Software Engineer — AI‑Driven Insurance FinTech Platform

Ascend; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% health premiums covered

401(k) with employer matching

Promotions from within

Unlimited PTO

Company-paid commuter benefits

Parental and family leave

Dog-friendly office

Job summary

Ascend is seeking a Software Engineer to join our on-site team in San Francisco to help expand our core product. As an Engineer at Ascend, you’ll be part of a small but growing team focused on solving complex technical challenges using Ruby.

You’ll also interface directly with customers and work cross‑functionally to develop new product features, dashboards, and checkout processes—without any layers. Ascend is a growing insurance fintech startup; you’ll collaborate with product managers and

Qualifications

• 1–3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience at a growth-stage startup.
• Experience with relational databases.
• Experience building and scaling consumer products.
• Strong desire to learn new skills and solve business problems.

Responsibilities

• Own prompt logic for a slice of the product and resolve data extraction issues.
• Track extraction accuracy and analyze trends when issues occur.
• Support onboarding through internal tooling improvements.
• Own end-to-end features processing millions in insurance premiums.
• Build intuitive UIs to power financial operations.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews and guidance.

Skills

Startup experience

Relational databases

Consumer products

Learning mindset

Growth-stage experience

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Ruby on Rails

Next.js

TypeScript

Tailwind CSS

Heroku

Vercel

Salesforce API

Job description

Ascend is seeking a Software Engineer to join our on-site team in San Francisco to help expand our core product. As an Engineer at Ascend, you’ll be part of a small but growing team focused on solving complex technical challenges using Ruby.

You’ll also interface directly with customers and work cross‑functionally to develop new product features, dashboards, and checkout processes—without any layers. Ascend is a growing insurance fintech startup; you’ll collaborate with product managers and