Engineer

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.

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

Build the coolest tech for the world’s leading brands

Experience the power of transforming digital engineering for Fortune 500 clients

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

Experience a community of change makers!

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.

Location: Onsite/Redomnd,WA

Role Summary

The role requires both strong technical expertise and excellent communication. Candidates must be proactive, responsive, capable of managing multiple requests/projects, and able to explain technical concepts clearly to designers and other non-technical stakeholders.

Typical Day in the Role

• This role will focus on maintaining, enhancing, and expanding the team’s existing Azure infrastructure rather than building new infrastructure from scratch. The individual will support multiple projects and tools across the design organization, collaborate directly with designers to understand their requirements, and implement effective infrastructure solutions.

Candidate Requirements

• Missing DevOps/platform engineering and software development experience.
• Insufficient Azure DevOps experience with pipelines, repos, artifacts, boards, and permissions.
• Lacking experience with Python, Node.js, and YAML.
• No demonstrated React or Next.js experience.
• Lacking Git/GitHub workflow experience.
• No demonstrated enterprise security/compliance experience.
• Weak or lacking written and verbal communication skills, including difficulty communicating clearly, confidently, and effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Limited or no experience supporting non-technical stakeholders, including responding to requests and working directly with multiple stakeholders.
• Inability to independently triage priorities and elevate issues when needed.

Best vs. Average:

• Windows development experience using C++/C# and XAML.
• Experience working within a design or research organization.
• Strong Azure technical expertise, with the ability to serve as a primary resource for Azure-related questions.
• Strong communication and stakeholder-support skills, with the ability to confidently and responsively support designers and other non-engineering users.
• Strong triage and escalation skills, including proactively identifying risks, communicating blockers early, and escalating issues when appropriate.
• Strong organizational and documentation skills, with the ability to keep multiple projects moving and maintain clear documentation.
• Comfort working in a dynamic environment where priorities and requests may change.

What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role?:

• Excellent communication skills mandatory
• Previous experience working in UX/UI/UX Research.

Top 3 Must-Have HARD Skills

• Full stack app development - 3+
• Tooling, automation, scripting - 3+

Salary Range: $1,45,000 - 1,55,000 Annually -Factors that may affect pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

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]

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.