Staff Engineer

The role

You will shape the backend architecture for a global banking platform. You will design, build, and scale systems while mentoring engineers and driving technical direction.

What you will do

• Drive system architecture and high-level design for scalable, reliable backend platforms.
• Stay hands-on with coding, debugging, testing, and deployment.
• Build and evolve systems end-to-end.
• Make informed technical decisions by evaluating architectural trade-offs and long-term impact.
• Own performance, reliability, and operational excellence across backend components.
• Convert product requirements into robust technical solutions through close cross-functional collaboration.
• Mentor junior and mid-level engineers through design reviews, code reviews, and technical guidance.
• Define and champion engineering standards and best practices across the backend stack.
• Bring deep expertise in system design, distributed systems, databases, queues, caching, and cloud infrastructure.
• Shape technical direction and drive key engineering initiatives.

Required qualifications

• 7–12 years of strong backend engineering experience.
• Motivated to build products from the ground up and help define technical processes.
• Understand the pace and mindset of a startup.
• Deep technical expertise.
• Willingness to learn and adapt to internal systems and ways of working.
• Strong engineering fundamentals.

Nice to have

• Prior experience creating services from scratch is a strong plus.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and equity, aligned with experience, impact and market standards.
• Learning & development support, including professional development budgets and learning stipends.
• Wellness and team engagement programs to support work-life integration and collaboration.

About the company

Aspora is building a borderless financial operating system. The team consists of 150+ people across India, the UK, the UAE, EU and the US.