Senior Backend Engineer

Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in South-East Asia. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups to realise their full potential.

Founded in 2018 by former Lazada founders and executives, Aspire has raised over USD 200M+ across equity and debt from world-class investors. To power our solutions we have partnered with some of the best companies in the world such as Visa and Wise.

In 2020 we were awarded Hottest Startup by Singapore Business Review and Finalist MAS Fintech Awards, and in 2021 were named in LinkedIn's Top 5 Startups to work for in Singapore.

You will be amazed by the energy and experience of our team. We are a team of ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers with international backgrounds. We team up to reach the highest standards in what we do, and don't take NO for an answer.

We are expanding rapidly. Are you a top talent? Are you passionate about entrepreneurship? Join us and make an impact in the fintech space.

We are hiring Senior Backend Engineers who have experienced in building backend systems in the cloud. You will be building a leading fintech product across South-East Asia on an international & diverse team.

What will you be doing?

• Communicate effectively in English across Engineering, Product, UX teams on daily basis
• Design, develop and maintain cutting edge web-based applications
• Make and help managers make decisions about priorities, timelines and chosen design approach
• Keep abreast of new trends and best practices in web development

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

• Strong experience in any PHP frameworks
• Proven record of working with modern rapid development frameworks and technologies (backend frameworks and cloud-based technologies)
• Understanding of SOLID principles, OOP, functional programming
• Understanding of web standards, most notably HTTP, REST, graphQL
• Experience in automated testing your code, CI & build pipelines
• Familiarity with monitoring your systems (newrelic, datadog, splunk etc)

Nice to have:

• Experience working in fintech, healthcare or other heavily regulated environment
• CS degree and/or a few years of experience in software engineering role

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