Senior Software Engineer

Inspire Solutions; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 115,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

INSPIRE seeks a Senior Software Engineer for the Digital Services team in Buffalo, NY, to design, develop, and maintain software solutions for the meetings and events industry. You will collaborate on architecture, roadmap, and coding standards while delivering high-quality features and robust tests.

The role requires 7+ years of Rails experience, excellent communication, and the ability to work as a strong individual contributor and a cooperative team member.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or equivalent experience.
• At least 7+ years of full-time Ruby on Rails experience.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability as an individual contributor and team member.
• Deep knowledge of the software development life cycle, web app development, and project management.
• Experience with source control (GitHub/GitLab) and issue tracking (Jira).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB).
• Experience with event streaming (Kafka, SQS) and API integration.
• Familiarity with AWS or similar cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Digital Services leadership on architecture, roadmap, and team goals.
• Maintain software and build new features addressing customer and company needs.
• Ensure code quality through automated testing and best practices.
• Lead and review AI-assisted development efforts using subagents and patterns.

Skills

Ruby on Rails

Communication

Team contribution

SDLC knowledge

Code reviews

AI-assisted development

Pattern usage

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS or equivalent

Tools

GitHub

GitLab

Jira

PostgreSQL

DynamoDB

Apache Kafka

SQS

AWS

Job description

INSPIRE serves as an in-house technology partners with over 100 of the finest hotels and convention centers in the United States, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and US Virgin Islands. INSPIRE produces over 2,500 events a year.

Throughout the company’s three-decade history, INSPIRE has prided itself on developing creative and individualized solutions for each of our clients. Always staying ahead of evolving technology, INSPIRE offers full-service and event production for small- to large-scale events for some of the world’s largest companies and organizations. We have always believed that inspirational events are the combination of an inspired workforce, advanced technology, unparalleled creativity, and exceptional customer service.

We are more than just an AV company. We’re trusted partners. We strive not just to give our clients the technology, but we strive to give them the human touch and let them feel that they can have confidence in our relationship and what we do, and deliver their goals with excellence.

INSPIRE seeks a Senior Software Engineer to work on our Digital Services team in Buffalo, NY, to design, develop, and maintain software-based solutions to the meetings & events industry.

The salary range is: $115,000-130,000.

We offer competitive benefits including Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage, Life Insurance, Short-term and Long-term Disability, and Paid Time Off / Holiday, 401(k), along with additional voluntary benefits available to all full-time employees at INSPIRE.

Responsibilities/Skills:

• Collaborate with Digital Services leadership on technology architecture, project roadmap, and team goals.
• Professionally maintain all software and build new features to address customer and company concerns.
• Uphold code quality through automated testing and adherence to engineering best practices.
• Bring extensive hands-on experience with Claude Code and other AI-assisted development tools, including the effective use of subagents to plan, parallelize, and execute engineering work.
• Serve as a strong individual contributor who takes ownership of code standards across the team’s projects, using and recommending patterns during code review.
• Perform thorough, high-volume code review on both human- and AI-generated code, analyzing for weaknesses and errors and balancing corrective feedback with educational guidance rather than rubber-stamping AI-generated changes.
• Strong sense of team collaboration and communication with supervisors and coworkers, along with the ability to work independently and meet deadlines.
• Must be detail-oriented and quality-driven.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or other equivalent degree/experience.
• Minimum 7+ years of full-time Ruby on Rails experience.
• Strong oral and written communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong individual contributor and effective team contributor.
• Extensive knowledge of the software development life cycle, web application development, and project management.
• Experience with source code management and issue tracking systems (GitHub, GitLab, Jira, etc.).
• Experience with relational and NoSQL database structures (PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, etc.).
• Experience with event streaming (Apache Kafka, Amazon SQS, etc.).
• Experience with API integration between internal and third-party systems.
• Familiarity with AWS (Amazon Web Services) or similar cloud infrastructure platforms.