Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Ascend Learning is a leading healthcare and learning technology company, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Healthcare Workforce Solutions group. The role involves designing and developing scalable software solutions for their Laudio product, working in a dynamic environment and collaborating with a globally distributed team.
Responsibilities
- Architect Scalable Solutions - you'll design, develop, and deploy software that is highly available, performant, and scalable
- Hands-on Coding - act as a key individual contributor, writing code across the full stack to drive our product and engineering roadmap forward
- Mentor - foster a culture of learning by providing technical mentorship through code reviews and design discussions
- Innovate & Improve - continuously identify opportunities to enhance our technology and operational processes
- Being Glue - contribute across multiple areas, including feature development, code optimization, infrastructure improvements, and troubleshooting production issues
Skills
- High School Diploma or GED required
- 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer
- Proven ability to lead projects from ideation to implementation in an iterative, agile environment
- Strong experience building delightful frontend applications with React and Typescript
- Solid expertise building scalable distributed systems using microservices architecture with Node and Typescript
- Strong database skills, including SQL performance tuning, schema design, and relational database management
- Strong fundamentals in modern development practices, including Agile, Scrum, CI/CD, test automation, feature flagging, and observability
- A passion for writing high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code
- An ability to smoothly operate, monitor, and troubleshoot production applications under pressure
- Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels
- Bachelor's degree preferred
- Experience building cloud-native applications on platforms like AWS or Azure
Benefits
- Flexible and generous paid time off
- Competitive medical, dental, vision and life insurance
- 401(k) employer matching program
- Parental leave
- Wellness resources
- Charitable matching program
- On-site workout facilities (Leawood, Gilbert, Burlington)
- Community outreach groups
- Tuition reimbursement
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