Software Design Engineer

About Ascendion :

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.

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Title: Software Design Engineer

Location: (Hybrid) Redmond, WA

Typical Day in the Role

• Purpose of the Team: The purpose of this team is to focus on security hardware and intellectual property. Their work is primarily open source, with some potential for internal code review.
• Key projects:This role will contribute to independently developing, testing, and troubleshooting security-related hardware and software across Windows and Linux environments in the Azure fleet. The remaining time is split between technical collaboration, design and test reviews, and documenting results, requiring strong debugging skills and adaptability as priorities change.

Compelling Story & Candidate Value Proposition

• What makes this role interesting?- This role provides the opportunity to work on cutting-edge server hardware technology. They will have the opportunity collaborate with highly skilled team members and gain technical experience.
• Unique Selling Points:Projects are deployed in the Azure fleet, offering experience with one of the largest cloud service providers.

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

• Minimum 8+ years experience with test experience with data center/server hardware.
• Minimum 8+ years experience with development experience with C++ (and Python).
• Minimum 2+ years experience with understanding of CI/CD and ADO pipelines.

Summary:

• The main function of a Software Engineer is to design, develop, implement, test, and maintain business and computer applications software or specialized utility programs including mainframe and client/server applications, and major enhancement of existing systems

Job Responsibilities:

• Fine-tune and improve a variety of sophisticated software implementation projects
• Gather and analyze system requirements, document specifications, and develop software solutions to meet client needs and data
• Analyze and review enhancement requests and specifications
• Implement system software and customize to client requirements
• Prepare the detailed software specifications and test plans
• Code new programs to client’s specifications and create test data for testing
• Modify existing programs to new standards and conduct unit testing of developed programs
• Create migration packages for system testing, user testing, and implementation
• Provide quality assurance reviews
• Perform post-implementation validation of software and resolve any bugs found during testing

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field such as computer science, computer engineering or related field required
• 10+ years experience required
• A solid foundation in computer science, with strong competencies in data structures, algorithms, and software design
• large systems software design and development experience
• Experience performing in-depth troubleshooting and unit testing with both new and legacy production systems
• experience in programming and experience with problem diagnosis and resolution

What is the ideal background of a candidate for this role

• The ideal candidate has 8-10+ years of experience working at the intersection of hardware and software, with a strong background in testing and developing server-class systems across Windows Server and Linux environments.
• They are proficient in C++ (with Python for automation), experienced in configuring and validating data-center hardware, and comfortable designing automated test frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with open-source development, Rust, or security-sensitive systems is a strong plus.
• The candidate should be highly self-directed, adaptable across projects, and effective at producing clear technical reports and test results.

Salary Range: $1,20,000 - 1,35,000 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]

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