--- title: 'Information Security Lead at Aspora' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/information-security-lead-aspora-vilnius-1zjdmw81fmtd' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-11-06' --- # Information Security Lead at Aspora - **Company:** Aspora - **Location:** Vilnius, Lithuania - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** hybrid - **Posted:** 2026-10-21 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-11-06 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aspora/4613cfba-0ec0-4d9c-836c-0708db9ff23a ## Job description ## About Aspora People on the move deserve a bank that moves with them. Since 2022, Aspora has been building a borderless financial operating system that makes money as mobile and transparent as its users. Backed by influential venture capitalists like Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Y Combinator & Global Founders Capital. We're a team of 150+ across India, the UK, the UAE, EU and the US, working with extreme ownership, radical candour, and an obsession with customer impact. We celebrate builders who question assumptions, ship fast, and turn regulatory complexity into elegant solutions. If you’re driven to redefine what global banking can be, we’d love to build the future with you. ## About the Role Aspora moves money between the EU, the UK, the UAE and India. Every corridor runs on licences, partner banks and regulators who expect security to be proven, not promised. This role is the named local owner of ICT risk, information security and IT for our EU entity — the person responsible for making our security posture provable to any regulator, auditor or partner bank, on demand. You will own the ICT risk framework, the regulatory relationship and the certification programme, working daily with Infrastructure, DevOps and the Head of Engineering, reporting to our COO. The role is built to grow into our senior security leadership seat. ## Who You Are — You've worked in regulated financial services. You've run information security or ICT risk inside a bank, EMI, payment institution or fintech, and you've sat across from the regulator during inspections or incident notifications. — You've closed a certification cycle. You've owned or materially run ISO 27001, SOC 2 or PCI-DSS end to end — from scoping through evidence to closing the findings. — You speak engineer. You can read AWS access controls and a vulnerability scan, triage what matters, and have a credible technical conversation with the people who fix it. — You've led the response. You've run incident response and DR drills hands-on, made regulatory notification calls under pressure, and stayed accountable through the post-incident fix. — You work in Lithuanian and English. You can represent the entity to the Bank of Lithuania and partner banks in both languages, in writing and in the room. Most importantly, you want to own the whole picture: the framework, the regulator, the certification and the engineering follow-through, for a cross-border bank that is still being built. ## What You'll Own — ICT risk and regulatory assurance. Build and run the DORA risk framework, policies, risk register and third-party register. Represent the EU entity to the Bank of Lithuania, auditors and partner banks on every IT and security matter, and close findings before they age. — Certifications. Run the group ISO 27001 and PCI-DSS programme for the EU entity so one body of evidence serves every jurisdiction. — Incident response and data protection. Own the incident-response playbook including the regulatory notification path, run DR and BCP drills, and be the technical counterpart to the DPO on DPIAs, transfer assessments and breach notifications. — Engineering follow-through. Convert audit and regulatory requirements into engineering tickets with owners and dates, and follow every one to closure. — Entity IT. Own devices, identity and access, SaaS tooling and joiner/mover/leaver for EU staff. ## Why Aspora — Define what provable security looks like for a cross-border bank — and set the standard every future entity inherits. — Work directly with our COO and Head of Engineering, with the authority to set the bar and the support to hold it. — Own the EU entity's regulatory relationship on security from day one, with room to grow the function as Aspora grows. — Competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and ESOPs aligned with Aspora's long-term vision. Location Vilnius, Lithuania ## About Aspora ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Aspora is building a borderless financial operating system for Non-Resident Indians (NRIs), enabling cross-border money transfers, savings, bill payments, and investments. - **Entity Type**: Private - **Headquarters**: London, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Parth Garg (CEO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: Financial Services, Cross-Border Payments, Fintech - **Target customers**: B2C (Non-Resident Indians / Global Indians living in the US, UK, UAE, and EU) - **Mission or purpose statement**: "Building borderless finance for NRIs" — helping global Indians manage money seamlessly while staying connected to the people and places they love. ## Products & Services - **Cross-Border Money Transfers**: Send money to India at "Google Rates" (live mid-market exchange rates) with zero hidden fees. 256-bit encryption and 24/7 support. - **Global Savings Accounts**: Save in global currencies with up to 9% interest. - **Automated EMIs & SIPs**: Automated recurring payments for loans and systematic investment plans. - **Bill Payments**: Stay on top of bills in India from abroad. - **Business Banking (in development)**: A "Founding GTM Specialist (Business Banking)" role is open, indicating an upcoming B2B offering. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed. - **Key Metric**: Over $2 billion securely transferred worldwide; over ₹150 crore saved by users in forex fees. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not publicly disclosed on the website or LinkedIn. Funds are held with regulated financial institutions. - **Growth Signals**: - **User base**: Trusted by 1 million+ NRIs. - **Headcount**: 200 employees (LinkedIn estimate), with a monthly growth rate of +7.0%. - **Geographic expansion**: Active in 6 countries (US, UK, UAE, India, and others) with 4 more countries coming this year. Secured a Financial Services license from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA) in February 2026. - **Active hiring**: 17 active job postings (LinkedIn), with monthly job posting growth of +13.3% and quarterly growth of +88.9%. ## Competitive Advantages - **Pricing Transparency**: Guarantees "Google Rates" (live mid-market exchange rates) with zero hidden fees — a strong differentiator against traditional banks and many fintech competitors. - **Security-First Approach**: 256-bit encryption, proactive fraud detection, funds held with regulated financial institutions. - **Niche Focus**: Deeply specialized in the NRI segment, offering a full financial OS (send, pay, invest) rather than just a single transfer service. - **Scale & Trust**: $2B+ transferred and 1M+ users provides a strong network effect and credibility. ## Strategic Focus - **Geographic Expansion**: Actively expanding into new countries (4 more planned this year) and securing regulatory licenses (e.g., DFSA in Dubai). - **Product Expansion**: Moving beyond transfers into savings (up to 9% interest), investments, and business banking. - **Talent Acquisition**: Aggressively hiring across engineering, product, compliance, and growth roles to support scaling. ## Why Work Here - **High-Growth Environment**: The company is in a rapid growth phase (200 employees, 7% monthly headcount growth, expanding to new countries). This offers significant career acceleration and ownership opportunities. - **Mission-Driven**: Work on a product that directly helps the global Indian diaspora — a large, underserved, and emotionally resonant market. - **Modern Tech Stack**: Uses a sophisticated stack including Python, Java, Spring Boot, Google Cloud Platform, Snowflake, Databricks, Apache Spark, Flink, Airflow, Terraform, dbt, and Looker. Strong emphasis on data engineering and platform engineering. - **Work Policy**: Hybrid/In-Office model. London HQ, with offices in Bangalore (Bengaluru) and Dubai. BuiltIn indicates a mix of in-office and remote roles. - **Culture**: Described as building "for the dreamers, the doers, the ones who see the world as their canvas." Focus on transparency, security, and customer obsession. - **Active Open Roles (as of mid-2026)**: Staff Engineer, Engineering Manager, Senior Software Engineer (Backend), Senior Data Platform Engineer, Senior Product Analytics, Head of Growth, Treasury Operations Lead, Group Chief Compliance Officer, Personal Banking Manager, and more. ## Sources 1. [aspora.com](https://www.aspora.com/) 2. [aspora.com/about-us](https://www.aspora.com/about-us) 3. [LinkedIn](https://uk.linkedin.com/company/get-aspora) 4. [Built In](https://builtin.com/company/aspora) 5. 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