Engineering Manager | Ascenda Loyalty

Engineering Manager | Ascenda Loyalty

Remote Singapore
Application ends: May 2, 2025
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Job Description

Nice to Meet You! We are Ascenda

Ascenda powers the growth of leading financial services brands worldwide with premium rewards programs that differentiate their products, drive profitable customer behaviors, and create sustained engagement.

We are behind the world-class rewards propositions of major banks and fintechs around the globe, including brands like American Express, Capital One, Brex, Robinhood, Ramp, HSBC, Virgin Money (Australia), SMBC (Japan), ICBC (China), Bradesco (Brazil), ANZ (Australia), HDFC (India) and many others.

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 Data Platform

Data Platform Team builds and operates Ascenda’s modern data platform and infrastructure, hosting all the data pipelines, lakes, warehouses, and analytical models. Every day, our system processes millions of data rows from diverse operational data sources, generating high-quality and trusted analytics models that power essential business reports, BI dashboards, and data-driven product features for internal and external users. We have an ambitious plan to transform the business and product through the formidable power of data. Elevate your career with us!

About the Role

We’re looking for an Engineering Manager to lead, drive the vision for our Data Platform and form strong engagements with key cross-functional stakeholders. These include data analysts and data scientists. You’ll achieve this by managing a high performing team of individuals. The team will design, build, and operate our core data platform, enabling data-driven decision-making across Ascenda. Join us in shaping our future by turning data into actionable insights.

Responsibilities:

Leadership and Team Development:

  • Lead, mentor, and manage a team of data engineers.
  • Set clear goals and provide regular feedback.
  • Grow team to meet and exceed business goals

Data Platform Architecture:

  • Define the data platform roadmap and goals.
  • Enhance data platform services for quality and reliability.
  • Adopt best practices in data architecture and management.

Technical Oversight:

  • Oversee the design and maintenance of scalable data pipelines.
  • Ensure the reliability and scalability of the data platform.
  • Stay current with industry trends and technologies.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

  • Drive alignment of data engineering roadmap to other engineering and product teams in Ascenda to jointly high impact products to the business

What we’re looking for:

  • Strong technical background, demonstrated through prior experience in analogous roles such as Tech Lead, Engineering Manager, or similar positions

  • Experience crafting technical roadmaps and driving technical strategy.

  • Ability to guide and grow engineering teams in a fast-paced environment.

  • Experience with ELT data engineering and analytics engineering tools (e.g., Airflow, dbt) a must.

  • Experience with supporting data science and machine learning workloads.

  • Strong collaborator comfortable with cross-functional teams.

  • Good understanding of data infrastructure such as redshift, data warehouse , AWS

Good to have:

  • Experience with real-time data pipelines

  • Software engineering background with a focus on data intensive applications

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.