Ascend
Software Engineer
- Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
- $160k–$200k
- Mid level
- On-site · San Francisco
- 1+ yrs exp
- Added 2 months ago
About this role
Ascend is seeking a Software Engineer to contribute to their growing financial operations platform for the insurance industry. You'll focus on expanding their core product, directly collaborating with customers, and building features that automate complex financial processes. This role requires strong problem-solving skills and a desire to learn within a fast-paced, startup environment.
What you'll do
- Understand the platform, product, and customer workflows.
- Own prompt logic and resolve data extraction issues.
- Support new customer onboarding and improve internal tooling.
- Build end-to-end features processing millions in insurance premiums.
- Develop intuitive UIs to power financial operations.
- Collaborate with customers to translate their needs into scalable solutions.
What they're looking for
- Ruby
- Relational Databases
- Consumer Product Development
- Data Extraction
- Prompt Engineering
- API Integration
- Next.js
- Postgres
Benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Equity
- Dog friendly office
- Commuter benefits
- Free lunch
- Health care
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Likely interview questions
- Describe your experience with Ruby on Rails and its suitability for scaling a financial platform.
- Walk me through a time you had to debug data extraction issues. What was your approach?