When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. We believe that by discovering the struggles and triumphs of our past, we can foster deeper bonds and more meaningful connections among families and communities. With more than 30+ billion digitized global historical records, 125+ million family trees, and 22+ million people in our growing AncestryDNA database, Ancestry helps customers discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to work from where you want — in an office or from home or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Together, we work every day to foster a work environment that's inclusive as well as diverse, and where our people can be themselves. Every idea and perspective is valued so that our products and services reflect the global and diverse clients we serve.

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants. Passionate about dedicating your work to enriching people’s lives? Join the curious.

We are looking for a talented Associate Software Engineer to join our team, who will deliver high-quality and impactful features to improve Ancestry. This work to be focused mainly on the application layer. We use the latest open source tools and technologies to create high performance web applications that run at scale. Your work will have a direct impact on user experience and product, from learning focused iterative prototyping to final feature build based upon requirements.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and implement sophisticated web features

• Write unit tests/integration tests

• Participate in code reviews and disseminate best practices

• Work in a highly collaborative Agile development process

• Develop solutions to high performance and scalability standards

• Collaborate in an open team environment with a product manager, UX designer, and QA engineers

• Interact and communicate well with multiple cross-functional teams

Required Skills:

• BS in Computer Science or equivalent

• 1-2 years in software engineering development

• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills

• Understanding of software design patterns and architectural principles

• Experience with a server side language: Java, C#, or Node.js

• Experience with web technologies: Javascript, CSS, HTML, JSON

• Experience with JavaScript frameworks a plus

• Experience with version control: Git

• Familiarity with continuous-integration tools such as Jenkins is a plus

• Good communication skills across a variety of teams including product management, testing and user experience.

Working for Ancestry

Ancestry is a profitable, growing company with a positive, high-energy environment. Together, our dedicated teams are harnessing the power of technology and using it to simplify the way people connect with their families and their unique legacies. Our work environment is fast-paced and challenging, but also extremely exciting. You’ll work with a team of passionate, engaged individuals. We offer excellent benefits and a competitive compensation package. For additional information, regarding our benefits and career information, please visit our website at http://ancestry.com/careers

As a signatory of the ParityPledge in Support of Women and the ParityPledge in Support of People of Color, Ancestry values pay transparency and pay equity. We are pleased to share the base salary range for this position: $42,000 - $135,000 with eligibility for bonus, equity and comprehensive benefits including health, dental and vision. The actual salary will vary by geographic region and job experience. We will share detailed compensation data for a specific location during the recruiting process. Read more about our benefits HERE.

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Additional Information:

Ancestry is an Equal Opportunity Employer that makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, age, mental or physical disability, medical condition, military or veteran status, citizenship, marital status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. In addition, Ancestry will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

All job offers are contingent on a background check screen that complies with applicable law. For San Francisco office candidates, pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Ancestry will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Ancestry is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Ancestry via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Ancestry. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Ancestry as a result of the referral or through other means.

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