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)
Summary
Senior backend engineer role designing APIs, services, and databases while leading a small team of developers. Requires strong backend programming, REST or GraphQL API experience, SQL or NoSQL knowledge, mentoring experience, CI/CD familiarity, and comfort using AI-assisted tools like Copilot or Claude. Cloud and Docker or Kubernetes experience are nice to have.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain backend services, APIs, and databases; deliver product features on tight schedules and drive the product roadmap; lead and mentor intermediate developers; 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
Qualifications
Strong programming skills in one or more backend languages; experience designing and building RESTful or GraphQL APIs; solid understanding of SQL and/or NoSQL databases and data modeling; proven ability to deliver quality work under tight deadlines; prior experience mentoring or leading developers; familiarity with version control, testing, and CI/CD practices; comfortable using AI-assisted development tools
Experience requirements
Prior experience mentoring or leading developers