About this role

Aspire Software is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our team in Lebanon.

Here is a little window into our company: Aspire Software operates and manages wholly owned software companies, providing mission-critical solutions across multiple verticals. By implementing industry best practices, Aspire delivers a time sensitive integration process, and the operation of a decentralized model has allowed it to become a hub for creating rapid growth by reinvesting in its portfolio.

About the Job:

We’re hiring a Senior Backend Software Engineer to design, build, and maintain the server-side systems that power our products—and to lead a small team of developers. You’ll own APIs, services, and data layers while mentoring intermediate engineers, guiding technical decisions, and pushing the product forward in a fast-paced environment. This role is about delivering: shipping product features on tight schedules without sacrificing quality. We embrace modern AI-assisted development tools, and you’ll be encouraged to use them to move quickly.

Responsibilities

- Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and databases
- Deliver product features on tight schedules and drive the product roadmap forward
- Lead and mentor a small team of intermediate developers, providing guidance and code reviews
- Set technical direction and uphold code quality, architecture, and best practices
- Write clean, testable, well-documented code
- Optimize applications for performance, scalability, and reliability
- Collaborate with frontend engineers, product, and design to deliver features

Requirements

- Strong programming skills in one or more backend languages (e.g. Python, Go, Java, Node.js)
- Experience designing and building RESTful or GraphQL APIs
- Solid understanding of databases (SQL and/or NoSQL) and data modeling
- Proven ability to deliver quality work under tight deadlines in a fast-paced setting
- Prior experience mentoring or leading developers
- Familiarity with version control, testing, and CI/CD practices
- Comfortable using AI-assisted development tools (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude) to boost productivity

Nice to Have

- Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Knowledge of containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)