Senior Software Developer IDGW

Aspire Software is looking for a Senior Software Developer 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 Role :
Software Engineers take part in every stage of the software delivery process, from design and implementation to testing, deployment, and ongoing improvement. We expect our engineers to take responsibility for their work and help build systems that are secure, reliable, and available around the clock.

You will work collaboratively within a cross-functional engineering team, contributing technical expertise while continuing to develop your own skills and understanding of our technology stack and the wider industry. While technical direction and support are available from team leads, engineers are expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and sound technical judgement.

We aim to deliver fast and reliable software by using modern engineering practices and tools. We appreciate engineers who use up-to-date workflows, including AI-assisted development, to improve code quality, speed up delivery, and keep our software maintainable and secure

Key Responsibilities

Software Design & Technical Ownership

• Design, build, and evolve software solutions that are secure, scalable, reliable, and maintainable
• Apply strong software design principles, making appropriate trade-offs based on real-world constraints
• Contribute to technical designs using appropriate artefacts (e.g. diagrams, written proposals) where they add value
• Estimate and plan work effectively, contributing to story/requirement decomposition and delivery forecasting
• Take ownership of features and components through their full lifecycle

Software Development

• Write clean, efficient, well-structured code that follows industry best practices and internal standards
• Build and maintain backend services and frontend components across the IDGateway application stack (PHP/Vue and Kotlin/Spring Boot + React)
• Treat security, performance, and reliability as first-class concerns in all development work
• Participate constructively in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback to raise overall code quality
• Contribute to improving development standards, tooling, and engineering practices

Testing & Quality

• Design software with testability in mind and apply appropriate testing strategies
• Write and maintain automated tests (unit, integration, and regression where appropriate)
• Work collaboratively with QA and other engineers to ensure high-quality, production-ready releases
• Take responsibility for the stability, performance and behavior of systems in production

AI-Assisted Development

• Use AI-assisted development tools (e.g. modern code assistants and LLM-based tooling)responsibly to improve productivity, code quality, and delivery speed
• Apply critical judgement when reviewing AI-generated code, tests, or documentation
• Leverage AI tools to assist with refactoring, debugging, documentation, and legacy code comprehension
• Contribute to evolving best practices around the safe and effective use of AI in the development process

Collaboration & Continuous Improvement

• Work collaboratively with engineers, product, and non-technical stakeholders to deliver valuable outcomes
• Stay informed about emerging technologies and industry best practices
• Use company tooling effectively (e.g. Git-based version control, issue tracking, documentation
• platforms)
• Act in line with company values and contribute positively to team culture
• Commit to ongoing personal and professional development

Requirements

• Senior-level experience (typically 5+ years) in commercial software development
• Expert in at least one backend ecosystem, either:
• A strongly typed language (e.g. Java, Kotlin) or
• Significant experience building web applications in PHP or Python
• Experience designing and building backend APIs and services
• Ability to work end-to-end on features, including backend and frontend
• Frontend experience with JavaScript/TypeScript, HTML, CSS, and React or Vue
• Willingness to work across PHP (Yii, Laravel) + Vue and Kotlin (Spring Boot) + React codebases
• Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals: clean architecture, modularity, separation of concerns, and maintainable design
• Solid experience with relational databases (schema design, queries, performance)
• Exposure to NoSQL databases and understanding of use cases and trade-offs
• Strong problem-solving, analytical, and communication skills
• Comfortable working in an agile delivery environment
• Takes ownership, works pragmatically, and delivers high-quality, well-tested software

Preferred Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience with AWS and cloud-based architectures (e.g. Lambda, VPC, EC2, S3, CloudWatch)
• Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)
• Containerisation (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building secure, scalable systems
• Exposure to observability and production operations
• Practical experience integrating or building AI functionality
• Background in regulated or trust-sensitive domains (e.g. identity, fintech, govtech)
• Experience mentoring or supporting other engineers