Lead Software Engineer

Ascend Learning; Burlington (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible paid time off

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Wellness resources

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Ascend Learning is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Healthcare Workforce Solutions group in Burlington, MA. This remote role involves leading a development team to build scalable solutions on a cloud-based platform using React, Node.js, and TypeScript. Candidates should have over 5 years' software engineering experience, with at least 3 years in a leadership capacity. The position offers generous benefits, including a competitive salary and opportunities for professional development, while emphasizing cross-time-zone collaboration and occasional travel to Nepal.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer with 3+ in a technical leadership role.
• Proven ability to lead projects in an agile environment.
• Strong communication skills to interact with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of software engineers to ship high‑quality features.
• Design and deploy scalable software solutions.
• Mentor team members through code reviews.

Skills

Frontend development with React

Technical leadership

Scalable distributed systems

Database management

Cloud-native applications

Agile methodologies

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Node.js

TypeScript

Job description

Lead Software Engineer – Healthcare Workforce Solutions (HWS) at Ascend Learning. The role focuses on building and scaling a cloud‑based platform using React, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS.

What You’ll Do

As a Lead Software Engineer in the Healthcare Workforce Solutions (HWS) group, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our technology and development of the Laudio product. Reporting directly to the Sr Manager of Software Engineering, you’ll work in a dynamic, fast‑growing environment, building and iterating on our cloud‑based platform using React, Node.js, TypeScript, and AWS. Our team is globally distributed across the United States and Nepal, meaning cross‑time‑zone collaboration is key.

WHERE YOU’LL WORK

• This role is primarily remote, but we prefer candidates located on the East Coast for occasional in‑person collaboration. While we strive for asynchronous work, early morning meetings (7 AM ET) will be required.
• Additionally, we offer opportunities to travel to Nepal as needed for deeper collaboration with our engineering team.

How You’ll Spend Your Time

• Lead – partner with Product to lead a team of software engineers using the Scrum framework to rapidly ship high‑quality features to production.
• Architect Scalable Solutions – 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.

What You’ll Need

• High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer. 3+ in a technical leadership role.
• 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.
• Experience building cloud‑native applications on platforms like AWS or Azure.
• 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.

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

Ascend Learning, LLC is proud to be an equal opportunity employer (M/F/Vets/Disabled). No agency or search firm submissions will be accepted. Applications for U.S.-based positions with Ascend Learning, LLC must be legally authorized to work in the United States, and verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire.