Staff Engineer

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💎 Seniority level: Staff, 10+ years

📍 Location: Canada

🔍 Industry: Software Development

🏢 Company: Ascend👥 251-500💰 Private over 6 years agoLogistics Transportation

🗣️ Languages: English

⏳ Experience: 10+ years

🪄 Skills: AWSBackend DevelopmentDockerLeadershipPythonSoftware DevelopmentCloud ComputingGCPJavascriptKubernetesMachine LearningSoftware ArchitectureAlgorithmsAPI testingAzureData scienceData StructuresAngularCommunication SkillsAnalytical SkillsCI/CDRESTful APIsMentoringDevOpsTerraformMicroservicesTeam managementNodeJSSoftware Engineering

Requirements:

10+ years of experience in software development, with at least 5+ years in a technical leadership or management role
Proven experience leading high-performing software engineering teams, ideally in AI/ML-driven environments
Strong experience in hiring, mentoring, and scaling development teams, fostering a culture of innovation and execution
Deep understanding of Large Language Models (LLMs), Machine Learning (ML), and AI-driven applications
Experience with modern software development tools, including AI-powered development environments, automated code generation, and agentic tools
Strong proficiency in architecting and designing scalable, secure, and high-availability software solutions
Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and modern DevOps practices
Proficiency in modern programming languages such as Python, TypeScript, Golang, Rust, or similar
Strong knowledge of microservices architecture, API development, and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
Experience in building AI-powered products from scratch and launching them successfully to market
Strong understanding of software velocity and iterative development, particularly in fast-paced startup or growth environments
Track record of delivering AI-first software solutions with a focus on usability, security, and scalability
Excellent ability to communicate technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders, including executive leadership
Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities, with a focus on driving business outcomes through technology
Passion for working in an agile, collaborative environment with cross-functional teams, including Product Management and Design

Responsibilities:

Delivering on Ascend’s AI strategy
Thinking Big about software velocity in the new world of LLMs. Designing the systems and software that will make our group one of the highest velocity teams in the world, leveraging modern IDE's, agentic tools, automated code generation and review tools, and other new opportunities as they arise.
Being the chief software architect and empowering your team to move fast while addressing security and scalability
Contribute directly to delivering on Ascend’s AI strategy by building intelligent, user-focused products powered by LLMs
Helping develop the foundation for ML and LLM experiments that will allow for real time evals, observability, and human-in-the-loop patterns.
Designing the systems that will empower our product development lifecycle to achieve rapid iteration and continuous improvement while maintaining high uptime and superb system stability.
Establishing high quality repeatable mechanisms for coding, reviews, security, testing, and scalability
Communicating crisply to Ascend executive leadership and shaping their product vision on software products

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