Senior Software Engineer, IT Software Engineering
Lake Mary, FL - USA
Job Summary
Ascensus is the leading independent technology and service platform powering savings plans across America providing products and expertise that help nearly 16 million people save for a better today and tomorrow.
Section 1: Position Summary
As aSoftware Engineerin the Ascensus AI Program you will help turn modern LLM capabilities into reliable observable production-grade software used byreal businessteams every day.
This is amid-level software engineering rolefor someone who is strong in core engineering fundamentals and excited to build practical AI-powered systems.
Section 2: Job Functions Essential Duties and Responsibilities
You will work on:
AI-powered applications and agents
Retrieval-augmented generation or RAG pipelines
Agent workflows and orchestration
Prompt strategies and tool integrations
Secure integrations with enterprise systems
Observability testing and production reliability
AI-assisted software development using tools such as Cursor Claude Code or similar platforms
We are looking for engineers who:
Move quickly
Take ownership
Learn fast
Communicate clearly
Care about quality
Build secure maintainable software
Are excited to work in a fast-moving AI environment
You do not need to be an expert in every part of the AI stack on day one but you should be curious technically strong and motivated to grow.
Section 3: Experience Skills Knowledge Requirements
Required Qualifications
3-7 years of professional software engineering experience.
Bachelors degree in Computer Science Computer Information Systems Business Information Systems a related technical field or equivalent practical experience.
Strong experience with one or more modern programming languages such as:
Python
JavaScript / TypeScript
SQL
Similar modern development platforms
Experience building production applications APIs integrations backend services workflow logic or similar software components.
Familiarity with LLM-powered systems such as:
RAG
Chatbots
Agent workflows
Tool use
Prompt engineering
AI-enabled application development
Strong software engineering fundamentals including:
Clean code
Source control
Unit testing
CI/CD
Refactoring
Design patterns
Maintainability
Working experience with SQL for data inspection analysis troubleshooting or integration.
Ability to read application logs traces and telemetry to investigate issues andidentifyroot causes.
Strong problem-solving skills.
Clear communication skills with technical and non-technical audiences.
Comfort working in ambiguous fast-moving environments.
Curiosity ownership and the ability to learnnew technologiesquickly.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more of the following is helpful but not:
Building or contributing to AI/LLM-based systems
RAG pipelines
Chatbots or conversational AI products
Agentic applications
Prompt strategies
Tool-calling workflows
Agent orchestration
Durable workflows or platforms such as Temporal
Model Context Protocol function calling or enterprise tool integrations
REST APIs service-oriented architectures or event-driven systems
Azure Azure AI Foundry Azure DevOps or related Microsoft cloud tools
Salesforce or other enterprise platforms
Observability tools such asLangfuse New RelicOpenTelemetry or similar platforms
AI-powered development tools such as Cursor Claude Code GitHub Copilot or similar tools
Technical documentation diagrams decision records or design notes
Working with quality engineers SDETs operations engineers support teams and product owners
What Success Looks Like
You will be successful in this role if you:
Turn ambiguous business needs into simple working software.
Use AI-assisted development tools to move faster without sacrificing quality.
Build AI systems that are observable testable and reliable enough for production use.
Care aboutretrievalquality prompt behavior tool accuracy user experience and measurable business outcomes.
Learnunfamiliar systems quickly.
Communicate clearly and ask good questions.
Makepracticaltechnical recommendations.
Take ownership fromideathrough design implementation deployment monitoring and improvement.
Help the team improve how it builds testsoperates and evolves enterprise AI software.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
About Company
Everyone deserves to feel financially secure. We help more people save through partnerships with leading financial institutions and state governments.