Senior Backend Engineer, API Platform (Remote)

Nice to meet you, We are Ascenda

Ascenda solutions make loyalty simple for financial institutions globally. Previously, these companies had to endure complex patchworks of third-party systems, mediocre user experiences, and 18-month implementation projects to deploy a competitive rewards program. We turn things upside down with loyalty solutions rooted in beautiful design, exceptional customer value, and rapid implementation.

Our API Platform sits at the heart of a distributed system, and plays a role in most of the interactions and workflows in our loyalty product. The multi-tenant and distributed nature of our system leads to an interesting and unique set of technical challenges which is where you add value!

As an engineer on the API Platform team, you will:

• Have the opportunity to solve complex technical problems in a collaborative and global team environment.
• Play a key role in day-to-day work such as sprint planning, pair programming, and code reviews.
• Map complex business requirements onto existing systems, and evolve them to support new functionality.
• Maintain high standards of code quality.
• Work closely with your team lead to define and execute on the technical and product roadmap.
• Handle production incidents and improve operational processes, monitoring, and tooling to minimize their impact.
• Have the opportunity to solve problems across multiple areas, such as performance, internationalization, multi-tenancy & scalability.

Requirements

You’re a good fit if:

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer, working mostly on the backend
  

• You have a strong technical background, especially in designing multi-tenant applications with a strong focus on Object Oriented Programming.

• You have experience building systems that orchestrate complex workflows across multiple services and have used platforms such as Temporal/Airflow or similar systems

• You have a thorough understanding of API development and concepts such as REST.

• You have had some exposure to distributed systems and understand some of the challenges they present.

• You are self-motivated and function well in situations with high levels of ambiguity.

• You enjoy working in a dynamic and cross-functional environment

What we offer:

• Competitive salary & benefits
• Travel perks
• Diverse and friendly working culture

About Ascenda

Ascenda is a global provider of innovative loyalty solutions. The company operates premium rewards propositions for major financial services and travel brands worldwide. As a trusted partner empowering over 70 of the world’s leading rewards programs, Ascenda develops end-to-end loyalty solutions to address the most meaningful challenges facing global brands today.

With a commitment to make loyalty simple, Ascenda’s solutions are easy to manage, fast to deploy and designed to deliver exceptional customer value. From end-to-end loyalty management to modular solutions such as the TransferConnect currency network, redemption capabilities, loyalty marketing and advisory, Ascenda supercharges the world’s leading loyalty programs to build enduring customer relationships.

For more information, visit www.ascendaloyalty.com.