Software Engineer
Transcend Inc.
Job details
Role Overview
Transcend is seeking a highly motivated and talented Software Engineer on the Workflows Team to build software that helps companies tackle tough privacy challenges. This team’s mission is to build both the core execution engine and the web-based configuration & monitoring surface for our workflows processes. Our workflows engine enables our customers to service customer data requests (Delete My Data, Do not Sell, etc.), enforce data minimization/data retention policies, and propagate user preferences to downstream systems.
This is a remote, Exempt, Full Time position based in the United States. The successful candidate must have valid work authorization, as visa sponsorship is not available. This role reports directly to our Engineering Manager.
What you'll do
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to build business-critical features. You will think critically about the implications of what you’re building, and how it relates to the overarching privacy goals of our customers.
- Ship production-ready code. You will know what tests to write, what to log, what metrics to capture, what alerts to set up.
- Work across the stack to deliver features: Typescript, React, GraphQL, Node.js, PostgreSQL, AWS
- Proactively fix production and development issues. Use these experiences to accelerate your growth as an engineer.
Who you are
- You have less than 2 years of experience in software engineering.
- You take charge of your own professional and technical learnings. You know when to ask for help, and when to try to solve a problem on your own. You strike a good balance between learning how something works deeply and getting a task done. You actively seek feedback from others to improve your own work.
- You’re able to identify trade-offs and take them into consideration when making decisions. You care about business impact and prioritize projects accordingly. You’re not just going after the latest cool tech – you understand the balance between craft, speed, and the bottom line.
- You enjoy & are effective at async and online methods of communication. Our team is remote, so the ability to clearly and thoughtfully communicate despite the space and time barriers is very important.
- You are excited to grow your engineering knowledge and abilities. Our team strongly values professional growth, and places a large emphasis on growing our engineers both technically and non-technically through mentorship, continuous feedback, and opportunities to demonstrate your growth.
Compensation Information
- Our comprehensive compensation packages play a big part in how we recognize you for the impact you have on our path to bringing data rights to everyone.
- The compensation pay range represents our reasonable expectation for this role. Individual pay is determined by multiple factors, including, but not limited to, experience, education, skillset, and geographic location.
- This specific range applies to Tier 1 labor markets like the SF Bay Area and New York City; it may be adjusted based on the labor market in other geographic areas and the individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process.
About Transcend
Transcend is the autonomous data decision platform powering the world's most trusted brands. We help enterprises navigate one of the defining challenges of the AI era: leveraging the data they hold on their users and customers responsibly while still moving fast. By encoding data use permissions directly into the systems that process customer data, Transcend creates a real-time source of truth for consent, preferences, and business rules, enabling organizations to unlock AI, personalization, and customer growth with confidence.
We're building the infrastructure behind trusted data use with a team that values curiosity, ownership, and technical excellence. If you're excited by complex, future-focused problems at the intersection of AI, data governance, privacy, and trust, you'll find plenty to tackle here.
Founded by Ben Brook and Mike Farrell, Transcend is a fully remote company backed by leading investors, including Accel, Index, 01A, StepStone Group, and HighlandX. We are proud to serve Fortune 500 companies and emerging category leaders and have been recognized as a Leader in IDC's MarketScape for Worldwide Data Privacy Compliance Software and twice named to the Deloitte Technology Fast 500™.
Learn more on our Customer Stories Page.
Why Join Us?
- Impactful work: We believe helping organizations use data responsibly while continuing to innovate is one of the defining challenges of the AI era. At Transcend, you'll help some of the world's most trusted brands navigate that challenge while shaping the future of trusted data use.
- Autonomy and growth: You will have the trust and autonomy to drive initiatives from the start. As part of a fast-growing company, you'll have significant opportunities to shape the organization's direction and work across a diverse array of projects.
- Dynamic environment: Transcend sits at the intersection of AI, data governance, privacy, and trust. As technology, regulations, and consumer expectations continue to evolve, so do the challenges enterprises face. Our team moves quickly, adapts constantly, and helps define how organizations responsibly use data in an AI-powered world.
- Supportive culture: The people at Transcend are driven, kind, and know how to balance work, life, and memes. Ego has no place here. We learn from each other and maintain a strong support system while solving meaningful problems together.
- Commitment to diversity and equal opportunity: We celebrate a diverse and inclusive workforce and consider all forms of diversity, including race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. Our commitment ensures equitable employment opportunities, non-discrimination in all practices, and a workplace where every employee feels valued and respected. We also consider all qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, as legally required.
- Benefits & perks: Transcend employees enjoy a comprehensive benefits program that includes flexible PTO, parental leave, a 401(k) match, comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage, and competitive compensation packages that include employee equity. Learn more about our offerings here.
- Remote-first by design: We believe great work can happen from anywhere. Transcend is a fully remote company built around flexibility, trust, and collaboration, with team members across geographies and time zones. We foster connection through metro hub meetups, team off-sites, and annual company retreats, while supporting day-to-day work with co-working and monthly meal stipends.
- Community & well-being: We believe great companies invest in their people and the communities around them. Throughout the year, Transcend employees participate in volunteer opportunities, educational programming, and initiatives focused on wellbeing, inclusion, and social impact.
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