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# Software Engineer

- **Company:** ASCENT SERVICES GROUP LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Starter
- **Salary:** $160,000.0 - $200,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Data Mining, Relational Databases, PostgreSQL, Redis, Ruby, Next.js, Salesforce.Com, Software Engineering, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Tailwind, Prompt Engineering, Heroku, Performance Monitor, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** October 30, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineer-san-francisco-ca--54c786e3-ec11-4420-a5c7-22882c2e9d11

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Insurance, Reconciliation, Automation, Accounting, Financial Operations, Brokerage, Return on Investment (ROI), Sales, Ruby, * 1-3 years of relevant experience

 * Experience working at a growth-stage startup
 * Experience with relational databases
 * Experience building and scaling consumer products
 * A strong desire to learn new skills and solve business problems, * Familiarity or interest in learning Ruby on Rails and Next.js
 * Familiarity with building external APIs and integrations with platforms such as Salesforce
 * Experience in building payment, checkout, or insurance products

Tech Stack & Processes

 * Ruby on Rails API hosted on Heroku
 * Next.js with TypeScript hosted on Vercel
 * Tailwind CSS across all frontend development
 * Postgres and Redis for storage
 * Continuous integration and delivery

## Description

Objective #1: In your first 30 days:

 * Understand Ascend's platform, product, and customer workflows by collaborating with team members and engaging with customers
 * Get up to speed on our prompt engineering and data extraction work, and how testing/monitoring is handled today
 * Contribute to user-facing projects
 * Partner with product managers and designers to solve customer challenges directly

Objective #2: In your first 60 days:

 * Own prompt logic for a slice of the product - resolving data extraction issues and partnering with internal teams on testing and monitoring
 * Track extraction accuracy and dig into trends when things go wrong
 * Support new customer and organization onboarding through internal tooling improvements
 * Take ownership of end-to-end features that process millions in insurance premiums
 * Build intuitive UIs to power financial operations
 * Maintain high product quality through proactive monitoring and continuous improvements

Objective #3: In your first 90 days and beyond:

 * Collaborate with customers to translate their needs into scalable solutions for the multi-trillion-dollar insurance industry
 * Build reusable playbooks and prompt strategies that make future automation easier
 * Develop the industry's leading point-of-sale system for insurance, enabling seamless payments and improving conversion rates
 * Automate back-office tasks with AI, reducing time and improving accuracy for accounting teams
 * Help shape technical architecture and processes as the platform scales
 * Mentor engineers through thoughtful code reviews and technical guidance