Senior Software Engineer (Lead)

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 (Lead) 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. 

We're looking for an experienced product-driven 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 as a technical leader for critical areas of our product and codebase. You can expect to lead large-scale features and projects on our web applications while working with an open and collaborative team.

• Languages/Frameworks: NodeJS, React, Typescript, Python, GraphQL, Django
• Database: PostgreSQL (Google Cloud SQL), Google Cloud Datastore, Algolia
• Testing: Jest, Playwright, React Testing Library
• Monitoring: Datadog, Rollbar, Google Error Monitoring, Stackdriver Logging
• Infrastructure/Systems: Docker, Google Kubernetes Engine, Google Cloud Tasks, Auth0
• Development Tools: Github, Jira, VS Code, Storybook

• Leading major projects to build user-facing features on our new platform to solve customer problems and drive user engagement and satisfaction
• Partnering with product managers, designers, and other team members to understand our users and improve their experience with the product
• Influencing your team’s technical strategy, software architecture and product strategy
• Advocating for ways to drive impact for our customers and to improve our technical foundations

• 5+ years experience building software applications
• Highly motivated to build and improve products and codebases
• Expertise with building web applications and familiarity with both backend and frontend challenges
• A true team-player; someone that looks for opportunities to collaborate and mentor
• Experience with advocating for engineering best practices and ability to lead technical designs

• Have an interest in marketing, social media, e-commerce, or photo and video content creation
• Developed APIs and systems that support third party integrations
• Have familiarity with analytics products, CRM products, social media and/or marketing technology

• 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.