Associate Platform Engineer Jobs in Pennsylvania

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America, providing products andexpertisethat helpnearly 16million people save for a better today and tomorrow.

We are currentlyhiringmultipleassociatelevel engineers for ourSoftware Engineering teams. These engineers willbehired intoone ofthese areas of engineering:

• Full Stack Software Development
• Front-End/UI Development
• Back-End Development
• Software Quality/ Test Automation
• Data Engineering
• Data Science
• DevOps Engineering

Video Interview Process:

As part of our Software Engineer hiring efforts, we're using a video screening process and coding assessment. To learn more and to help prepare for this click here!

Section 1: Position Summary

As an Associate Engineer at Ascensus, you will be working in a high-energy team,deliveringhigh quality softwareusing the best engineering practices inindustrytoday.Curiosity and passion for software developmentiscritical. We are building teams that are empoweredwithAI capabilities andinnovativetoolsto solve business needsusinga rapid development and deployment pipeline focusedonAI,automation,and rapid iteration.

As a Scrum team member, you willbe responsible fordelivering solutions that adhere to the software architecture strategy, coding standards, andestablishedorganizational policies and procedures.

Section 2: Job Functions, Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Responsible for protecting, securing, and proper handling of all confidential data held by Ascensus to ensure against unauthorized access, improper transmission, and/or unapproved disclosure of information that could result in harm to Ascensus or our clients.
• Our I-Client service philosophy and our Core Values of People Matter, Quality First and Integrity Always should be visible in your actions on aday to daybasis showing your support of our organizational culture.
• Analyze, implement, test, document andmaintainnew and current software applications with minimal oversight in support of achievingthe businessgoals.
• Assistin estimating and planning throughout the software development life cycle.
• Support people and process improvement strategies for the organization.
• Assistwith other tasks and projects as assigned

Section 3: Experience, Skills, Knowledge Requirements

• Up to twoyears offull timeprofessionalexperience developing software & systems for small to medium business environmentsthroughinternships,Co-opsor professional experience.
• Working experience in one or more programmingor scriptinglanguages
• Experience in using Generative AI tools for software development
• Understanding of object-oriented design, datastructuresand algorithms
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Passion for developing software
• Qualified candidates must complete a video interview assessment after applying as the next step, to be completed within 7 days of receiving the link. How to prepare: Set aside 40-45 minutes for the self-guided assessment that includes games and questions. Find a quiet place to record and be camera-ready. You'll need a smartphone, tablet, or desktop computer with your camera and microphone enabled. You'll answer questions to share your skills and experience and bring your personality to the interview. This step accelerates the interview process, moving qualified candidates to hiring manager interview fast.
• Experienceparticipatingin design discussions with both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity or experience with Agile engineering practices (test driven development, continuousintegrationand pair programming, etc.)
• Experience inopen sourcedevelopment

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer

The national average salary range for this role is 65-80k in base pay, exclusive of any bonuses and benefits.This base salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this position. Actual salary offered will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors including but not limited to location, experience, performance, and internal pay alignment. We do not anticipate that candidates hired will begin at the top of the range however, from time to time, it may occur on a case-by-case basis. Other rewards and benefits may include: 401(k) match, Medical, Dental, Vision, Paid-Time-Off, etc. For more information, please visit careers.ascensus.com/#Benefits.

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