Product Development Summer Internship

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!

When you join Ascenda as an intern, you’ll be delivering real products to customers in a matter of weeks!

As an intern with the Product team, you will:

• Create product solutions for both internal end-users and clients; initiate, analyse, propose, launch and maintain app products.
• Support product enablement by developing knowledge base documentation and internal training materials.
• Contribute to product strategy by performing market research and generating insights in areas of industry trends, user persona, and competitive analysis.
• Work with Product Managers by using data to understand customer behaviour and performance of features;
• Help deliver product solutions with the right impact working closely with designers and engineers throughout the development process.

You’ll also learn critical foundational skills in other important aspects of large-scale platforms such as:

• Security & Compliance – how to build secure software, especially for financial institutions.
• Infrastructure – how to automatically deploy and scalable infrastructure.
• Operations – project management and delivering large scale digital projects.
• Development - be involved in a development lifecycle.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s students in their penultimate or final year of study who are passionate about using technology to build great products.
• Attention to detail, problem-solving, adaptability, and planning skills
• A team player, with a growth mindset.
• Possess good communication skills, are not afraid of suggesting changes and improvements
• A fast learner, able and willing to learn, and a keen interest in technology.