Firmware Software Engineer

• Senior full-stack web and backend development, 5+ years, with strong JavaScript or TypeScript and React on the frontend and server-side services and APIs on the backend. \n

• Production support and on-call experience in a high-traffic consumer product, covering triage, debugging, mitigation, and root cause analysis of live issues. \n

• Proven ability to work independently in a large, unfamiliar codebase with minimal direction, including knowing when to escalate. \n

We have a culture built on opportunity, inclusion, and a spirit of partnership. Come, change the world with us:

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Build the coolest tech for the world’s leading brands

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Solve complex problems - and learn new skills

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Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients

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Master your craft with leading training programs and hands-on experience

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Experience a community of change makers!

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Join a culture of high-performing innovators with endless ideas and a passion for tech. Our culture is the fabric of our company, and it is what makes us unique and diverse. The way we share ideas, learning, experiences, successes, and joy allows everyone to be their best at Ascendion.

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• Participate in the Live creation on-call rotation, including triage, investigation, mitigation, and root cause analysis of production issues. \n

• Debug and resolve issues spanning web frontend and backend services in the Live creation stack. \n

• Ship bug fixes, reliability improvements, and small to medium feature work. \n

• Improve on-call health by reducing noisy alerts, updating runbooks, and adding monitoring, logging, and dashboards. \n

• Write and maintain tests covering critical Live creation flows. \n

• Document findings and fixes so knowledge stays with the team. \n

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Candidate Disqualifiers: Native engineers

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Nice-to-have Skills

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• Experience with live video, streaming, or real-time media systems. \n

• Experience with GraphQL \n

• Background in reliability, observability, or SEV response \n

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\n, Salary Range: $1,87,000 - 1,97,000 Annually -Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

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Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: [medical insurance] [dental insurance] [vision insurance] [401(k) retirement plan] [long-term disability insurance] [short-term disability insurance] [5 personal days accrued each calendar year]. The paid time off benefits meet the paid sick and safe time laws that pertain to the City/ State] [10-15 days of paid vacation time] [6 paid holidays and 1 floating holiday per calendar year]

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Want to change the world? Let us know

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Tell us about your experiences, education, and ambitions. Bring your knowledge, unique viewpoint, and creativity to the table. Let’s talk!

Ascendion is a full service digital engineering solutions company. We make and manage software platforms and products that power growth and deliver captivating experiences to consumers and employees. Our engineering, cloud, data, experience design, and talent solution capabilities accelerate transformation and impact for enterprise clients. Headquartered in New Jersey, our workforce of 6,000+ Ascenders delivers solutions from around the globe. Ascendion is built differently to engineer the next.