Total 36 job vacancies by Ascenda Loyalty Pte. Ltd.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe. Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint! We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

About Admin & Partner Team

Our A&P team are committed to product-centric verticals, providing crucial support for both end-to-end loyalty sales and independent sales. Serving as the backbone for Operations, Customer Service, and Marketing, the Admin Panel is essential for internal processes and utilised by clients for Business Operations. Meanwhile, our Merchant Portal is dedicated to empowering merchants within the ecosystem, offering value-added services, nurturing relationships, and boosting sales and engagement for mutual success.

About the Role

We are seeking a visionary Director of Engineering to lead our Admin and Partner teams to new heights of innovation and efficiency. As the driving force behind our technical strategy, you will oversee the development and optimization of our Admin Panel, the backbone of our Operations, Customer Service, and Marketing efforts. Additionally, you will provide strategic direction for our Merchant Portal, empowering merchants within our ecosystem with cutting-edge solutions and services.

Responsibilities:

• Provide strategic direction and technical leadership for the Admin and Partner engineering teams, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
• Drive the development and enhancement of the Admin Panel and Merchant Portal, overseeing the end-to-end product lifecycle from concept to delivery.
• Lead and mentor a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and continuous learning.
• Define and execute the technical roadmap for the Admin and Partner teams, identifying opportunities for optimization, innovation, and growth.
• Implement best practices for code quality, testing, and deployment to ensure the reliability, scalability, and security of our platforms.
• Manage departmental budgets, resource allocation, and capacity planning to optimise efficiency and maximise ROI.

Job requirements

What we're looking for:

• Proven track record of leadership and management experience in a technology-driven organisation
• Strong technical background with expertise in software engineering, system design, and architecture.
• Experience leading and scaling engineering teams, with a focus on fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
• Deep understanding of web technologies, cloud computing, microservices architecture, and modern software development practices.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Strategic thinker with a passion for innovation, continuous improvement, and delivering impactful solutions.
• Experience working in an Agile environment and driving agile methodologies and best practices.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

Join us as an Office Manager (Singapore)

Job Description:

• Independently manage all aspects of office operations, including organizing meetings, maintaining office supplies, pantry supplies and overseeing repairs and maintenance.
• Collaborate with our employee engagement committee and People Success team to ensure a positive office environment and employee experience.
• Scout for new office spaces that meet the company's requirements and negotiate lease agreements.
• Coordinate with vendors and service providers to ensure efficient delivery of office services, including cleaning, managing the access cards and other facility management related matters.
• Maintain and update office policies as necessary, in partnership with the People Success team.
• Work closely with the Chief of Staff to coordinate in logistics for events and in-house meetings.
• Manage contract and price negotiations with office vendors and service providers.
• Ensure timely payment of invoices by coordinating with the finance team.
• Provide general support to office visitors and address employee queries regarding office management issues.

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Management, or related field.
• Proven experience as an Office Manager or similar role, with a track record of managing office operations independently.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with internal and external stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to negotiate contracts and lease agreements.
• Ability to work autonomously and make sound decisions in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in scouting for new office spaces and managing office relocations is a plus.
• Knowledge of facility management best practices and compliance standards.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

● High growth environment & exponential career development

● Mobile & flexible work environment

● Competitive compensation

● Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilize our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

Role Description

As the Community, Communication & Culture Manager, you will play a key role in shaping and executing the communication strategy for our internal stakeholders while also leading initiatives to strengthen our ties with the broader community. This role requires a strategic thinker with a proven track record of developing and implementing effective internal communication programs and a passion for building meaningful relationships with external partners and community members.

As an expert in internal communication, you will be responsible for developing and executing a comprehensive strategy that aligns with the organization's goals and objectives. This will involve collaborating with leadership to ensure that communication is consistently transparent and cascaded throughout the organization, thereby enhancing employee engagement. Your role will require you to leverage your skills in communication, strategy development, and stakeholder management to create a communication plan that fosters a positive and productive work environment. You will also need to be adept in identifying communication gaps and opportunities to improve the effectiveness of communication channels. With your expertise, you can help the organization achieve its goals by ensuring that all employees are informed, engaged, and aligned with the organization's vision.

Key Responsibilities:

Internal Communication Strategy:

• Develop and lead a comprehensive internal communication strategy that aligns with organizational goals and enhances employee engagement.
• Collaborate with leadership to ensure communication is consistent, transparent, and cascaded throughout the organization.

Leadership Partnership:

• Partner with organizational leaders to understand business objectives and translate them into impactful internal communication initiatives.
• Advise and support leaders in effectively communicating key messages to various employee groups.

Employee Engagement Programs:

• Drive the development and execution of employee engagement programs, including benefits communication, wellness initiatives, and team-building activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create a cohesive and engaging employee experience.

Employee Participation Groups:

• Facilitate the formation and growth of internal employee groups, providing support and guidance to empower them to drive activities aligned with organizational goals.
• Serve as a liaison between leadership and employee groups to ensure alignment with company objectives.

Content Creation and Distribution:

• Oversee the creation of compelling content for internal communication channels, ensuring consistency in messaging and tone.
• To effectively reach and engage employees, utilize various communication platforms, including newsletters, intranet, and social media.

Metrics and Analysis:

• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the success of internal communication and employee engagement initiatives.
• Analyze data and feedback to refine strategies and continuously enhance communication effectiveness.

What you bring to the table:

• Bachelor's degree in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
• Proven experience in internal communication management, with a minimum of 6 years in a leadership role.
• Strong understanding of community engagement strategies and demonstrated experience in building and maintaining community partnerships.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to craft compelling messages for diverse audiences.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to align communication initiatives with broader organizational goals.
• Proficient in using communication tools and platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment.
• Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities and deadlines.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Medical insurance coverage
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe. Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognise our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

About the Core Billing

Core Billing provides the foundation for client invoicing, billing & subscriptions across Ascenda's many services across our ecosystem. Think tiered subscriptions, usage computations, billing cycles, dates, currencies model computation for providing to our customers a clear, transparent and rewarding experience for using Ascenda's many services.

The Billing Experience team builds client-facing services that helps Ascenda's customers quickly start, efficiently operate, and easily scale any business model without code or complex integrations. Our end users depend on our many Rewards Products to make it easy for themselves and their customers to manage subscriptions, invoices, and payments. We deliver these capabilities at scale to manage thousands of checkouts a day, for businesses ranging from exciting, fast moving fintechs to large, world-spanning banks & airlines.

The Billing team is responsible for charting the strategy and laying the rails required to track, meter usage & purchases at scale. These building blocks include a standard model serving pricing logic across all apps, an event-driven tracking framework, an invoicing service, and more.

These systems will span the entirety of our ecosystem across every product in Ascenda including our points ledger, payment acceptance, loyalty member enrollments & onboarding, travel bookings, fraud and this list continues to expand.

Through our Core Billing team you will be responsible for supporting key BFF services & workflows to within & across our various product teams. This year some of the key projects you'll be aiding us includes:

• Metering and data collection - for example if we bill based on number of redemptions or number of points issued, how to pass that data on accurately.
• Invoicing and payments
• Prepaid credits (for every product in Ascenda)

These will form the backbone of enabling high scalability, quick performance and easy operations for our pricing & sales of services within Ascenda. They'll lend us the resilience to scale the self-service subscriptions & upselling of Ascenda's many services to all our clients globally. Attracting world-class architectural talent is crucial to our long-term success. We are also keen to contribute to the broader external engineering community in the form of blogs, talks, and open source tools.

About the Role

We are seeking individuals with a keen enthusiasm for shaping something entirely novel from its foundation. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for those passionate about solving real-world challenges by crafting cutting-edge APIs and designing high-quality, user-friendly interfaces.

Join our dynamic team and spearhead innovation at the forefront. Collaborate closely with a small, agile group to automate finance team tasks, encompassing billing and invoicing for partners, alongside gathering data from multiple services to enhance metering and prorating. Your role ensures a substantial impact, pivotal in shaping innovative solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of end-to-end features for the platform for the team.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and scalability
• Design and implement highly efficient APIs and their underlying infrastructure, showcasing excellence in software design and maintaining close collaboration with the design team to create elegant, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces.
• Advocate for writing comprehensive unit tests to improve code reliability and maintainability, fostering a testing culture within the development process
• Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and engaging directly with other teams, Project, Partnerships etc to think through everything from business impact, to reliability and operability, to the ease of integration, and the expressiveness of our product APIs
• Serve as a role model for high engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases and Ops processes you will encounter
• Mentor your fellow engineers with the technical skills and domain exposure needed to become the next generation of subject matter experts at Ascenda

Job requirements

What we're looking for:

• Good technical background in building large scale web applications on a modern frontend and backend stack
• A minimum of 3 years of development experience, with a preference for candidates with prior experience in the fintech/loyalty domain
• Good proficiency in utilising Ruby on Rails for the creation of highly scalable APIs. Alternatively, a robust inclination and eagerness to rapidly acquire expertise in Ruby.
• Participation in technical roadmaps and Request for Comments (RFCs) to communicate technical strategy and address architectural challenges
• Excellent collaboration skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and adept at interacting not only with engineering but also with product, design, and business teams
• Passionate about mentoring and leading engineers, providing guidance and coaching for high performance
• Preference for simple solutions and designs over complex ones, demonstrating a keen intuition for solutions that are both enduring and scalable
• Ideal candidate possesses a product-oriented mindset, actively cultivating strong relationships with both the product and design teams to collaboratively develop features. Demonstrates the qualities of a true product engineer.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda
Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

About the Merchant Portal

The Merchant Portal team is committed to empowering merchants within our ecosystem. We recognize merchants as essential contributors to our platform's success by offering diverse products and services that enhance our customer experience. Our focus is on providing value-added services to assist merchants, fostering strong relationships, and driving increased sales and engagement for mutual success within our network.

About the Role
We are seeking individuals with a keen enthusiasm for shaping something entirely novel from its foundation. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for those passionate about solving real-world challenges by designing high-quality, user-friendly interfaces.

Join our dynamic team and lead innovation at the forefront. Work closely with a small, agile group to create features that automate tasks and empower merchants with seamless self-onboarding and content management. Your role promises a significant impact, contributing to the development of an innovative solution.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of captivating and seamless user interface features for the platform as a front-end engineer within the team.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and scalability
• Architect and develop responsive, high-performance front-end interfaces with a focus on excellence in software design. Collaborate closely with the design team to create elegant and user-friendly user interfaces, ensuring seamless integration with underlying systems.
• Advocate for writing comprehensive unit tests to improve code reliability and maintainability, fostering a testing culture within the development process
• Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and engaging directly with other teams such as Project, Partnerships, Account Managers, etc to think through everything from business impact
• Serve as a role model for high engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases and Ops processes you will encounter
• Mentor your fellow engineers with the technical skills and domain exposure needed to become the next generation of subject matter experts at Ascenda

Job requirements

What we're looking for:

• A minimum of 5 years of development experience, with a preference for candidates with prior experience in the fintech/loyalty domain.
• Good technical background in building large scale web applications on a modern frontend stack.
• Demonstrated expertise in frontend development, with a specialisation in React and Typescript, is highly desirable.
• Previous experience with Vite, Tailwind, React-Query and Zustand is a bonus but not required.
• Participation in technical roadmaps and Request for Comments (RFCs) to communicate technical strategy and address architectural challenges.
• Excellent collaboration skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and adept at interacting not only with engineering but also with product, design, and business teams.
• Passionate about mentoring and leading engineers, providing guidance and coaching for high performance.
• Preference for simple solutions and designs over complex ones, demonstrating a keen intuition for solutions that are both enduring and scalable.
• Ideal candidate possesses a product-oriented mindset, actively cultivating strong relationships with both the product and design teams to collaboratively develop features.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

About the Merchant Portal

The Merchant Portal team is committed to empowering merchants within our ecosystem. We recognize merchants as essential contributors to our platform's success by offering diverse products and services that enhance our customer experience. Our focus is on providing value-added services to assist merchants, fostering strong relationships, and driving increased sales and engagement for mutual success within our network.

About the Role
We are seeking individuals with a keen enthusiasm for shaping something entirely novel from its foundation. This role offers an exceptional opportunity for those passionate about solving real-world challenges by crafting cutting-edge APIs and designing high-quality, user-friendly interfaces.

Join our dynamic team and lead innovation at the forefront. Work closely with a small, agile group to create features that automate tasks and empower merchants with seamless self-onboarding and content management. Your role promises a significant impact, contributing to the development of an innovative solution.

Responsibilities:

• Lead the implementation of end-to-end features for the platform as a full stack engineer for the team.
• Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and scalability
• Design and implement highly efficient APIs and their underlying infrastructure, showcasing excellence in software design and maintaining close collaboration with the design team to create elegant, accessible, and user-friendly interfaces.
• Advocate for writing comprehensive unit tests to improve code reliability and maintainability, fostering a testing culture within the development process
• Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and engaging directly with other teams, Project, Partnerships etc to think through everything from business impact, to reliability and operability, to the ease of integration, and the expressiveness of our product APIs
• Serve as a role model for high engineering standards and bring consistency to the codebases and Ops processes you will encounter
• Mentor your fellow engineers with the technical skills and domain exposure needed to become the next generation of subject matter experts at Ascenda

Job requirements

What we're looking for:

• Good technical background in building large scale web applications on a modern frontend and backend stack
• A minimum of 5 years of development experience, with a preference for candidates with prior experience in the fintech/loyalty domain
• Good proficiency in utilising Ruby on Rails for the creation of highly scalable APIs. Alternatively, a robust inclination and eagerness to rapidly acquire expertise in Ruby.
• Participation in technical roadmaps and Request for Comments (RFCs) to communicate technical strategy and address architectural challenges
• Excellent collaboration skills, comfortable working in cross-functional teams, and adept at interacting not only with engineering but also with product, design, and business teams
• Passionate about mentoring and leading engineers, providing guidance and coaching for high performance
• Preference for simple solutions and designs over complex ones, demonstrating a keen intuition for solutions that are both enduring and scalable
• Ideal candidate possesses a product-oriented mindset, actively cultivating strong relationships with both the product and design teams to collaboratively develop features. Demonstrates the qualities of a true product engineer.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace.

We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Meet ASCENDA

Ascenda makes payments and banking rewarding! We are reimagining how the financial services industry builds deeper customer connections with innovative rewards.

Our premium SaaS solutions power loyalty for Fintechs and top-tier banks. Our clients include HSBC, Capital One, American Express, Virgin Money and Brex. With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning financial services propositions all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to deliver magical moments for their customers. That’s why our solutions are beautifully simple to manage, easy & rapid to deploy, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Welcome to the future of customer engagement. Join us as we shape the future of banking, payments and fintech!

Join us as a Business Analyst

We are looking for a passionate Business Analyst to join our Loyalty team and

play a pivotal role in growing and optimising the loyalty proposition and experience for our clients. We're looking for entrepreneurial generalists that are looking to take on a challenging and high growth opportunity.

We have a fun, flexible and fast-paced work environment with lots of opportunities to:

• Implement your ideas quickly and see the immediate impact of your efforts
• Build and grow relationships with our client as an extension of their team
• Learn and grow within an open, driven, talented and diverse team with significant opportunities for career progression and cross-functional experience

What you’ll do

• As a Business Analyst you will be working together with the client-dedicated team, and will be at the intersection of the company's Product, Marketing, QA and Engineering teams contributing to the overall design, optimisation, execution and accuracy of the program.
• You will Lead requirements gathering workshops with the client and:
• Document the client requirements in a structured manner as a backlog
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to identify risk and get the work items effort estimated
• Support the product and tech teams throughout the design, implementation and testing
• Lead, when required, product demo and training sessions with the client business teams and customer support teams
• Become the SME on the Ascenda product feature set as deployed for the client
• Take responsibility for the agreed client requirements to be considered as part of product feature enhancements, client custom enhancements (client-specific change requests) and broader future project phases.
• Support the BAU release management process by capturing and documenting all client requirements in accordance to Ascenda standard practices
• You will ensure client project documentation processes are adhered to with regards to the discovery and detailed design of the functional requirements.
• Support the QA team in the preparation, review and communication to the client of the project test strategy and test cases for SIT & UAT phases and support the teams during the SIT and UAT phases
• Work with the locally dedicated team to support our client and program engagement
• Supporting the Marketing Manager with end to end Campaign design, delivery and testing
• Supporting Analytics / BI teams by understanding and capturing future data & reporting requirements and working with the Business Intelligence team on delivering accurate reports and training to the end-users
• Supporting the management of incidents with the client and internal teams, ensuring the support is adhering to the agreed service levels and tracking to implementation of permanent counter measures.

What we are looking for

• 3-5 years of experience as a Business Analyst in Banking, Technology, Payments or similar industry.
• You are a generalist who cracks any and every problem with creative solutions
• You have experience leading and delivering solution designs with detailed requirements gathering and documentation, always with a view to keeping the understanding simple and contextual for others to follow
• You are comfortable with backlog grooming and prioritisation exercises to guide for efficiencies within releases and the product roadmap
• You are able to pull data (basic SQL & Excel), monitor & analyse campaign results, develop insights and put together compelling presentations for internal and external customers
• Areas of previous experience we are looking for:
• Gather detailed client requirements in client facing meetings and workshops
• Writing acceptance criteria to support Test Cases
• API executions, Batch files and data extract specifications
• Working with data sets, SFTP setup and file transfer flows
• Logical campaign setup rules, BI reporting
• Experience in working with Jira, Confluence, Google suite, Microsoft (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Visio)
• Strong attention to detail, the ability to pinpoint possible problem areas
• Have a strong ability to multitask and effectively prioritise your responsibilities
• Exceptional written and oral communicator with experience pulling together efficient and client-friendly reports and presentations
• A team player that can engage in debate & drive consensus, and also give & take constructive 360 feedback
• You are curious by nature and enjoy understanding how things work across teams, departments and geographies.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Great to Meet You! We are Ascenda.

Ascenda provides end-to-end rewards infrastructure to help financial services and fintech companies to launch premium rewards programs to accelerate their growth, differentiate their products and incentivize positive customer behaviors.

We power rewards programs for the world’s largest banks and card issuers like American Express, Capital One, Brex, HSBC, Virgin Money (Australia), SMBC (Japan), ICBC (China), Bradesco (Brazil), ANZ (Australia), HDFC (India) and many others worldwide.

We’re looking for exceptional people to join our team, with dual headquarters in Singapore and Seattle, to capture the overwhelming demand across fast growing financial services verticals (neobanks, payments, expense management, lending, investments, insuretech, crypto, etc,) for our rewards solutions.

We’re a profitable and rapidly scaling global fintech and this is a special opportunity to be part of our founding sales team.

Join us as a Business Development Director (SEA)

As a Senior Business Executive, you report to Ascenda’s VP of Business Development, APAC and will be responsible for driving sales within the rapidly evolving Banking industry. Leveraging your industry knowledge, exceptional communication skills, and a proven track record in sales, you will play a key role in expanding our market presence and revenue growth.

You’ll help evolve how we sell by developing a deep understanding of the rewards industry, identifying customers’ biggest pain points, and educating them on how Ascenda can help unlock massive growth and engagement.

Why we’ll win.

We’ve built a market leading rewards platform with the world’s most comprehensive content catalog and partnerships network. Our team consists of the world’s foremost experts on rewards alongside seasoned builders with experience scaling unicorns.

It’s an exciting once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have a big global impact in a high-growth technology company where simplicity, speed to market, and industry disruption are lived every single day. There's plenty of green field for the right person to come in and go after. And this opportunity should be considered a fast track into sales leadership. If things go well, you'll get the chance to manage reps down the road, if this is something that interests you.

Key responsibilities

• Rapidly grow Ascenda’s customer footprint across SEA, and the wider APAC region, by cultivating and closing new opportunities with Banks’s
• Own the end-to-end sales cycle across prospecting, first discussions, in-depth consultative collaboration, commercial negotiation, contracting and implementation.
• Collaborate deeply with prospects to understand their goals and capabilities to guide them through the process of building growth accelerating rewards products using Ascenda’s rewards infrastructure.
• Partner closely with Ascenda’s Product team to inform how we further elevate our solutions into the future and deliver even greater client impact based on pattern matching needs & pain-points you observe in prospect discussions.
• Inform Ascenda’s corporate branding, marketing, and communications strategy across channels, increasing our visibility and reputation as a technology leader in the space of customer engagement & rewards.

Job requirements

What you bring to the table

A track record for exceptional performance in a constantly changing, ambiguous environment, and problem-solving leadership with limited oversight. Ideal candidates will have experience and measurable success selling complex solutions to multiple senior stakeholders within the Banking sector.

What we are looking for:

• Proven track record of hitting quota selling in a B2B enterprise top-down sales motion to this specific buying persona: senior financial services & fintech leaders (c-suite, head of consumer/corporate credit products, credit cards, lending, payments, banking, etc.) in the South-East Asian markets.
• Historical success taking a consultative sales approach to deeply understand the needs of prospects across different financial services verticals (consumer banking, corporate banking, credit cards, insurance, etc.) and their end users to pitch compelling solutions to their biggest problems.
• Ability to develop a deep understanding of rewards & loyalty strategies in the context of financial services. In particular, the use of rewards as an incentive engine to drive valued behaviors and the rewards economics underlying these programs.
• Willingness to go beyond just closing the deal and hitting targets. Focused on how to best address customer biggest needs to develop a long-term relationship.
• Strong bias for action and genuine curiosity to help our customers achieve their goals.
• A team player that can engage in rigorous debate but also drive consensus towards well-informed, data driven decisions.
• Prior product, marketing or business development experience acquired via multiple roles within fintech, loyalty, retail banking organizations.
• An inclination for numbers and being data-driven. A lot of this role will rely on analysis of the data the market is giving us, and how that could help us better our process.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are curious, we keep things simple, we obsess about our customers, we work together & we get things done!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• Supportive team and resources to learn and grow together at a very fast pace.
• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & employee rewards.

If you are a dynamic and results-driven sales professional with a passion for cutting-edge technology, we invite you to apply for this exciting opportunity to shape the future of Rewards Tech SaaS within the Banking landscape.

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to meet you, We are Ascenda

Ascenda makes payments and banking rewarding! We are reimagining how the financial services industry builds deeper customer connections with innovative

rewards. Our premium SaaS solutions power loyalty for Fintechs and top-tier banks. Our clients include HSBC, Capital One, American Express, Virgin Money and Brex. With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning financial services propositions all around the globe.

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated QA Automation Technical Lead to lead our testing efforts and drive the automation strategy for our organization. You will be responsible for designing, implementing, and managing the roll-out automated testing frameworks and tools to ensure the delivery of high-quality software products. You will

collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, including development, and product management, to define test automation objectives, prioritize testing efforts, and drive continuous improvement.

• As a QA Automation Technical Lead at Ascenda, you will:
• Develop and drive an automation test strategy and roadmap that aligns with
• organizational goals and objectives.
• Lead the design, development, and maintenance of automated testing frameworks, tools, and scripts.
• Define and enforce automation best practices, coding standards, and guidelines for the testing team.
• Collaborate with development and quality assurance teams to identify and prioritize test cases for automation.
• Coordinate with project managers and stakeholders to define testing requirements and ensure timely delivery of automated test suites.
• Conduct feasibility studies and evaluate new testing tools, technologies, and methodologies to enhance the automation infrastructure.
• Manage and mentor a team of automation testers, providing technical guidance, coaching, and performance feedback.
• Build up and develop the Automation team’s growth on skills development as well as defining hiring strategy.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to troubleshoot and resolve complex automation issues and provide recommendations for process improvements.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in test automation.

Job requirements

• Proven experience (8+ years) in automation testing, including designing and implementing automation frameworks.
• Leadership and people management experience, and have built and scaled up QA automation teams in previous roles.
• Strong knowledge of software testing methodologies, tools, and processes.
• Solid understanding of continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) principles and tools.
• Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Ruby, Java, Python, or Golang, and experience with test automation frameworks like Cypress, Playwright, Selenium, Appium, or Robot Framework.
• Excellent analytical and problem- solving skills, with a keen eye for detail.
• Strong leadership and project management abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks and meet deadlines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Nice to meet you, we are Ascenda.

Ascenda makes payments and banking rewarding! We are reimagining how the financial services industry builds deeper customer connections with innovative rewards.

Our premium SaaS solutions power loyalty for Fintechs and top-tier banks. Our clients include HSBC, Capital One, American Express, Virgin Money and Brex. With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning financial services propositions all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to deliver magical moments for their customers. That’s why our solutions are beautifully simple to manage, easy & rapid to deploy, and deliver exceptional customer experiences.

Welcome to the future of customer engagement. Join us as we shape the future of banking, payments and fintech!

Join us as a Senior Business Analyst

We are looking for a passionate Senior Business Analyst to join our Loyalty team and play a pivotal role in growing and optimising the loyalty proposition and experience for our clients. We're looking for entrepreneurial generalists that are looking to take on a challenging and high growth opportunity.

We have a fun, flexible and fast-paced work environment with lots of opportunities to:

• Implement your ideas quickly and see the immediate impact of your efforts
• Build and grow relationships with our client as an extension of their team
• Learn and grow within an open, driven, talented and diverse team with significant opportunities for career progression and cross-functional experience

What you’ll do

• As a Business Analyst you will be working together with the client-dedicated team, and will be at the intersection of the company's Product, Marketing, QA and Engineering teams contributing to the overall design, optimisation, execution and accuracy of the program.
• You will Lead requirements gathering workshops with the client and:
• Document the client requirements in a structured manner as a backlog
• Coordinate with internal stakeholders to identify risk and get the work items effort estimated
• Support the product and tech teams throughout the design, implementation and testing
• Lead, when required, product demo and training sessions with the client business teams and customer support teams
• Become the SME on the Ascenda product feature set as deployed for the client
• Take responsibility for the agreed client requirements to be considered as part of product feature enhancements, client custom enhancements (client-specific change requests) and broader future project phases.
• Support the BAU release management process by capturing and documenting all client requirements in accordance to Ascenda standard practices
• You will ensure client project documentation processes are adhered to with regards to the discovery and detailed design of the functional requirements.
• Support the QA team in the preparation, review and communication to the client of the project test strategy and test cases for SIT & UAT phases and support the teams during the SIT and UAT phases
• Work with the locally dedicated team to support our client and program engagement
• Supporting the Marketing Manager with end to end Campaign design, delivery and testing
• Supporting Analytics / BI teams by understanding and capturing future data & reporting requirements and working with the Business Intelligence team on delivering accurate reports and training to the end-users
• Supporting the management of incidents with the client and internal teams, ensuring the support is adhering to the agreed service levels and tracking to implementation of permanent counter measures.

Job requirements

What we are looking for

• 6+ years of experience as a Business Analyst in Banking, Technology, Payments or similar industry.
• You are a generalist who cracks any and every problem with creative solutions
• You have experience leading and delivering solution designs with detailed requirements gathering and documentation, always with a view to keeping the understanding simple and contextual for others to follow
• You are comfortable with backlog grooming and prioritisation exercises to guide for efficiencies within releases and the product roadmap
• You are able to pull data (basic SQL & Excel), monitor & analyse campaign results, develop insights and put together compelling presentations for internal and external customers
• Areas of previous experience we are looking for:
• Gather detailed client requirements in client facing meetings and workshops
• Writing acceptance criteria to support Test Cases
• API executions, Batch files and data extract specifications
• Working with data sets, SFTP setup and file transfer flows
• Logical campaign setup rules, BI reporting
• Experience in working with Jira, Confluence, Google suite, Microsoft (Word, Powerpoint, Excel and Visio)
• Strong attention to detail, the ability to pinpoint possible problem areas
• Have a strong ability to multitask and effectively prioritise your responsibilities
• Exceptional written and oral communicator with experience pulling together efficient and client-friendly reports and presentations
• A team player that can engage in debate & drive consensus, and also give & take constructive 360 feedback
• You are curious by nature and enjoy understanding how things work across teams, departments and geographies.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

Join us as a Senior DevOps Manager

As a Senior DevOps Manager, you will lead a high performing team in architecting, implementing and managing highly resilient and reliable infrastructure that powers rewards solutions for our customers around the world. You will collaborate cross-functionally with teams across Engineering (e.g. Product teams, core platform teams, quality teams) to roll out DevOps initiatives and ensure that our infrastructure can support the needs of internal and external stakeholders. The ideal candidate would have strong fundamental systems and networking knowledge, extensive experience in operating on cloud environments and have previously scaled DevOps and infrastructure in a SaaS environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of DevOps engineers, providing guidance, coaching and support to ensure high performance and career growth
• Drive a culture of collaboration, transparency and shared responsibility across engineering and DevOps teams. Effective communication, cross-functional collaboration, and a focus on continuous learning and improvement are essential aspects of DevOps culture.
• Collaborate across the engineering organization to ensure alignment of DevOps/Infrastructure roadmaps with Product roadmaps and requirements, executing jointly on shared goals
• Provide technical leadership to the team to architect, design and implement scalable, reliable infrastructure on cloud environments, supporting the needs of our growing SaaS loyalty platform
• Drive our self-service DevOps initiatives forward, empowering engineering teams to autonomously manage their own infrastructure configuration, deployment pipelines and operational tasks on our platform that enforces and maintains baseline best practices and security requirements.
• Establish world-class standards for key DevOps areas such as monitoring/alerting, observability, continuous deployments, configuration management and security.
• Work closely with security and compliance stakeholders to ensure our infrastructure is secure and resilient to attacks, both internal and external.
• Continuously evaluate and improve our DevOps practices, tools, and processes to enhance efficiency, reliability, and security.
• Lead incident response and troubleshooting efforts to resolve production issues in a timely manner.

What you bring to the table

• Proven experience in leading high performing DevOps teams, with at least 3 years in a leadership or managerial capacity
• Strong expertise in configuration management tools such as Terraform and Ansible.
• In-depth knowledge of containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) and microservices architecture.
• Expertise to design, analyze and troubleshoot large-scale distributed systems.
• Solid understanding of networking, security, and compliance principles in cloud environments.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a proactive and results-driven approach to addressing technical challenges and driving process improvements.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

● High growth environment & exponential career development

● Mobile & flexible work environment

● Competitive compensation

● Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilize our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

Join Us as a Recruitment Coordinator:

We are on the lookout for a highly organized and detail-oriented Recruitment Coordinator to play a crucial role in supporting our hiring needs. You will be an integral part of the Talent Acquisition team, ensuring the efficient coordination of candidate interviews and delivering a positive candidate experience. Your role demands exceptional organizational skills, strong attention to detail, proactiveness, and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment. This is a hybrid role based in our Singapore office.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the entire candidate journey, ensuring a best-in-class experience from initial contact through offer and pre-onboarding.
• Assist recruiters and hiring managers with all scheduling needs, maintaining efficient timelines throughout the recruitment process.
• Communicate professionally and confidentially with candidates and hiring teams, ensuring timely and effective interactions.
• Maintain the applicant tracking system, ensuring data integrity through scorecards and updated candidate profiles.
• Coordinate candidate travel and expense processes for in-person interviews, managing all logistical aspects of in-person candidate on-sites.
• Collaborate with our leaders, staffing vendors, and external recruiting agencies to facilitate executive hiring needs.
• Contribute to new ideas for improving the recruiting process and operations while assisting with related projects.
• Work closely with the People Success Operations team on pre-onboarding processes, visa processing, and reference and background check processes.
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What You Bring to the Table:

• 1+ years of experience in recruitment coordination, HR coordination, or similar roles, preferably in the tech, fintech, or financial services sector.
• Exceptional organizational skills, multi-tasking skills, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Highly proficient in scheduling meetings and interviews using Google Calendar.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively with candidates and stakeholders.
• Exceptional attention to detail and commitment to confidentiality.
• Familiarity with applicant tracking systems and other recruiting tools.
• A proactive attitude and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Bachelor's degree

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

● Mobile & flexible work environment

• Medical insurance coverage

● Competitive compensation

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Job description

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world. Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilise our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve millions of customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint! We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

The Opportunity with Billing SaaS Experiences

Core Billing provides the foundation for client invoicing, billing & subscriptions across Ascenda's many services across our ecosystem. Think tiered subscriptions, usage computations, billing cycles, dates, currencies model computation for providing to our customers a clear, transparent and rewarding experience for using Ascenda's many services.

The Billing Experience team builds client-facing services that helps Ascenda's customers quickly start, efficiently operate, and easily scale any business model without code or complex integrations. Our end users depend on our many Rewards Products to make it easy for themselves and their customers to manage subscriptions, invoices, and payments. We deliver these capabilities at scale to manage thousands of checkouts a day, for businesses ranging from exciting, fast moving fintechs to large, world-spanning banks & airlines.

The Billing team is responsible for charting the strategy and laying the rails required to track, meter usage & purchases at scale. These building blocks include a standard model serving pricing logic across all apps, an event-driven tracking framework, an invoicing service, and more.

These systems will span the entirety of our ecosystem across every product in Ascenda including our points ledger, payment acceptance, loyalty member enrollments & onboarding, travel bookings, fraud and this list continues to expand.

Through our Core Billing team you will be responsible for supporting key BFF services & workflows to within & across our various product teams.

This year some of the key projects you'll be aiding us includes

• Metering and data collection - for example if we bill based on number of redemptions or number of points issued, how to pass that data on accurately.
• Invoicing and payments
• Prepaid credits (for every product in Ascenda)

These will form the backbone of enabling high scalability, quick performance and easy operations for our pricing & sales of services within Ascenda. They'll lend us the resilience to scale the self-service subscriptions & upselling of Ascenda's many services to all our clients globally

Attracting world-class architectural talent is crucial to our long-term success. We are also keen to contribute to the broader external engineering community in the form of blogs, talks, and open source tools.

About the Role

As a Staff Engineer, you will lead the selection and rollout of patterns and frameworks within your feature team. You will be expected to demonstrate leadership through the quality of your architectural work. In conjunction with your team's Engineering Lead, you will ensure that the way we build our solutions is of exceptional technical quality.

Our engineering team takes ownership of the technical construction of key systems. If you are passionate about big engineering problems and want to shape how we scale this across our entire ecosystem then this role is a great fit for you!

You will be responsible for the technical roadmap, architecture, and quality of our services & rollout across multiple loyalty services.

Responsibilities:

• Scope & lead large technical projects and architecture that’ve massive impact in Ascenda & our numerous clients
• Maintain high standards for code quality, reliability, and scalability.
• Design and implement elegant APIs and their underlying infrastructure. Serve as a role model for software design and scalable systems architecture across Ascenda
• Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and engaging directly with other Engineering teams, Technical Project Management etc to think through everything from business impact, to reliability and operability, to the ease of integration, and the expressiveness of our Data strategy & Events architecture
• Serve as a role model for high engineering standards and bring consistency to the many codebases and processes you will encounter.
• You're a passionate problem solver: Weighing up pros and cons of new tech solutions before implementing them with your team.
• Teach and mentor ICs and managers to become the next generation of experts at Ascenda

Job requirements

What we're looking for:

• Strong technical background, with prior experience in similar roles such as Tech Lead, Engineering Manager or Staff level engineering roles.
• Experience building large-scale, high throughput distributed systems on the Cloud. Hands on experience with designing, building and operating event-driven architectures. Experience in building & maintaining SaaS Billing systems a bonus
• Fluent with our main backend programming language - Ruby, or, having a strong aptitude and desire to pick up and be proficient in Ruby and/ or Typescript
• Have experience in developing technical roadmaps/RFCs to communicate technical strategy and vision
• You are a thought leader- Who enjoys formally coaching other team members
• Passionate about mentoring and/or leading a group of engineers, guiding and coaching them for high performance
• Operational tooling experience such as Grafana, StatsD, Datadog, Prometheus. If this sounds like something you would be keen to hear more about, hit apply.
• You prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale.
• Have at least 7 years of software development experience

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

• High growth environment & exponential career development
• Mobile & flexible work environment
• Competitive compensation
• Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda provides the rewards infrastructure for leading financial services brands across the world.

Our clients include the world’s largest banks, top tier card issuers and fintechs who utilize our rewards infrastructure to power their earn & burn rewards programs. These include American Express, CapitalOne, HSBC, Brex, Virgin Money, SMBC, ICBC, Bradesco, ANZ, HDFC and Top 10 financial services brands in many other countries.

With a best-in-class technology suite and the world’s broadest rewards content marketplace, we are the engine behind winning premium rewards propositions for financial services all around the globe.

Our clients are spread across continents, and we serve over 1 billion customers globally. No matter where you are in the world, you’ll recognize our footprint!

We believe that nothing should stand in the way of companies who strive to drive growth via compelling and effortless rewards propositions that their customers love.

Welcome to the future of customer growth. Join us as we shape the future of rewards in financial services!

Join us as a Recruiter, APAC

We are seeking a strategic and execution minded Recruiter with a proven track record in the tech, fintech, or financial services sector, showcasing the ability to thrive in a rapidly evolving, high-growth environment. The position is a hybrid role based in our Singapore office.

As a Recruiter, you will partner closely with senior leaders in our US and Singapore HQ to support and manage the Talent Acquisition portfolio for our Sales, Marketing, Product, and G&A organizations panning across APAC.

Key responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end recruitment processes for business roles, including GTM, marketing, G&A, and product roles.
• Build and manage active and passive candidate pipelines utilizing diverse sources such as: LinkedIn Recruiter, Google X Ray searching, event attendee lists, etc.
• Execute on talent acquisition strategies, including initiatives for diversity hiring, talent marketing, and recruitment events to align with organizational goals.
• Perform talent mapping to provide guidance on market trends, talent availability, and competitive landscape
• Collaborate with and influence stakeholders to streamline and enhance effective hiring processes, optimize role leveling, and ensure competitive and fair compensation structures for all roles.
• Provide regular updates and reports to hiring managers on key recruitment metrics and recommendations to enhance recruiting processes and efficiency through data-led decisions.
• Act as a brand ambassador, effectively communicating our company culture, values, and mission.

What you bring to the table

• 5+ years of sales, marketing, product, or G&A recruitment experience in an in-house function and/or agency environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
• Proven success in identifying and attracting top-tier talent in a competitive market.
• Strong understanding of industry trends, technologies, and talent landscapes.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build strong relationships with candidates and stakeholders.
• Experience with applicant tracking systems and other recruiting tools.
• Proven ability to champion diversity hiring, implementing strategies and executing initiatives that attract and hire underrepresented people, while actively mitigating bias in our hiring practice.
• A growth mindset and a go-getter attitude; someone who can work in a fast-paced, constantly evolving environment

What matters at Ascenda:

We are passionate, we keep things simple, we focus on results, we work together & we innovate!

We have a rewarding working place that provides a:

● High growth environment & exponential career development

● Mobile & flexible work environment

• WFH office equipment allowance
• Medical insurance coverage

● Competitive compensation

● Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is an equal opportunity employer, committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We thank you for your understanding that only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.

Job description

MEET ASCENDA

Ascenda solutions make loyalty simple for financial institutions globally. Previously, these companies had to endure complex patchworks of third-party systems, complicated data experiences, and 18-month implementation projects to deploy a competitive rewards program. We turn things upside down with loyalty solutions rooted in beautiful design, exceptional customer value, and rapid self-service implementation.

About IAM Core Banking (Authorizations)

Our IAM Team sits at the heart of a distributed system, and plays a role in almost all interactions in our loyalty product. You’ll work with banks & fintechs around the world to enable secure yet flexible access, authentication, and automation that transforms how customers use our rewards platforms, putting Identity at the heart of the banks’ security and growth.

From FIDO to OAuth, from MFA to Push Authorizations, you'll build on the backbone of Ascenda's IAM services interlinked to 100 banks & fintechs globally. We power 100,000+ customer & client authentications daily.

We make access to applications safe, secure, and seamless for the millions of users around the world. Our Zero Trust approach to identity enables us to partner banks & their vendors to deliver customised yet secure loyalty experiences for our clients.

This team is now focused on supercharging our next phase of growth with enabling ecosystem level configurability. You’ll join a team of diverse & talented people solving interesting challenges around configurations, onboarding, observability & event driven processes that forms the backbone of Ascenda's security architecture for hundreds of partners globally.

Join us as a Staff Engineer, IAM Core Banking.

As a member on the Authorizations team, you will:

• Craft secure, performant, cross-app & platform applications for our rewards consumers & internal banking teams
• Play a key role in driving day-to-day work such as sprint planning, pair programming, technical mentorship, and code reviews.
• Partner our TPM organisation & Clients to map business requirements onto existing systems, and craft upgrades to our AuthN, AuthZ & IAM Architecture with all Ascenda services, including but not limited to compute, storage, DB and our ML/AI systems.
• Partner our engineering managers to define and execute on the technical roadmap to continuously tighten the security posture of overall Ascenda Ecosystem & Infrastructure.
• Handle production incidents and improve operational processes, monitoring, and tooling to minimize their impact.
• Have the opportunity to solve problems across multiple areas, such as performance, internationalization, multi-tenancy & scalability

Job requirements

You’ll be an excellent fit with us if you’re

• Strong technical background, with prior experience in similar roles such as Tech Lead, Engineering Manager or Staff level engineering roles
• Experience building large-scale, high throughput distributed systems on the Cloud. Hands on experience with event-driven architectures
• Proven expertise in distributed systems, data-driven solutions, and exposure to large scale security, identity and access control projects
• You are self-motivated and function well in situations with high levels of ambiguity.
• You prefer simple solutions and designs over complex ones, and have a good intuition for what will last and scale.
• Have experience in developing technical roadmaps/RFCs to communicate technical strategy and vision
• Have at least 7 years of software development experience