration Testing: Experience in writing and executing unit tests and integration tests as well as debugging skills.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to identify and resolve complex issues.
• Experience with version control systems such as Git.
• Familiarity with agile methodologies and experience working in an agile environment.
• Strong communication skills and collaboration skills

Nice to have:

• Experience working in strong tech-oriented companies
• Working experience with full stack development, particular on frontend, mobile
• Exposure of DevOps with AWS
• Good to have work exposure to databases and monitoring tools
• Fintech domain experience

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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