Senior Software Developer - IDGW

Aspire Software

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 behaviour of systems in production

Software Developer

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
• Maintain and extend technical skills relevant to IDGateway s technology stack and domain
• 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