Data Engineering Lead
Ascend(29 days ago)
About this role
The Data Engineering Lead will architect and own Ascend’s data infrastructure that powers company-wide decision making, reporting to the Head of Finance & Data. The role is responsible for the full lifecycle of the data platform—from ingestion of high-volume transactional data to modeling and orchestration—and for delivering trusted, scalable data products that support financial operations. This leader ensures accurate, auditable metrics and helps the company scale analytics and data systems as transaction volumes grow.
Required Skills
- Data Ingestion
- Data Modeling
- Data Orchestration
- dbt
- Data Quality
- Observability
- Pipeline Engineering
- Data Governance
- Reverse ETL
- CI/CD
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About Ascend
useascend.comAscend is a comprehensive accounting automation platform built for the insurance industry, serving retail agencies, MGAs, and carriers. It centralizes and automates core financial workflows — invoicing, payments, payables, and reconciliation — to reduce manual effort and errors. By streamlining billing and cash management, Ascend helps insurance firms accelerate reconciliations, improve accuracy, and free staff to focus on higher-value work. The platform is tailored to insurance-specific accounting needs and workflows.