Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

About Aspire

Aspire is a leading provider of influencer marketing software and services for social commerce at scale. Since 2014, Aspire has helped brands build and manage relationships with millions of influencers, inspiring marketers to think bigger, plan smarter, and deliver outsized value. Brands and creators use Aspire to find and vet each other, activate influencer marketing campaigns of any size, and put the magic of branded content to work at scale. As a recognized leader by Forrester Research, Aspire has paid out over $100M to creators, and is trusted by over 800 top brands from fashion to fitness and everything in between.

We’re growing across the board - and we're looking for a Senior Software Engineer (Backend) to join our distributed remote Engineering team! With a strong focus on growth and personal development, Aspire is the perfect place to develop your skills in a fast-paced, forward-thinking environment. 

The Role

We're looking for an experienced product-driven backend web developer that wants to help us build innovative solutions to support the ongoing success of great brands and their communities across the world. As a Senior Software Engineer, you’ll work closely with product managers, designers and fellow engineers. You can expect to lead large-scale features and projects on our web applications while working with an open and collaborative team.

Technologies used for this role:

• Languages/Frameworks: NodeJS, Typescript, Python, Express, GraphQL, Django, Webapp2

• Database: PostgreSQL (Google Cloud SQL), Google Cloud Datastore, Algolia

• Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar, Google Error Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging

• Infrastructure/Systems: Docker, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Tasks, Auth0

• Development Tools: Github, Jira, VS Code

Other technologies we use:

• CircleCI, React, Webpack, Storybook, Chromatic, React Testing Library, Jasmine

What you'll be working on:

• Leading solutions for very difficult problems and focusing on major projects for our platform and applications

• Setting standards and driving engineering best practices for development and operational excellence for your team

• Making reliable products by improving testing and monitoring for your team’s systems

• Influencing your team’s technical strategy, software architecture and even product strategy

• Implementing features and functionality that require database design and optimization

• Managing and documenting APIs and interfaces to make it easier for your team to build on your work

What we're looking for:

• 5+ years experience building software applications

• Highly motivated to build and improve products, even in a remote environment

• Expertise with building web applications with NodeJS and relational databases

• A true team-player; someone that looks for opportunities to collaborate and mentor

• Deep experience with:

  • Scalable architecture and a variety of software design patterns

  • Reliable and scalable system design

  • Driving engineering best practices

Bonus points if you have:

• Built systems that enable users to interact with and derive insights from a lot of data

• Developed APIs and systems that support third party applications

• Scaled robust systems to ingest and combine data from multiple sources

• Have an interest in marketing, social media, e-commerce, or photo and video content creation

Benefits and Perks: 

• Global Perks & Benefits

• $100/month Wellness & Internet

• Personalized growth plans

• $2500 annual education credits

• Unlimited PTO (flexible vacation policy)

• $400 equipment/remote setup budget

• US Only

  • * 401k Plan

  • * Health, vision, dental Insurance

Our compensation philosophy: we use a market-based approach to compensation. This means we use a series of compensation tools to help us understand how companies value this role in the U.S. market based on function, level, geographic location, and positions benchmarked against similar-stage growth companies. To comply with local legislation and provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location and candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above. We have competitive pay bands for all other countries based on market standards.

The base salary for this role is between USD 90 -150k yr. 

Aspire is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a welcoming and inclusive environment for all. Please apply to this role if you feel you are a good fit, regardless of your race, color, religion, gender identity, sex, sexual preference, sexual identity, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, marital status, physical disability, mental disability, medical condition, military status, or any other perceived limiting factor. We welcome applicants from all walks of life.