Director of Engineering - Boulder, United States - Ascend Analytics

Description

Director of Engineering, Boulder

About Ascend

Ascend Analytics is an innovative climate technology software and consulting company focused on energy analytics to support an increasingly complex power grid. The company's products enhance critical power supply decisions for an array of key energy market stakeholders, from short-term operating strategies to long-term investment and resource planning. Ascend recently announced a strategic growth investment from prominent software and climate technology investors Rubicon Technology Partners, a private equity firm which is focused on investing in and growing software companies, Galvanize Climate Solutions, which invests in companies and solutions advancing the energy transition, and Silversmith Capital Partners, a technology-focused growth equity firm. Read more about how the investment will accelerate Ascend's product innovation here. To learn more about Ascend, please visit us at

Position Overview This role involves leading a team to develop scalable software solutions, collaborating with diverse stakeholders, and envisioning the future evolution of production scale software. It necessitates proactive leadership, guiding developers, advancing architecture, and driving innovation while influencing clean energy market transformation through impactful software solutions.

Job Responsibilities

• You will be the driving force behind the design and development of our SaaS products, from back-end analytics and optimization to efficient APIs and responsive user-friendly user interfaces.
• Implement and refine a comprehensive development strategy that ensures the highest levels of quality and reliability in our products and support agile methodologies.
• Drive performance, stability, and scalability of our software solutions across the Full Stack.
• Communicate with internal and external customers to understand user experience.
• Communicate with other divisions of the company to anticipate future evolution of software.
• Review, investigate and advise on system architecture and technology platform choices.
• Support and encourage best practices throughout the entire software life cycle.
• Provide multiple levels of technical and design documentation.
• Manage a team of developers, providing guidance, feedback and code review.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of technical management experience
• 8+ years of experience as a back-end or full stack software engineer.
• BS or MS in Engineering, Computer Science, Data/Information Science, or related fields.
• Strong skills/proficiency in Python and at least one other programming language i.e. Java, C#, Ruby, Rust, Julia.
• Familiarity with data processing libraries (e.g., Pandas, Numpy, Scikit-Learn).
• Flexibility to support complex technical issues and critical customer outages for our customers during their times of need.

Preferred Qualifications

• Full-stack application design and RESTful web services development.
• Exposure to cloud computing platforms (e.g., Azure, AWS) and containerization (e.g., Docker).
• Knowledge of data science, statistics, and machine learning.

Compensation: $180,000 - $230,000

Negotiable based on qualifications and experience. Ascend highly values our employees and often pays above industry average.

We offer flexible work hours in a relaxed environment with opportunities for advancement and excellent benefits, including medical, dental, vision, short- and long-term disability, parental leave, dependent care spending account, and a 401k plan.

We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Ascend Analytics is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, genetic information or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

Ascend Analytics is committed to providing reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in our job application procedures. If you need assistance or an accommodation due to a disability, please contact us at