Technical Lead

About the Job
As a Technical Lead at Aspire, You will work on a high-traffic, production hiring platform, combining strong backend and frontend engineering experience with production troubleshooting and technical leadership. You will diagnose and resolve issues across interconnected systems, support event-driven applications, and collaborate closely with engineering, Client Support, and GTM teams to maintain reliable and high-quality hiring experience.
What you’ll do
Analyze, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues, with particular focus on ongoing and in-progress hiring events.
Diagnose issues across interconnected backend, frontend, and supporting systems.
Partner closely with Client Support and GTM teams to triage and resolve incoming production support requests.
Drive timely issue resolution in line with established SLAs.
Monitor production systems and respond quickly to alerts, incidents, and performance degradation.
Support architecture changes, system integrations, and dependencies that may impact hiring events.
Maintain and update event logic in response to changes in upstream systems and dependencies.
Develop and maintain backend services using Java/Spring Boot and Django/Python.
Contribute to frontend development using React.
Work with Kafka, GraphQL, SQL, and/or MongoDB across application services.
Support build, code review, merging, deployment, and production operations.
Use production data and system information to troubleshoot and resolve technical issues.
Take ownership of technical tasks and deliver solutions independently across multiple concurrent projects.
Lead, mentor, shepherd, and onboard engineers while coordinating technical work across the team.
Contribute to technical decisions, prioritization, system improvements, and engineering best practices.
What you’ll need
7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
Strong Java/Spring Boot experience as a primary backend technology.
Experience with Django/Python as a secondary backend technology.
Strong React experience for frontend development.
Experience with Kafka and event-driven systems.
Experience with GraphQL.
Experience with SQL and/or MongoDB.
Hands-on build and deployment experience.
Experience with at least one of Dagster, Data Lakes, or Amazon Athena.
Senior-level engineering experience with the ability to quickly understand existing systems and take ownership across multiple projects.
Strong ownership and autonomy, including the ability to merge and deploy code independently.
Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
Technical leadership experience, including leading, onboarding, and supporting other engineers.
Demonstrated experience coordinating or overseeing the work of other engineers.
Strong communication skills with the ability to communicate clearly and concisely.
Ability to navigate ambiguity and make effective technical decisions.
Strong prioritization and strategic thinking.
Ability to use data and production information to troubleshoot technical issues.
Experience supporting high-traffic production applications and resolving production incidents.
Experience collaborating with client-facing, engineering, and GTM teams.
Product management experience working with GTM teams and engineers to support prioritization.
Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Claude, Cursor, or Windsurf.
Experience with cloud-based application environments and modern deployment practices.
Awareness or knowledge of IT security best practices as defined by ISO/SOC or similar.

Work arrangement
Yes