Senior Software Engineer

  Your Role Ascend is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team on-site in San Francisco to help expand our core product. As an Engineer at Ascend, you’ll be part of a small but growing team focused on solving complex technical challenges using Ruby. You’ll also interface directly with our customers and work cross-functionally to develop new product features, dashboards, and checkout processes—without any layers.

Responsibilities Will Include Objective #1: In your first 30 days: Understand Ascend’s platform, product, and customer workflows by collaborating with team members and engaging with customers

Contribute to user-facing projects using Ruby on Rails and Next.js

Partner with product managers and designers to solve customer challenges directly

Objective #2: In your first 60 days: Take ownership of end-to-end features that process millions in insurance premiums using Ruby on Rails

Build intuitive UIs with Next.js to power financial operations

Develop internal tools to streamline customer workflows

Maintain high product quality through proactive monitoring and continuous improvements

Objective #3: In your first 90 days and beyond:

Collaborate with customers to translate their needs into scalable solutions for the multi-trillion-dollar insurance industry

Develop the industry’s leading point-of-sale system for insurance, enabling seamless payments and improving conversion rates

Automate back-office tasks with AI, reducing time and improving accuracy for accounting teams

Help shape technical architecture and processes as the platform scales

Mentor engineers through thoughtful code reviews and technical guidance

Must Have 4+ years of experience as a Full Stack or Backend Engineer

2+ years working in a growth-stage startup

Experience with relational databases Experience building and scaling consumer products

Ascend is hiring for this role on CareerPlace.

Apply on the company website through Ascend.

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