AI Developer - KLPTK

Employment: Full-time Experience: Mid-Senior level Education: Bachelor's Degree 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