Senior Software Engineer, Ruby

Role Summary

• •Lead development of API-driven Ruby on Rails applications with a focus on scalable, service-oriented design.
• •Collaborate closely with Product and internal domain experts to build tools managing complex regulatory data.
• •Contribute to end-to-end product solutions including data extraction, transformation, graph database modeling, and delivery via UIs and APIs.
• •Drive engineering best practices and mentor team members to elevate overall engineering capabilities.
• •Solve challenging problems related to data scale and regulatory compliance automation.

About the Company

• •Ascent is a leader in compliance automation, focusing on regulatory compliance in financial services.
• •The company values diversity, equity, and inclusion, believing diverse teams produce better results.
• •Ascent applies machine learning to regulatory data to reduce risk and save time and money for customers.
• •They emphasize professional growth and empathetic management to cultivate happy, high-performing teams.
• •Ascent addresses a significant $64 billion global problem in regulatory compliance.

What You Should Know

• •This role offers autonomy and the chance to work with smart, collaborative teams on impactful problems.
• •Applicants should be comfortable working remotely and thrive in a culture that values learning and teaching.
• •The position involves working with complex data and requires strong empathy for internal customers’ needs.
• •There is an opportunity to influence engineering practices and mentor others, ideal for those seeking leadership growth.
• •Candidates should be prepared to tackle challenges in scalable distributed systems and service-oriented architectures.

Key Required Skills