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About Aspora Aspora is building a Financial Services platform for immigrants around the world. We are backed by influential venture capitalists like Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Y Combinator, Global Founders Capital, and are on a mission to simplify global banking as easily as booking an Uber. We re first taking on the Indian diaspora - the largest and wealthiest immigrant population. 18 million Non-Resident Indians hold over $1.5T in wealth of which $500B is back in India. They remit $125B back every year and account for 25% of all real estate purchases in India. Yet, the banking experiences of these NRIs are archaic. We re building a new age platform to service these NRIs with cross border money movement. We are a team of 50 that works with the intensity and the agility of a sports team. With innovation, hustle, and collaboration at our core, we aim to build better banking for all immigrants around the world. Discover more about our work, our ethos, and our vision on our website, Aspora About the Role We re looking for a high-impact Staff Engineer to lead core systems design and architecture at Aspora. This is a high impact role focused on building scalable infrastructure, driving technical excellence, and mentoring engineers. You ll work closely with product, mobile, and ops teams to build scalable systems, solve complex problems, continue to write high-quality code yourself - helping us build the banking stack for the modern diaspora. Bangalore || In Office What You ll Own Architect, design, and code scalable, high-performance systems from scratch Set engineering direction for backend and platform teams Collaborate across engineering, product, and infra to deliver key features Lead code reviews and design discussions with a focus on scalability and reliability Debug complex systems and drive performance improvements Build frameworks and tools that improve developer velocity Mentor engineers and help grow the technical bar at Aspora Who You Are 7+ years of backend engineering experience in fast-paced environments Deep knowledge of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and system design Strong debugging and performance optimization skills Experience mentoring engineers and scaling systems Comfortable balancing quick iterations with robust long-term solutions Fintech/payments experience is a bonus Why Join Aspora Own architecture at a breakout fintech startup Build for scale across global users, high-volume payments, and real-time systems Work with a sharp, ambitious team that values speed, clarity, and craft Shape engineering culture and mentor the next generation of builders Create real-world impact serving millions of immigrants and their families If you re a hands-on architect who thrives on solving complex systems problems at scale, and want to build something that matters we d love to hear from you.
