Great 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, Revolut, Ramp, HSBC, Bank of New Zealand, Virgin Money (Australia), Bradesco (Brazil), ANZ (Australia), HDFC (India) and many others.

We are a thriving global Loyalty as a Service company and experiencing rapid expansion. Join our dynamic finance team as one of its earliest leaders, contributing to the development of our financial planning strategies as we strive for hypergrowth. Our team spans 20 cities worldwide, with dual headquarters in Singapore and New York, totaling 250 team members.

Join us as a Technical Test Manager in our Singapore office!

We're on the lookout for a skilled and tech-savvy Test Manager who can lead and enhance our quality engineering efforts throughout our software delivery system. As a Technical Test Manager, you manage Ascenda engineering's complete testing strategy to ensure that our platforms, especially those that are high-traffic and crucial, perform reliably and scale effectively.

You'll be key in defining test architectures, pushing for large-scale automation, and promoting a culture that prioritizes quality among our engineering teams. With your extensive knowledge of current testing frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, and non-functional testing—like performance, security, and accessibility. You'll help us create solid and efficient quality processes.

If you're enthusiastic about developing strong testing strategies, guiding top-notch QE teams, and fostering quality through technology and teamwork, we'd love to have you on board to help us build a top-tier quality engineering function.

Your impact

We're looking for a highly experienced test manager who can lead initiatives, drive testing and quality improvements at scale, and partner with engineering teams to embed testing and quality into every layer of our tech stack, through our engineering, testing, delivery and release processes. This is a people management role and will oversee a small team of 3-4 quality engineers.

As a key member of the Quality team at Ascenda, you will:

Leadership & Strategy

Drive the quality vision, strategy, and best practices across engineering teams.
Foster a quality-first culture by integrating testing into the development lifecycle.
Align testing efforts with business objectives and product goals.

Test Automation & Innovation

Oversee the implementation of test automation adoption
Drive continuous testing in CI/CD pipelines, ensuring seamless integration.
Leverage testing practices and strategy for efficiency and scalability.

Team Management & Development

Lead a team of QEs
Ensure daily collaboration with Dev, Product, and QE team to align on quality gates
Coordinate across tech teams
Oversee defect triaging, RFCs and continuous quality improvement

Process Improvement & Governance

Define and enforce testing standards, risk management, and compliance Implement Shift Left Testing, ensuring early defect detection in the SDLC. Monitor and improve key quality metrics

Cross-Team Collaboration & Stakeholder Management

Work closely with Product Managers, Developers, DevOps, and Business Leaders
Communicate testing progress, risks, and insights effectively to leadership. Advocate for data-driven decision-making in quality assurance.

What We're Looking For

Proven experience in a lead role with knowledge in using a mix of quality strategies, knowing when to apply them. Especially in API, backend and data validation testing
Hands-on experience with test automation frameworks (e.g., Playwright, Cypress, RestAssured, Postman)
Expertise in scripting and programming languages such as Typescript, Ruby, Python, and Java
Solid understanding of data integration concepts, ETL processes, and data transformation workflows. (a plus)
Strong understanding of authentication protocols, security best practices, and encryption technologies. (a plus)
Strong collaboration and an excellent communicator to manage stakeholders and input requirements into test practices
Experience with CI/CD, containers (Docker, Kubernetes), and modern DevOps practices.
Prior experience with leading a small team or mentoring younger engineers will be a plus
Familiarity with loyalty mechanics: rewards, points, tiers, partner systems is a plus

Why Join Ascenda

Ascenda offers the unique opportunity to lead in the loyalty ecosystem space, shaping the future of rewards programs. 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
Employee recognition programs
Competitive compensation
Travel perks & Employee rewards

Ascenda is dedicated to diversity and inclusion, welcoming candidates from all backgrounds. Join us on our mission to make loyalty simple and rewarding for everyone, everywhere.

Ready to power growth for the financial services industry Apply now! Together, we'll redefine what's possible.