Lead Software Engineer

Ascend Learning, LLC•Burlington, OR

9d•Remote

About The Position

Ascend Learning, a leading healthcare and learning technology company, is seeking a Lead Software Engineer for its Healthcare Workforce Solutions (HWS) group to shape the technology and development of the Laudio product. This role involves working in a dynamic, fast-growing environment, building and iterating on a cloud-based platform using React, Node.js, Typescript, and AWS. The team is globally distributed across the United States and Nepal, requiring cross-time zone collaboration. The position reports directly to the Sr Manager of Software Engineering.

Requirements

High School Diploma or GED required. Bachelor’s degree preferred.
5+ years of experience as a Software Engineer.
3+ years in a technical leadership role.
Proven ability to lead projects from ideation to implementation in an iterative, agile environment.
Strong experience building delightful frontend applications with React and Typescript.
Solid expertise building scalable distributed systems using microservices architecture with Node and Typescript.
Strong database skills, including SQL performance tuning, schema design, and relational database management.
Experience building cloud-native applications on platforms like AWS or Azure.
Strong fundamentals in modern development practices, including Agile, Scrum, CI/CD, test automation, feature flagging, and observability.
A passion for writing high-quality, maintainable, and scalable code.
An ability to smoothly operate, monitor, and troubleshoot production applications under pressure.
Strong communication skills and the ability to communicate with stakeholders at all levels.

Nice To Haves

Travel to Nepal as needed for deeper collaboration with the engineering team.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product to lead a team of software engineers using the Scrum framework to rapidly ship high quality features to production.
Design, develop, and deploy software that is highly available, performant, and scalable.
Act as a key individual contributor, writing code across the full stack to drive the product and engineering roadmap forward.
Foster a culture of learning by providing technical mentorship through code reviews and design discussions.
Continuously identify opportunities to enhance technology and operational processes.
Contribute across multiple areas, including feature development, code optimization, infrastructure improvements, and troubleshooting production issues.