Director of Engineering (Hands on)

Location: Boulder, CO 

Hands-On Director of Engineering  

Please note: Ascend Analytics is not able to offer visa sponsorships at this time. 

Your Impact at Ascend  

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.   

Ascend Analytics is an innovative “climate tech” software and consulting company focused on energy analytics that are transforming the electric grid. Ascend's solutions provide the analytics to support critical power supply decisions from operating strategies, for short and long-term investment and resource planning decisions. For more information, visit www.ascendanalytics.com.  

Job Responsibilities  

• You will be the driving force behind the design and development of our SmartBidder  application.   

• 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.  

• Review, investigate and advise on system architecture and technology platform choices.  

• Own delivery of the product, including coordinating releases, support rotations, and incident response. 

• 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.  

Qualifications and Experience:   

• 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 Skills and Knowledge:   

• 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 - $210,000                

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 [email protected].