Software Engineer

What we do

Ascend is a fintech company building the financial automation platform for the $7T global insurance market (insurance premiums make up 7.2% of global GDP!). Ascend is the first and market leading modern finance automation platform purpose built for for insurance to enable the industry's rapid digitalization.

Founded 3 years ago, Ascend has achieved the following milestones:

• Acquired over 3,000 customers, including several of the top 25 largest insurance distributors nationally (Acrisure, Insurica, NFP, etc.) as well as leading Inusrtechs (Vouch, Embroker, Founder Shield).
• Processing billions of dollars in transactions anually and growing 300%+ per year
• Named a Top 50 Insurtech by CB Insights.
• Built a world-class team of 40 based out of our San Francisco, CA, and Columbus, OH offices.

How we do it

Ascend is the industry leading platform to automate the entire insurance financial operations lifecycle across collections, accounting, reconciliations, and disbursements. Businesses using Ascend experience improved operational efficiencies, treasury management, and customer experience – resulting in increased profitability and full visibility into financial performance. We are typically able to provide our customers a 5-7x ROI by replacing their current manual processes with Ascend's software.

Why we do it

To simplify one of the world’s most crucial yet outdated industries. Ascend’s goal is to become the market-leading finance automation platform for insurance businesses by 2030.

Your role

Ascend is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team on-site in San Francisco to help us expand our core product. As an Engineer at Ascend, you will be part of a small, but growing team focused on solving complex technical challenges using Ruby. In addition, you will interface directly with our customers and work cross-functionally to continue developing new product features, dashboards, and checkout processes - without any layers!

Responsibilities will include

• Building applications and services using Rails/Javascript
• Working closely with cross-functional teams and customers to define and build products
• Helping design & implement our technical architecture & processes

You might be a good fit if you have

• 3+ years of experience as a Full Stack or Backend Web Developer
• Experience with relational databases
• Experience building and scaling consumer products
• A strong desire to learn new skills and solve business problems

Nice to have

• Familiarity or interest in learning Ruby on Rails and Next.js
• Familiarity with building external APIs & integrations with platforms such as Salesforce
• Experience in building payment, checkout, or insurance products

Tech stack & processes

• Ruby on Rails API hosted on Heroku
• Next.js w/Typescript hosted on Vercel
• Tailwind CSS across all the FE
• Postgres + Redis for Storage
• Continuous integration & delivery

Benefits

• Competitive base salary and meaningful equity in a fast-growing company
• 100% health premiums covered for you and your dependents
• 401k with employer matching options
• Unlimited PTO
• Monthly company-paid commuter benefit options, and fitness stipends
• Parental and family leave
• Lunch provided when in office
• Company outings and off-sites

Join Ascend and be part of our mission to revolutionize the insurance industry and contribute to global financial modernization. Your leadership can make a significant impact on improving the $1T+ insurance industry.

Equal Opportunity

We are committed to equal opportunity employment and embrace diversity within our organization. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

We encourage candidates to apply even if their experience doesn't precisely match this opportunity. We value diversity and are dedicated to equal opportunity employment.