--- title: 'Staff Engineer at Aspora' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-engineer-aspora-bengaluru-5qp3b6wv9f9w' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-16' --- # Staff Engineer at Aspora - **Company:** Aspora - **Location:** Bengaluru, India - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** onsite - **Posted:** 2026-10-13 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/aspora/95a0ff9e-835b-4a6e-95f9-a24ff8911ec8 ## 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 As a Staff Engineer at Aspora, you’ll be a central technical force shaping the backend architecture that powers our global banking platform. This is a deeply hands-on role where you’ll design, build, and scale systems that serve millions of users across markets. You’ll work on large, ambiguous problems, break them down into clear technical direction, and partner closely with product, design, and operations to bring high-impact features to life. As one of the senior-most Individual Contributors in the team, you’ll raise the technical bar, mentor engineers, and influence engineering culture and decision-making across pods. If you enjoy building from scratch, solving complex distributed-systems challenges, and operating at a pace where ideas turn into shipped features quickly - you’ll feel right at home at Aspora. Location: Bangalore, India ## 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 to deliver high-quality backend services. - Build and evolve systems end-to-end; prior experience creating services from scratch is a strong plus. - 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 that strengthen the overall platform. ## Who You Are - You bring 7–12 years of strong backend engineering experience. - You’re motivated to build products from the ground up and help define technical processes at Aspora. - You understand the pace and mindset of a startup and are excited to contribute to its growth and culture. - You have deep technical expertise, paired with a willingness to learn and adapt to Aspora’s internal systems and ways of working. - We are language-agnostic and value strong engineering fundamentals over specific tech stacks. Why Aspora? - Build high-impact, zero-to-one systems that directly influence the product’s future. - Drive architecture and technical direction in a culture that values deep engineering thinking. - Work with a lean, high-ownership team where your contributions are visible and meaningful. - Grow with a fast-scaling startup where you help shape both the platform and the engineering culture. ## Perks and 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 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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