Backend Software Engineer

Feathr•Gainesville, FL

3d•$90,000•Remote

About The Position

As the Nonprofit Marketing Platform trusted by over 1,300 nonprofits, Feathr is purpose-built to help our customers unlock more results, time, and confidence. Feathr's software marketing platform equips nonprofits with the tools they need to build purposeful connections with their community and grow impact with confidence. We're working on building an amazing culture at Feathr, where amazing people (like you) can do their best work. If you're ready to grow and "help the helpers" you've come to the right place. But hey, don't take our word for it. Hear what current and former Flockers have to say about their experience. Feathr's SaaS platform is a critical component of the value we deliver to our clients. As a Backend Software Engineer, you contribute to the technical systems that meet the advertising, marketing, and analytics needs of our diverse customer base. You write and ship code that makes a real impact—collaborating with your team to develop features, fix bugs, improve performance, and learn the ins and outs of a production system. You're supported by senior engineers and expected to grow toward increasing independence and ownership over time.

Requirements

2+ years of backend software engineering experience
Professional experience contributing to software that ships to real users
Working knowledge of Python, Flask, and at least one of: Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Redis
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor); we use these daily and consider them core to our workflow
Solid knowledge of key data structures and algorithms
Comfortable writing and maintaining automated unit tests and integration tests
Working knowledge of MongoDB queries and data modeling
Familiarity with Elasticsearch or similar search/analytics engines
Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and services (S3, SQS, or EC2)
Awareness of security and compliance considerations in enterprise software
Able to work in both synchronous and asynchronous environments with guidance
Effectively leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development, debug issues, and explore unfamiliar codebases

Nice To Haves

Experience with Docker, event stream processing, Kubernetes, or distributed systems

Responsibilities

Design and implement backend features and services that ship to real users
Solve technical problems and document their solutions for the team
Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other teams to design and develop features
Write clean, testable, performant code and review code written by your teammates
Debug and resolve backend issues—performance bottlenecks, data consistency problems, production incidents
Deploy your changes to production and monitor them for correctness and performance
Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing
Ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of Feathr's data and operations
Iterate on feedback and continuously improve technical solutions