Senior Software Engineer, Ascend

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CSS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Redis

Postgres

Heroku

Ruby

Next.js

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Insurance payments platform

Job no longer available

Insurance payments platform

21-100 employees

B2BInsurancePaymentsLendingAutomation

Job no longer available

Salary not provided

CSS

TypeScript

JavaScript

Redis

Postgres

Heroku

Ruby

Next.js

Rails

Ruby on Rails

Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

21-100 employees

B2BInsurancePaymentsLendingAutomation

Company mission

To help insurance companies make it easier for people to protect the things they care about.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

10+ years of experience as a Full Stack or Backend Web Developer
Experience with relational databases
Experience building and scaling consumer products
A strong desire to learn new skills and solve business problems

Desirable

Familiarity or interest in learning Ruby on Rails and Next.js
Familiarity with building external APIs & integrations with platforms such as Salesforce
Experience in building payment, checkout, or insurance products

What the job involves

Build applications and services using Rails/Javascript
Work closely with cross-functional teams and customers to define and build products
Help design & implement our technical architecture & processes

Our take

Ascend has developed a platform that allows its insurance clients to offer customers end-to-end payment services. These include seamless checkout via a variety of methods, premium financing, payment reminders, and automated payables. In this way it helps cut down burdensome processing time and expenses, and boosts marketing efforts by improving retention - all in all making for a more efficient financial infrastructure for the insurance sector.

The company is already live in all 50 states, and is now on a talent recruitment and platform expansion boom with the help of new funding. Perhaps most interestingly, it’s taken on debt financing to fund a buy-now-pay-later premium financing model.

This may prove to be the feather in this fledgling insurtech company’s cap: it’s helped boost client’s financing adoption rates from 40% to 80% in some cases, and chimes with a broader and growing consumer preference for BNPL schemes.

Freddie

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (2 rounds)

Jan 2022

$30m

SERIES A

Sep 2021

$5.5m

SEED

Total funding: $35.5m

Company benefits

100% health premiums covered for you and your dependents
401k with employer matching options
Flexible time-off policy
Monthly company-paid commuter benefit options
Parental and family leave
Lunch provided when in office
Company outings and offsites
In accordance with Ascend policies and our commitment to prioritizing the health and safety of our employees, all positions will require proof of COVID vaccination prior to entering the office. Guests who visit the office must also provide proof of vaccination prior to entry. Our COVID-19 health and safety protocols may change over time as local and national guidance and regulations evolve

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Andrew Wynn

(Co-CEO)

Has held tech-oriented management roles at Instacart and Looker, then went on to found home maintenance company Sheltr. This was acquired by Hippo Insurance, where he subsequently served as director of home care.

Praveen Chekuri

(Co-CEO)

Worked as a software engineer at Ridecell, Instacart, and Houseparty. Also co-founded Whale and Sheltr, then moved into a director of engineering role at Hippo Insurance.

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