AI Developer - KLPTK

Aspire Software is looking for a AI 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 job: We're looking for a Software Developer to join the engineering team from our Beirut office. You will work remotely alongside our development team in Gioia del Colle, Italy – building and evolving the Java backend services, Oracle databases and Angular frontends that underpin the workflows of major global publishers. This is a full-stack role with a backend focus and real room to grow. Most of your work will be on the server side – APIs, data layer and business logic – and you will also contribute to our Angular web frontend. You will take ownership of well-defined features, work closely with senior developers on design, and grow towards owning larger parts of the system. We are an AI-first engineering team. We expect you to use AI tools as much as possible in your daily work – to understand existing code, write code and tests, debug and document – while understanding and taking responsibility for everything you ship. You will be joining a small but growing Klopotek team in Lebanon – four colleagues are already working with us from Beirut, and this role is part of a deliberate expansion of our engineering presence there. You'll have a genuine peer group locally, and work closely with the Italian development team day to day. This is not a role that rewards knowing the right buzzwords. It is a role for someone who is selfdriven, technically grounded and genuinely excited about learning – and who takes ownership of their work from concept through to production. What You'll Do • Develop and maintain backend services and APIs using Java • Work with Oracle databases: queries, schema changes and data layer development • Build frontend features in Angular – with support from the team while you get up to speed • Translate requirements and use cases into clean, maintainable and well-tested code • Debug issues, fix defects and help improve performance • Use AI tools throughout your work – exploring unfamiliar code, generating code and tests, debugging and writing documentation – and check every result before it ships • Share useful AI techniques with the team and learn from how others use them • Participate in code reviews – give and receive honest, constructive feedback • Collaborate asynchronously and synchronously with the Italian development team • Write technical documentation that the next person can actually use How You Work • We're hiring for mindset as much as skills. The right person for this role: • Is genuinely curious and self-driven – you learn because you want to, not because you have to • Works AI-first – you reach for AI tools by default and keep improving how you use them • Stays critical – you test what AI gives you and never ship code you don't understand • Thinks beyond the happy path – you ask how components interact and where things can break • Solves problems even when the path isn't obvious – you investigate, experiment and iterate, and ask for help at the right moment • Learns from feedback – you welcome code review and use it to get better • Communicates clearly and proactively in a distributed team – you flag blockers early and keep colleagues informed • Takes ownership of your features end-to-end, not just the ticket • Is comfortable with ambiguity and evolving requirements Requirements • Typically 2–5 years of professional software development • Java backend development – Java 8+ with Spring Boot or JAX-RS; working knowledge of JPA/Hibernate or another ORM • Good SQL skills with a relational database; Oracle experience preferred, PostgreSQL or MySQL accepted • Regular, hands-on use of AI tools in your development work (e.g. Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor or similar) – with examples of how they help you • Familiarity with Git, code review and Agile ways of working • Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently and in a team • Professional-level English, written and verbal – your primary working language with the Italian team Nice to Have • Frontend: TypeScript, Angular 2+, HTML5, CSS/Sass – this is the stack we work in; we expect you to grow into it on the job • Familiarity with Oracle PL/SQL • Experience with prompt and context engineering or AI agents for development tasks • Docker and CI/CD basics (Jenkins, GitHub Actions or equivalent) • Cloud experience (AWS, Azure, DigitalOcean) • Familiarity with JBoss WildFly, Keycloak, OAuth 2 or JWT • Familiarity with ActiveMQ/AMQ or Elasticsearch • You don't need to tick every box. We value the ability to learn quickly and adapt over an exact match on the tech stack. What We Value • Learning over knowing • Curiosity over routine • Adaptability over rigidity • Problem-solving over box-ticking • Ownership over task execution • Honest, direct collaboration over hierarchy