Senior Data Architect

Aspire is the leading all-in-one finance operating system for growing businesses in APAC. We are on a mission to reinvent business finance for a new generation of entrepreneurs and business owners, empowering startups and MSME to realise their full potential. 

Founded in 2018, Aspire has raised over USD 300M+ across equity and debt from world-class 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 helped more than 50,000 businesses using our suite of products.

For 2 consecutive years in 2022 & 2023, Aspire has been awarded Best Employer of the Year and Startup of the year by Asia FinTech Awards, and also LinkedIn’s Top Startup in Singapore. In 2023, we also made it to CB Insights’ Top 100 Global Fintech List. 

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 ex-entrepreneurs, ex-founders, and high-achievers 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, Finance plays a strategic role in driving our business forward. Our Finance team consists of a wide range of crucial functions across 5 verticals: (i) Financial Controlling with Financial reporting, Audit support, Cost Management, Compliance and Risk Management and Tax planning, Reporting, (ii) Treasury, which is a core function for a Fintech with Cash flow and Liquidity Risk, Treasury Product, FX Risk Management, Treasury Operation and Treasury Risk Management, (iii) Data including Business Intelligence, Data Analytics and Data Engineering, (iv) Strategy & Planning, which covers strategic road map, long term planning, fundraising and FP&A and (v) Credit Risk including risk modelling and scoring, portfolio monitoring and credit control. Our Finance team engages in frequent strategic data analysis, research, and modeling to provide the best financial insights for critical business decisions, helping Aspire navigate the competitive landscape and capitalize on emerging opportunities. The team also plays a key part as the first user of our Aspire software, pioneer in Finance transformation, reengineering our internal process to stay agile while maintaining the internal control in a hyper fast growing environment.

About the Role

• Review, define and manage data architecture framework and roadmap to meet business and technology requirements, while adhering to security policies and regulations.
• Work with business and technical stakeholders to analyse and document structural requirements for new systems and applications, designing conceptual and logical data models and flowcharts
• Design, optimize, and maintain best practice data warehouse solutions and data models for the storage and retrieval of data
• Help implement a robust data quality management process with automated checks to ensure the integrity and reliability of data
• Produce and maintain documentation of the data architecture, data flows, and processes to facilitate self-service across the organisation.
• Build and implement processes around data retention and lifecycle management
• Work closely with Business Intelligence team to ensure the delivery of timely and high-quality dashboards, reports, and analyses
• Establish best practice data governance as a strong foundation for being a data informed organisation
• Recommend solutions to improve new and existing systems and take us to the next level of data maturity
• Monitor and optimise performance of our data warehouse by performing regular tests, troubleshooting and integrating new features.
• Leads activities and provides mentoring and guidance to other developers.
• Demonstrates technical leadership, and exerts influence outside of immediate team.

Minimum Qualifications: 

• Bachelor's Degree with at least 5 years of relevant working experience
• Strong knowledge of database and data warehouse structure principles, data mining, ETL processes and designs
• Strong data architecture, data modeling, schema design and effective data management skills.
• Experience working with Python and database systems (SQL, NoSQL) 
• Knowledge of AWS services including Redshift, Apache Airflow (MWAA), Airbyte, and S3
• Proven organizational and analytical abilities and outstanding problem solver
• Experience gathering and analyzing system requirements
• Familiarity with data visualization tools (e.g. Tableau or equivalent)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Preferred Qualifications: 

• Knowledge of DevOps principles and CI/CD pipelines in a data environment
• Experience working in fintech or a high-growth, fast-paced environment
• Proven experience leading and mentoring a team of data engineers or architects
• Demonstrated ability to drive end-to-end data architecture solutions from conception to production
• Certifications in AWS services
• Expertise in data governance frameworks and regulatory compliance (GDPR, PDPA, etc.)

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. 

Please note: by submitting your application, you acknowledge that you have read and understood Aspire’s Data Protection Policy for Employees, Freelancers, Contractors and Job Applicants (the “Policy”), and consent to the collection, use and disclosure of your personal data by Aspire for the purposes set out in the Policy. You may withdraw consent for such collection, use and disclosure, and make an access or correction request in respect of your personal data, in accordance with the Policy by emailing people@aspireapp.com.