Director of Engineering - FinCrime
Director of Engineering - FinCrime
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Job Description
At Aspire were more than just a FinTech companywere the leading allinone financial operating system built to empower the worlds innovators and entrepreneurs. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance empowering startups and businesses to realise their full potential.
Founded in 2018 Aspire has raised over USD 300M across equity and debt from worldclass 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 empowered more than 50000 businesses using our suite of products.
Aspire has consistently been recognized for excellence earning Best Employer and Startup of the Year by the Asia FinTech Awards in 2022 and 2023 ranked as LinkedIns Top Startup in Singapore and listed on CB Insights Top 100 Global Fintech in 2023 and 2024.
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 exentrepreneurs exfounders and highachievers 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 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 Aspires exceptional products and infrastructure. We take pride in developing cuttingedge digitalfirst technology solutions that simplify financial services for businesses!
About the role:
As the Director of Engineering for FinCrime you will lead the Fraud Risk AML Security and compliance engineering teams shaping the technology vision and for Aspires FinCrime infrastructure. This is a strategic leadership role in which you will drive the longterm roadmap technical strategy and regulatory Compliance in fraud prevention and risk management.
- Leadership: Codefine the longterm vision and roadmap for risk products that align with business regulatory and technological goals.Build and enhance fraud detection risk mitigation and security infrastructure ensuring compliance with financial regulations.
- Product Delivery: Lead the endtoend product development for KYC/KYB AML transaction monitoring fraud prevention and security systems.
- Technical expertise: Guide teams on microservices architecture infrastructure and secure system design as well as implement best practices in monitoring logging caching and automation.
- Engineering management: Technically lead and mentor a highperforming multiregion engineering team fostering a culture of innovation and accountability.
- Process management: Optimize Agile (Scrum) processes ensuring efficient and highquality deliverables.
- Domain Expertise: Develop a strong understanding of financial regulations and compliance requirements in relevant markets while working closely with operations legal Compliance other engineering and product teams to deliver risk management solutions.
Minimum Qualifications:
- 1215 years of experience in software architecture and development with a minimum of 5 years in the Fintech Industry
- Expertise in Risk Fraud IT Security AML & Compliance from an engineering perspective
- Strong technical experience in microservices multistack/platform exposure database cloud frontend understanding handson with tools for monitoring caching logging etc.
- Excellent problemsolving change management and stakeholder communication skills as well as the ability to solve ambiguity.
- Experience implementing and optimizing Agile Scrum or Kanban development processes.
- Proven leadership ability to mentor motivate and guide technical teams.
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong understanding of DevOps Cloud technologies performance and data management concepts.
- Experience managing thirdparty vendors including contract negotiations
- Experience in collaborating and managing teams across multiple regions.
- Familiarity with AIdriven fraud detection and risk management solutions
What we offer
- Uncapped flexible annual leave.
- Hybrid work arrangement.
- Training subsidy for your professional growth.
- Wellness benefit.
- Team bonding budget to foster collaboration and sense of belonging.
- Flexibility to work from anywhere (for up to 90 days per annum).
- Culture is Key: We always strive to cultivate a special culture that brings special talents together You can learn more about our culture on our careers site and LinkedIn Life page.
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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Required Experience:
Director
Employment Type
Full Time
