Engineering Manager

About Aspora

Aspora is dedicated to creating a borderless financial operating system that enables mobile and transparent money management for people on the move. Founded in 2022 and supported by leading venture capital firms including Sequoia Capital, Greylock Partners, Hummingbird Ventures, Y Combinator, and Global Founders Capital, Aspora operates with a team of over 150 professionals spread across India, the UK, UAE, EU, and the US. The team embodies values such as extreme ownership, radical candor, and an intense focus on customer impact. At Aspora, innovation thrives through challenging assumptions, rapid delivery, and transforming regulatory challenges into elegant, customer-centric solutions.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and mentorship to engineers by establishing clear technical vision for the team.
• Foster a culture centered on ownership, growth, and continuous feedback through coaching and collaboration.
• Engage in key architectural planning, decision-making, and problem-solving alongside senior engineering staff.
• Collaborate extensively with Product teams to scrutinize requirements, clarify priorities, and align goals.
• Partner with Support and Operations teams to understand customer concerns and operational needs, incorporating these insights into planning and delivery improvements.
• Maintain transparent communication about progress, risks, and decisions with stakeholders and senior management.
• Plan, prioritize, and oversee engineering tasks to ensure seamless end-to-end execution and delivery.
• Remove impediments to maintain strong development velocity and facilitate efficient workflows.
• Ensure adherence to high engineering standards for reliable, thoroughly tested, and operationally sound systems.
• Own and continuously optimize team metrics such as latency, success rates, and efficiency, using data-driven insights to enhance performance.

Candidate Profile

• Possesses between 6 to 9 years of professional experience in software engineering.
• Demonstrated success transitioning from an individual contributor role to managing people.
• Thrives in dynamic, high-growth startup contexts.
• Combines hands-on technical proficiency with strong leadership and mentoring capabilities.
• Excellently balances decision-making to advance business objectives while supporting team member development.
• Aspora embraces a technology-agnostic approach prioritizing solid engineering fundamentals over specific technology stacks.

Why Join Aspora?

• Lead pivotal engineering teams influencing customer trust and business expansion.
• Opportunity for a hybrid role blending active engineering involvement with team leadership.
• Enjoy high autonomy, strong ownership, and the chance to shape the engineering culture from inception.
• Work alongside skilled cross-functional partners within a fast-paced and supportive environment.

Benefits

• Competitive pay packages including equity, commensurate with experience, impact, and industry benchmarks.
• Support for growth via professional development budgets and dedicated learning stipends.
• Initiatives promoting wellness and team engagement to enhance work-life balance and collaboration.