Senior Software Engineer (JavaScript/TypeScript, AWS)

Aspire Software

This is a high-impact leadership role. You ll lead the engineering team, own core architecture decisions, and be deeply involved in product development. As a senior contributor and mentor, you ll shape the technical direction of our Voice AI platform while fostering a strong engineering culture.

You ll be working in a startup environment fast-paced, iterative, and always evolving. You need to be comfortable making decisions, taking ownership, and leading with clarity and purpose.

What You'll Do

• Lead a team of engineers in an Agile environment, guiding them through planning, standups, and code reviews.
• Design and implement scalable front-end and back-end systems using Next.js, Elysia.js, and other JavaScript/TypeScript tools.
• Make key decisions on architecture, infrastructure, and deployment pipelines.
• Manage and optimize SQL databases and ensure strong data layer performance.
• Own the DevOps strategy, with hands-on experience deploying and managing applications on AWS (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudWatch).
• Ensure high code quality and system reliability through best practices in CI/CD and testing.
• Mentor team members, provide technical guidance, and help scale the engineering org.

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years in a leadership role.
• Expertise in JavaScript and TypeScript, with deep knowledge of Next.js.
• Solid backend experience, ideally with Elysia.js or transferable skills in similar frameworks.
• Strong understanding of SQL and experience working with production-grade relational databases.
• Proven experience working with AWS resources (e.g., EC2, S3, RDS, IAM, CloudFormation or CDK).
• Hands-on experience with DevOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation.
• Fluency in Git/GitHub workflows and modern source control practices.
• Experience working in startup environments and thriving in fast-paced, high-ownership cultures.
• Excellent communication and decision-making skills.

Bonus Skills

• Exposure to testing frameworks such as Jest, Playwright, or Cypress.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (e.g., Terraform, AWS CDK).
• Experience scaling customer-facing SaaS products.