Backend Engineer - Remote

Overview

Ascend is on a mission to make data engineering delightful. We help customers spend more time bringing data innovations to life by simplifying and accelerating data delivery.

In Short

• Design and manage robust, simple, and maintainable systems.
• Drive architectural design decisions that improve the scalability, performance, and efficiency of our backend systems.
• Integrate and use a wide array of technologies, including AWS, GCP, and Azure cloud services.
• Evaluate new tools, technologies, and processes to improve team speed and efficiency.
• Actively participate in our evolving engineering process.

Requirements

• Architect: You're passionate about architecture and designing for scale.
• Breadth: You have a familiarity with a large range of technologies that help you to identify unique and elegant solutions.
• Scale: You have experience designing, deploying, and operating large scale systems.
• Polish: You are well versed in monitoring and automation.
• Skills: Experience with Go, Kubernetes, and related technologies a plus.

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision covered at 100%
• Long-term & Short-term disability
• Life Insurance
• Meaningful equity
• 401(k)
• Flexible PTO
• Annual Learning Stipend
• Remote Work Stipend