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\nAscent Funding is an award-winning, rapidly growing private FinTech company that is on a mission to revolutionize the way people pay for college. We're looking for a Full Stack Software Engineer to join our team in the heart of downtown San Diego, CA (well, virtually during COVID) to lead key application and platform development initiatives that deliver our innovation to the market.\nWhat You Will Be Doing:\nThe Full Stack Software Engineer will play an important role in the ongoing development, enhancement, and deployment of our internal loan origination software system, as well as contributing to the planning and development of any new software systems developed by the company. They must have an excellent understanding of LAMP stack technologies, GIT version control, as well as AWS experience. They should also be forward thinking and be able to adapt to an agile development environment.\nThe Engineer should be comfortable interfacing with peers from all departments within the company to gather application requirements. They must be able to interface with program owners and take high level business objectives and translate them into well-defined and architected software solutions.\nAdditionally, they must possess strong analytical skills with demonstrated problem-solving ability, as well as an understanding of Financial Services concepts. They must also have a proven ability to handle multiple priorities and possess a high level of discipline to work independently, while remaining flexible.\n In This Role, You Will:\n* Contribute to the ongoing development of our internal loan origination software system.\n* Contribute to the planning and development of any new company software systems.\n* Perform requirements analysis and technical design of solutions in collaboration with the marketing team.\n* Help maintain our cloud based architecture, focusing on reliability, security, and scalability.\n* Identify code, database, and infrastructure vulnerabilities/bottlenecks, and implement solutions.\n* Participate in peer code test and review.\n\n\nDesired Skills & Expertise:\n* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or IT related field.\n* Previous experience in the Financial Services industry.\n* 4+ years as a LAMP stack developer with full life-cycle product development experience.\n* A solid understanding of CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, etc.).\n* Advanced experience with Object Oriented coding, as well as modern coding principles.\n* Extensive knowledge of web development, specifically with PHP/MySQL.\n* Extensive knowledge coding with Laravel MVC framework.\n* Firm understanding of event-driven and queue-centric design patterns.\n* Proficiency utilizing GIT version control in a team environment.\n* Proficiency with secure coding principles and design.\n* Proficiency with encryption theory and various encryption libraries.\n* Proficiency with front end coding including HTML, Javascript, CSS and responsive web design.\n* Experience with relational databases, schema design and optimization.\n* Experience connecting with and utilizing 3rd party APIs (REST, SOAP, XML).\n* Familiarity with agile development methodologies.\n* AWS experience, specifically with EC2, S3, Redis, RDS and CodeDeploy.\n* Proven ability to work successfully with limited supervision.\n\n\nQualities We Look For In Our Candidates:\n* Entrepreneurial drive to succeed and win, sense of urgency, and passion for the work.\n* Proven ability to think creatively and drive innovation in the market and within our company.\n* Willingness/ability to work late hours when faced with tight deadlines.\n* All-around good teammate who is cooperative, approachable, and dedicated to helping others succeed.\n\n\nCompetitive pay with bonus, and comprehensive benefits package that includes, but not limited to:\n* 401(k) + Company Match\n* Medical, dental, and vision coverage\n* Annual HSA contribution of $1,500\n* Life insurance, disability, and critical illness\n* Birthday Holiday\n* Unlimited snacks and drinks (when we are in the office)\n* Tuition reimbursement program\n* Generous paid leave policies including unlimited PTO\n* $2,000 Vacation Incentive Plan after 3 years + $1,000 Sabbatical day\n* Community, Wellness funds and more\n\n\nLearn more about our benefits by viewing our 2021 Employee Benefits Guide. \nThe Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nIt is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request.\nThe Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.\nEqual Employment Opportunity\nIt is the policy of the Company to provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and employment applicants without regard to unlawful considerations of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, sensory, physical, or mental disability, marital status, veteran or military status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable local, state, or federal laws. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, job assignment, compensation, promotion, benefits, training, discipline, and termination. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. \n\n#Salary and compensation\n
No salary data published by company so we estimated salary based on similar jobs related to Full Stack, Developer, Digital Nomad, Laravel, Cloud, CSS, Git, LAMP, Marketing and Engineer jobs that are similar:\n\n
$70,000 — $120,000/year\n
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๐ฐ 401(k)\n\n๐ Distributed team\n\nโฐ Async\n\n๐ค Vision insurance\n\n๐ฆท Dental insurance\n\n๐ Medical insurance\n\n๐ Unlimited vacation\n\n๐ Paid time off\n\n๐ 4 day workweek\n\n๐ฐ 401k matching\n\n๐ Company retreats\n\n๐ฌ Coworking budget\n\n๐ Learning budget\n\n๐ช Free gym membership\n\n๐ง Mental wellness budget\n\n๐ฅ Home office budget\n\n๐ฅง Pay in crypto\n\n๐ฅธ Pseudonymous\n\n๐ฐ Profit sharing\n\n๐ฐ Equity compensation\n\nโฌ๏ธ No whiteboard interview\n\n๐ No monitoring system\n\n๐ซ No politics at work\n\n๐
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