Data Scientist – Machine Learning

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Data Scientist to join our growing team and join our Machine Learning focused Data Science team at Ascend. We’re a scrappy team of account/project managers, engineers, data scientists and UX-ers, and we need someone who is skilled at machine learning development and deployment. You’ll be joining a growing team of Data Scientists and Analysts at Ascend – so you’ll have an opportunity to make a significant impact on our capability and growing Data Science strategy.

As a Data Scientist, you’ll support data driven products, projects, and services that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality and the impact of mental health & substance use disorder in our communities.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health. Ascend’s long-term strategy is to build data-driven technologies for communities while in parallel identifying scalable opportunities to transition products and produce spinout companies through Ascend’s startup studio, Ascend Ventures.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work Remotely

???? WhoYou Are

• You are a machine learning expert and are driven to use that ability to solve complex community problems.
• You are fueled by collaboration and excited to learn new technical skills/techniques
• You have an innate drive to apply data science to meaningful work that makes an impact in our communities.
• You have an ability to translate analytic results into intuitive insight and recommendations

• You have a bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field (Mathematics, Computer Science, Economics, Statistics), or a field related to healthcare or public health. Or you have experience with a proven record of accomplishment of analytical skills that can be substituted for degree requirements.
• You have 3+ years of experience in a data science role, with experience training and deploying machine learning models. You could have additional experience with data engineering, or software engineering, but not required.
• You are proficient in open-source programming languages (R, Python, etc.), with the use of data-related Python or R packages (NumPy, pandas, scikit-learn, Matplotlib, SciPy, TidyVerse, Dplyr, etc.)

☀️ As a Data Scientist, on a given day you will:

• Clean, restructure, and manipulate data into a useable format for analysis

• Design, prototype, and refine production ready, predictive algorithms or models
• Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and UX teams to solve data-related technical issues and support their data science needs.
• Support requirements gathering, discovery, or strategic consulting scenarios.
• Supply project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders.
• Work with stakeholders to help define project scope and clarify project requirements.

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Software Engineer to join our growing team and help us build products that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards, to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community. A great fit for our company will exhibit these characteristics in action on a daily basis.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 2+ years experience in software development
• You have experience building, configuring, and implementing AWS cloud solutions
• You have experience working with Infrastructure as Code solutions like Terraform
• You have experience working with containers and container orchestration like Docker and AWS ECS
• You have experience working with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
• You have experience working with web frameworks such as Django, Ruby on Rails, Express, or Gin
• You enjoy being engaged with multiple projects on any given week and can effectively multi-task and efficiently manage your time
• You are excited about working with a highly collaborative team where you can help define engineering tooling, standards, and processes
• You are an excellent communicator and enjoy working with project managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers

☀️ As an Ascend Software Engineer, on a given day you might:

• Brainstorm ways to re-implement legacy systems using modern cloud architecture
• Write effective, efficient, and testable code with clear documentation
  
• Pair program with other engineers on the team
• Review and provide effective, constructive feedback on Pull Requests
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and defects across local, staging, and production environments
• Work on improving internal tooling or processes in order to enable others (or your future self) to work faster or more effectively
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and workshops that help define the overall direction of a project
• Experiment with new technologies to integrate into Ascend’s engineering workflow
• Establish, maintain, and foster an open, collaborative, supportive, and positive working environment

???? What Our Engineering Team Values

Our engineering team values curiosity, creativity, simplicity, and craftsmanship

• We desire to continuously learn, explore, and experiment
• We believe that software engineering is a creative pursuit
• We believe even complex things can be simple and elegant
• We desire to craft high-quality applications with care and attention to detail

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• Our primary office is in Dayton , Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨ Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Senior Account & Project Manager to join our growing team. We’re a scrappy team of account/project managers, engineers, data scientists and UXers, and we need someone who is skilled at being a champion and partner to assigned clients while facilitating cross functional collaboration by including relevant team members from all functions to effectively tackle projects.

You’ll need to be passionate about working with community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. Our clients range from recovery boards to hospice organizations, to grass roots community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality and the impact of mental health & SUD on our communities.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health. Ascend’s long-term strategy is to build data-driven technologies for communities while in parallel identifying scalable opportunities to transition product and produce spinout companies through Ascend’s startup studio, Ascend Ventures.

❤️  What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️  Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work however you feel most comfortable - in-office, hybrid or 100% remote

????  Who You Are

• You have at least 3+ years experience in account management, technical project management or client services.
• You hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or have equivalent work experience.
• You have a knack for developing meaningful working relationships with clients and team members.
• You have experience with a project management tool such as Notion, ClickUp, Jira, Asana, etc.
• You have excellent listening, communication and critical thinking skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
• You proactively analyze, troubleshoot, problem-solve, and manage issues.
• You are a master at prioritizing and can effectively manage multiple and shifting projects in a fast-paced environment.
• You are curious, detail oriented, a self-starter and creative problem solver.
• You desire to be a part of a growing team and are comfortable in an environment where process and strategies are evolving and continuing to be defined.
• You have an innate drive to do meaningful work that makes an impact on our communities.

☀️ As a Senior Account & Project Manager, on a given day you will:

• Ensure client relations are positive and stable; leadership is immediately informed of any potential problems with client relations, budget overruns, scope issues, etc.
• Ensure client needs are properly and efficiently resourced; work with Directors to assign the appropriate level of resourcing
• Participates in and in many cases leads client meetings
• Guiding client strategy workshops to surface and support their overall vision and goals
• Act as the internal-facing champion and voice of the client
• Ensure effective communication with clients to keep informed on progress, budget status, scope changes, recommendations, etc.
• Retain current clients through proactive relationship development
• Utilize industry best practices, techniques, and standards throughout entire project execution
• Manage changes to the project scope, project schedule and project costs using appropriate tools and project management techniques
• Conduct regular stand-ups, project kickoffs, retrospectives, and other internal project meetings; support cross functional collaboration
• Track project costs and timelines and provide reports or updates as necessary
• Measure project performance using appropriate tools and techniques
• Create and maintain comprehensive project documentation

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• We are not currently offering remote positions in California or New York
• Our primary office is in Dayton, Ohio (ESTTimezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨  Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
• in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Product Owner to join our growing team and help jumpstart the product discipline at Ascend. We’re a scrappy team of account/project managers, engineers, data scientists and UXers, and we need someone who is skilled at leading delivery. You’d be the first Product Owner to join Ascend – so you’ll have an opportunity to define and refine the role right alongside our team.

As a Product Owner, you’ll support commercially viable products that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality and the impact of mental health & SUD on our communities.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health. Ascend’s long-term strategy is to build data-driven technologies for communities while in parallel identifying scalable opportunities to transition product and produce spinout companies through Ascend’s startup studio, Ascend Ventures.

❤️  What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️  Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work where you are most comfortable - in-person, hybrid or remote

????  Who You Are

• You have at least 3+ years experience in product management or product ownership
• You hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or have equivalent work experience
• You have excellent listening, communication and critical thinking skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and clients.
• You proactively analyze, troubleshoot, problem-solve, and manage issues.
• You are a master at prioritizing and can effectively manage multiple and shifting product workstreams in a fast-paced environment.
• You are curious, detail oriented, a self-starter and creative problem solver.
• You desire to be a part of a growing team and are comfortable in an environment where process and strategies are evolving and continuing to be defined.
• You have an innate drive to do meaningful work that makes an impact on our communities.

☀️ As a ProductOwner, on a given day you will:

• Own and drive one or multiple client product roadmap(s).
• Gather requirements, write user stories and acceptance criteria, build backlogs and prioritize the work.
• Champion design thinking and own MVP definition, ensuring the product and any features/enhancements are feasible, viable and desirable.
• Build consensus across groups with differing priorities.
• Work closely with the software engineering team.
• Participate alongside of the UX team to gain a deep understanding of the end-user through various quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
• Work with the data science team to incorporate complex data insights and outcome metrics into products built for our clients
• Leverage user feedback, key insights and analytics to translate back into requirements and identify future enhancements.
• Manage against timelines, scope and budget to deliver the product as expected.
• Lead with and advocate for a product mindset by educating others on the importance of intersecting business, user experience and technology to drive value for the end user and our clients.

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• We are not currently offering remote positions in California or New York
• Our primary office is in Dayton, Ohio (ESTTimezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨  Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
• in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

The Positivly team is looking for a Community Resource Intern to strengthen and expand our resource directory. You'll work alongside Positivly's Executive Director to expand our current resource directory, complete community resource audits, and develop new community relationships. You will work alongside the Positivly team to build upon the previously developed resource directory and community relation resource.

???? About Positivly

Positivly is a new platform developed for high school students that helps to reduce the access barriers to mental health resources. Rates of anxiety, depression, and suicide have almost doubled in the last ten years, and our schools are in crisis mode in responding to their students' needs. The app fights the barriers created by stigma through shared stories about mental health, and trusted staff at a school curates the content. Positiv.ly also closes the gap between students and professional community resources through a hyper-local directory with vetted professional services.

Positivly is the first spinout of Ascend Innovation's startup studio. Ascend is a technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. Formed by the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and three major hospital networks (Premier Health, Kettering Health, and Dayton Children's), Ascend is positioned to serve communities to address their most complex health problems, including mental health.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Flexibility to work remotely

???? Who You Are

• You are a college student or at least have completed high school
• You are comfortable taking on a big challenge alone and are self-driven
• You are a natural collaborator with strong interpersonal skills
• Show strong written communication skills
• You have strong attention to detail and love to solve problems
• You have excellent time management skills and the ability to accomplish and prioritize work proactively
• You are passionate about mental health and are excited to spend time in high schools addressing the issues with our existing mental health support systems
• You bring a positive approach to life

☀️ As the Community Resource Intern, on a given day, you will:

• Support the development of the Positivly resource directory by working with schools and community organizations to organize local resources
• Work with the Executive Director of Positivly to recruit additional community resources to join the resource directory
• Complete resource audits, investigating the coverage of mental health resources for schools and healthcare organizations
• Help keep the resource directory up to date by maintaining directory listings

???? Where You'll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• Our primary office is in Dayton, Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a UX Researcher to join our growing team and help us solve problems with experiences that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards, to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality and the impact of mental health & SUD on our communities.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health. Ascend’s long-term strategy is to build data-driven technologies for communities while in parallel identifying scalable opportunities to transition product and produce spinout companies through Ascend’s startup studio, Ascend Ventures.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 3+ years in the User Experience field, preferably in research/strategy.
• You hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or have equivalent work experience
• You have excellent listening, communication and critical thinking skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams, customers or partners.
• You live and breathe the design thinking process, love to work iteratively and believe in progress over perfection.
• You are able to translate a lot of information into actionable insights, key problems to solve or areas of opportunity.
• You are familiar with UX research and design tools like Figma and Dovetail.
• You desire to be a part of a growing team and are comfortable in an environment where process and strategies are evolving and continuing to be defined.
• You have an innate drive to do meaningful work that makes an impact on our communities.
• You ask questions, are open to feedback, take risks and champion new ideas.

☀️ As a UX Researcher, on a given day you will:

• Partner to understand business needs and develop UX research methodology that is unique to the client ask/objective.
  
• Execute generative and evaluative research and gain a deep understanding of the end-user through by leveraging both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
  
• Facilitate one-on-one interviews, group discussions, workshops and usability testing.
  
• Synthesize and communicate research findings into user flows, personas, visuals, journey maps, findings documents, wireframes, etc.
  
• Collaborate, brainstorm and problem solve with other UXers, data scientists and analysts, engineers, product/project managers and client partners.
  
• Represent the voice of the end user in product vision, strategy and roadmap conversations.
  
• Pivot from product to product quickly, and operate at both 30,000 feet and knees deep in the weeds.
  
• Ensure experiences, products, solutions, enhancements and features are rooted in the user.
• Champion User Experience, design thinking and educate others on the value it brings.

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our team mates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
  • We are not currently offering remote positions in California or New York
• Our primary office is in Dayton, Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States.

✨ Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Product Manager to join our growing team and help us identify, vet, and build commercially viable products that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards, to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality and the impact of mental health & SUD on our communities.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health. Ascend’s long-term strategy is to build data-driven technologies for communities while in parallel identifying scalable opportunities to transition product and produce spinout companies through Ascend’s startup studio, Ascend Ventures.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 3+ years experience in product management
• You hold a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree in a related field, or have equivalent work experience
• You have excellent management skills and principles with experience guiding teams from a product lens.
• You have excellent communication skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams and with customers or partners.
• You have experience with agile project management and leading teams through a regular cadence of agile rituals.
• You have the ability to analyze, troubleshoot, problem-solve, and manage stakeholder issues.
• You are comfortable setting data-driven standards and holding teams accountable for metrics, decisions, and deliverables.
• You desire to be a part of a growing team and are comfortable in an environment where process and strategies are evolving and continuing to be defined.
• You have an innate drive to do meaningful work that make an impact on our communities.

☀️ As a Product Manager, on a given day you will:

• Help formulate Ascend’s long-term product vision, goals, metrics, and strategy.
• Collaborate with Senior Leadership on overall product strategy and vision.
• Serve as a key contributor to building out the methodology for transitioning products from service-based engagements to product commercialization efforts with Ascend Ventures and the startup studio team.
• Translate product strategy into concrete plans and objectives over the short- and medium-term.
• Drive the product roadmap for projects identified with a product that has potential commercial viability, based on customer needs, resources, and strategic opportunities.
• Lead market assessment to identify new product opportunities and represent voice of the market by conducting industry research, including deep quantitative, qualitative, and competitive analysis. Lead the UX team in the use of prototypes for gathering product and strategy feedback.
• Partner cross-functionally to write product requirements and drive execution and prioritization.
• Collaborate with functional leads to execute on product development.

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our team mates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
  • We are not currently offering remote positions in California or New York
• Our primary office is in Dayton , Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨ Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

Ascend Innovations is looking for a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team and help us build products that enable community health organizations to better serve the most vulnerable populations. We work with clients ranging from recovery boards, to hospice organizations, to grass root community health programs focused on important initiatives such as reducing infant mortality.

???? About Ascend

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology. Owned by the three hospital networks in Dayton, Ascend is uniquely positioned to build solutions around mental health and addiction, chronic disease, social determinants of health, and other core focus areas related to community health.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community. A great fit for our company will exhibit these characteristics in action on a daily basis.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 5+ years experience in software development
• You are proficient in modern web technologies and can transition efficiently from writing HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node to comfortably making your way around AWS or working with a CI/CD pipeline like Github Actions
• You have a deep understanding of Javascript frameworks (client and server-side) such as React, Svelte, Vue, Angular and SvelteKit, Remix, or NextJS
• You are passionate about building elegant, flexible, accessible UI architecture that people enjoy interacting with
• You have extensive experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs and can comfortably build and deploy highly-available, well-documented, production-ready APIs
• You have experience building and maintaining mission-critical, full-stack applications that connect frontend applications and backend services with MySQL, PostgreSQL, and MongoDB databases
• You have experience writing effective tests, as well as working with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
• You enjoy being engaged with multiple projects on any given week and can effectively multi-task and efficiently manage your time
• You are confident in our ability to estimate any given project’s level of effort, cost, and engineering timelines
• You are capable of owning engineering deliverables from discovery and execution all the way through to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• You are passionate about improving the developer experience, using industry-standard solutions wherever possible
• You are excited about working with a highly collaborative team where you can help define engineering tooling, standards, and processes
• You are an excellent communicator and enjoy working with project managers, designers, data scientists, and other engineers
• You desire to establish & grow an effective, tight-knit engineering team and you enjoy mentoring younger developers

☀️ As an Ascend Senior Software Engineer, on a given day you might:

• Design and implement reliable application architecture strategies using modern tech that solve real community health needs
• Write effective, efficient, and testable code with clear documentation
• Scope features, communicate acceptance criteria, and provide alternate solutions based on client and Project Manager feedback
• Pair program with other engineers on the team
• Review and provide effective, constructive feedback on Pull Requests
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and defects across local, staging, and production environments
• Conduct technical interviews for Ascend engineering candidates
• Consistently model an engineering culture of standards-driven, industry-leading development practices
• Work on improving internal tooling or processes in order to enable others (or your future self) to work faster or more effectively
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and workshops that help define the overall direction of a project
• Experiment with new technologies to integrate into Ascend’s engineering workflow
• Work on an exciting cutting-edge tech stack that includes: Typescript, Node, NextJS, Gatsby, SvelteKit, GraphQL, Prisma, KeystoneJS, and Styled Components
• Establish, maintain, and foster an open, collaborative, supportive, and positive working environment

???? What Our Engineering Team Values

Our engineering team values curiosity, creativity, simplicity, and craftsmanship

• We desire to continuously learn, explore, and experiment
• We believe that software engineering is a creative pursuit
• We believe even complex things can be simple and elegant
• We desire to craft high-quality applications with care and attention to detail

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• Our primary office is in Dayton , Ohio (EST Timezone), but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio.
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨ Benefits Highlight

• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401K employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

The Positiv.ly Team is looking for a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team and help us build a product that will change the landscape of mental health services for teens. The product is live in Dayton and Columbus and has contracts to begin expanding nationwide. This is an opportunity to join a Seed stage company, and make a significant impact on the product’s future.

???? What is Positiv.ly?

Positiv.ly is the first spin-out of Ascend Innovation’s startup studio. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Positiv.ly Team, you will be an employee of Ascend Innovations and will benefit from the stability and services available from the larger parent company.

We are building a digital platform and community that helps teens reach their full potential by developing resilience and mental health coping strategies. Positiv.ly creates an environment for students to learn and grow by providing a safe space for teens to connect through shared experiences and stories. The program will offer an encompassing suite of services for schools, including a detailed community resource directory, online community, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programming.

???? About Ascend (Positiv.ly’s Parent Company)

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community. A great fit for our company will exhibit these characteristics in action on a daily basis.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? New M1 Macbook Pro + ???? 1.5k Gear Budget
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 5+ years experience in software development
• You are proficient in modern web technologies and can transition efficiently from writing HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node to investigating operational issues using monitoring tools like Sentry and Log Rocket or working with a CI/CD pipeline like Github Actions
• You have a deep understanding of Javascript frameworks (client and server-side) such as React, Svelte, Vue, Angular and SvelteKit, Remix, or NextJS
• You have experience building and maintaining highly available full-stack applications that connect front-end applications and backend services with Postgres databases
• You have experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs
• You have experience writing effective tests, as well as working with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
• You have experience effectively working within monorepo project structures
• You are passionate about improving the developer experience, using industry-standard solutions wherever possible
• You are capable of owning product roadmap feature-sets from discovery and execution all the way through to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• You are able to manage your time and priorities effectively and create for yourself the focused space you need to get your work done efficiently
• You are excited about working with a highly collaborative, early-stage team where you can help define engineering tooling, standards, and processes
• You are an excellent communicator and enjoy collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers
• You desire to establish & grow an effective, tight-knit engineering team and you enjoy mentoring younger developers

☀️ As a Positiv.ly Senior Software Engineer, on a given day you might:

• Engage directly in the full product development lifecycle rooted in an agile approach
• Design and implement reliable application architecture strategies using modern tech that solves current needs while intentionally planning for future scale
• Write effective, efficient, and testable code with clear documentation
• Scope features, communicate acceptance criteria, and provide alternate solutions based on PM feedback
• Pair program with other engineers on the team
• Review and provide effective, constructive feedback on Pull Requests
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and defects across local, staging, and production environments
• Conduct technical interviews for Positiv.ly engineering candidates
• Consistently model an engineering culture of standards-driven, industry-leading development practices
• Work on improving internal tooling or processes in order to enable others (or your future self) to work faster or more effectively
• Work on building a scalable design system that frontend Positiv.ly applications can consume
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and workshops that help define the overall direction of the Positiv.ly platform
• Experiment with new technologies to integrate into the Positiv.ly platform
• Work on an exciting cutting-edge tech stack that includes: Postgres, Typescript, SvelteKit, GraphQL, Prisma, KeystoneJS, Turborepo, and render.com
• Work with modern productivity and project management tools like Notion, Figma, Linear, and Chromatic
• Establish, maintain, and foster an open, collaborative, positive working environment

???? What Our Engineering Team Values

Our engineering team values curiosity, creativity, simplicity, and craftsmanship

• We desire to continuously learn, explore, and experiment
• We believe that software engineering is a creative pursuit
• We believe even complex things can be simple and elegant
• We desire to craft high-quality applications with care and attention to detail

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our teammates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• Our primary office is in Dayton (EST Timezone),but we also have a presence in Columbus, Ohio
• For the time being, we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨ Benefits Highlight

• Opportunity to earn equity
• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• Automatic 401k employer contribution
• Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

The Positiv.ly Team is looking for a Full Stack Senior Software Engineer to join our growing team and help us build a product that will change the landscape of mental health services for teens. The product is live in Dayton and Columbus and has contracts to begin expanding nationwide. This is an opportunity to join a Seed stage company, and make a significant impact on the product’s future.

???? What is Positiv.ly?

Positiv.ly is the first spin-out of Ascend Innovation’s startup studio. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Positiv.ly Team, you will be an employee of Ascend Innovations and will benefit from the stability and services available from the larger parent company.

We are building a digital platform and community that helps teens reach their full potential by developing resilience and mental health coping strategies. Positiv.ly creates an environment for students to learn and grow by providing a safe space for teens to connect through shared experiences and stories. The program will offer an encompassing suite of services for schools, including a detailed community resource directory, online community, and Social Emotional Learning (SEL) programming.

???? About Ascend (Positiv.ly’s Parent Company)

Ascend Innovations is a socially impactful technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems. We desire to empower all communities to improve health and wellness with human-centered technology.

❤️ What We Value

Our team culture is rooted in the values of drive, perseverance, trust, accountability, and community.

• We aspire to be better
• We grow through challenge
• We are open and honest
• We have each other's back
• We are better together

☕️ Perks

• ???? Unlimited PTO
• ???? 3 months fully paid parental leave
• ???? New M1 Macbook Pro + ???? 1.5k Gear Budget
• ???? Work Remotely

???? Who You Are

• You have a least 5+ years experience in software development
• You are proficient in modern web technologies and can transition efficiently from writing HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and Node to investigating operational issues using monitoring tools like Sentry and Log Rocket or working with a CI/CD pipeline like Github Actions
• You have a deep understanding of Javascript frameworks (client and server-side) such as React, Svelte, Vue, Angular and SvelteKit, Remix, or NextJS
• You have experience building and maintaining highly available full-stack applications that connect front-end applications and backend services with Postgres databases
• You have experience working with REST and GraphQL APIs
• You have experience writing effective tests, as well as working with test automation and CI/CD pipelines
• You have experience effectively working within monorepo project structures
• You are passionate about improving the developer experience, using industry-standard solutions wherever possible
• You are capable of owning product roadmap feature-sets from discovery and execution all the way through to deployment, monitoring, and iteration
• You are able to manage your time and priorities effectively and create for yourself the focused space you need to get your work done efficiently
• You are excited about working with a highly collaborative, early-stage team where you can help define engineering tooling, standards, and processes
• You are an excellent communicator and enjoy collaborating with product managers, designers, and other engineers
• You desire to establish & grow an effective, tight-knit engineering team and you enjoy mentoring younger developers

☀️ As a Positiv.ly Senior Software Engineer, on a given day you might:

• Engage directly in the full product development lifecycle rooted in an agile approach
• Design and implement reliable application architecture strategies using modern tech that solves current needs while intentionally planning for future scale
• Write effective, efficient, and testable code with clear documentation
• Scope features, communicate acceptance criteria, and provide alternate solutions based on PM feedback
• Pair program with other engineers on the team
• Review and provide effective, constructive feedback on Pull Requests
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve bugs and defects across local, staging, and production environments
• Conduct technical interviews for Positiv.ly engineering candidates
• Consistently model an engineering culture of standards-driven, industry-leading development practices
• Work on improving internal tooling or processes in order to enable others (or your future self) to work faster or more effectively
• Work on building a scalable a design system that frontend Positiv.ly applications can consume
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and workshops that help define the overall direction of the Positiv.ly platform
• Experiment with new technologies to integrate into the Positiv.ly platform
• Work on an exciting cutting-edge tech stack that includes: Postgres, Typescript, SvelteKit, GraphQL, Prisma, KeystoneJS, Turborepo, and Render.com
• Work with modern productivity and project management tools like Notion, Figma, Linear, and Chromatic
• Establish, maintain, and foster an open, collaborative, positive working environment

???? What Our Engineering Team Values

Our engineering team values curiosity, creativity, simplicity, and craftsmanship

• We desire to continuously learn, explore, and experiment
• We believe that software engineering is a creative pursuit
• We believe even complex things can be simple and elegant
• We desire to craft high-quality applications with care and attention to detail

???? Where You’ll Be

• We are a distributed workforce enabling our team mates to find a work mode that is best for them!
• We offer flexible fully remote, hybrid, or in-office working arrangements.
• Our primary office is in Dayton and Columbus, Ohio (EST Timezone)
• For the time being we ask that all employees be located within the United States

✨ Benefits Highlight

• $100,000-$120,000 cash compensation (total comp up to $150,000)
• Generous equity package
• Inclusive healthcare package (medical, dental, & vision)
• 410k & Health Savings Account with employer match
• Flexible working style
  • in-office, hybrid, or 100% remote, with teammates located throughout the US

Overview

Ascend is a socially impactful, mission driven technology company that provides data-driven products and consulting services to help organizations solve complex community health problems.Formed by the Greater Dayton Area Hospital Association and three major hospital networks (Premier Health, Kettering Health, and Dayton Children’s), Ascend is positioned to serve all communities to address their most complex health problems. The role of data engineer is fundamental to Ascend's data science capability. Data engineers are responsible for the mechanics of data ingestion, processing, and storage.

Our Culture

We believe that life does not equal work. We believe in being direct with positive intent and leading each interaction with empathy. We are intentional about giving first. We kindly poke the bear. We laugh (A LOT). We believe that teamwork makes the dream work. And most of all, we believe that our differences make us stronger.

Job Summary

The Data Engineer is responsible for managing data access across Ascend’s projects, products, and throughout a product's lifecycle. Data Engineers are mainly tasked with transforming data into a format that can be easily analyzed. A data engineer has the responsibility to design, build and manage the information captured by Ascend and is entrusted with establishing and maintaining a data handling infrastructure to analyze and process data in line with the company's goals. Data engineers work closely with data scientists and are largely in charge of architecting solutions for that enable them to do their jobs.

The Data Engineer will also work with our software developers, data analysts and data scientists on data initiatives and ensure optimal data delivery architecture is consistent throughout ongoing projects. Additionally, they are also responsible working closely with clients and other business leaders to translate raw data into actionable insights which would result in competitive edge for Ascend. They must be self-directed and comfortable supporting the data needs of multiple teams, systems, clients, and products.

Primary Responsibilities

Data Engineering

· Ability to create and maintain optimal data pipeline architecture.

· Assemble large, complex data sets that meet functional / non-functional business requirements.

· Support data engineering efforts, including database and API design, data extraction/transformation/load, and data aggregation/integration.

· Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability, etc.

· Build the infrastructure required for optimal extraction, transformation, and loading of data from a wide variety of data sources using SQL and AWS ‘big data’ technologies.

· Build analytics tools that utilize the data pipeline to provide actionable insights into customer acquisition, operational efficiency, and other key business performance metrics.

· Work with stakeholders including the Executive, Product, Data and Design teams to assist with data-related technical issues and support their data infrastructure needs.

· Keep our data separated and secure across national boundaries through multiple data centers and AWS regions.

· Create data tools for analytics and data scientist team members that assist them in building and optimizing our product into an innovative industry leader.

· Work with data and analytics experts to strive for greater functionality in our data systems.

· Supports requirements gathering, discovery, or strategic consulting scenarios.

Communication

· Provide project updates on a consistent basis to various stakeholders

· Report and escalate to management as needed

· Work with stakeholders to help define project scope and clarify project requirements

Qualifications

· 5+ years of experience in a Data Engineer or Developr role, who has attained a Graduate degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Informatics, Information Systems, or another quantitative field. They should also have experience using any of the following software/tools:

o Linux/Unix-based operating systems and experience in shell scripting required

o Big data tools: Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc.

o Relational SQL and NoSQL databases, including Postgres and MongoDB.

o Data pipeline and workflow management tools: Azkaban, Luigi, Airflow, etc.

o AWS cloud services: EC2, EMR, RDS, Redshi

o Stream-processing systems: Storm, Spark-Streaming, etc.

o Scripting languages: Python, Java, C++, Scala, etc.

· Advanced working SQL knowledge and experience working with relational databases, query authoring (SQL) as well as working familiarity with a variety of databases.

· Experience building and optimizing "big data" data pipelines, architectures, and data sets.

· Experience in designing RESTful APIs, architecting robust and scalable systems, and deploying and maintaining web services, including web server configuration (e.g., Apache, NGINX), message queues (e.g., RabbitMQ, Apache Kafka), microservice architectures, proxy servers, sidecar patterns.

· Experience performing root cause analysis on internal and external data and processes to answer specific business questions and identify opportunities for improvement.

· Strong analytic skills related to working with unstructured datasets.

· Build processes supporting data transformation, data structures, metadata, dependency, and workload management.

· A successful history of manipulating, processing, and extracting value from large, disconnected datasets.

· Working knowledge of message queuing, stream processing, and highly scalable ‘big data’ data stores.

· Strong project management and organizational skills.

· Experience supporting and working with cross-functional teams in a dynamic environment.

· Willingness to learn or adopt new tools and processes as the team grows and evolves.

· Extremely attentive to detail

· Excellent organizational skills

· Team/collaboration oriented

· Demonstrated leadership and self-direction

What We Can Offer

· Flexible time off

· The ability to work remotely

· A competitive salary

· 401k with automatic company contribution

· A choice of flexible career pathways

· Flexible technology stacks and equipment

· Professional development opportunities