Frontier Software Engineer

GiveCampus

9h • Remote

About The Position

We’re hiring a Frontier Software Engineer to help lead the technical build-out of a first-of-its-kind product at GiveCampus. This is not a typical engineering role. You’ll be a key individual contributor on a small, high-trust team that operates with startup-level autonomy, ownership, and urgency inside a larger mission-driven company. You will be a member of a small team dedicated Business Unit (BU) for a critical product at the company.
You’ll build, test, ship, and fix—doing whatever it takes to move the product forward. That might mean jumping into a new part of the stack, spinning up a prototype overnight, or hopping on a call with a user. We value action over perfection, learning over rigidity, and momentum over process.
If you’re motivated by impact and energized by working hard to make things happen, this role will feel like home. You’ll work alongside others who are deeply committed, intensely collaborative, and driven to deliver fast, tangible results—together.

Requirements

• 3–8+ years of experience building software in startup-like environments.
• Full-stack engineering fluency: React or another JS framework, Ruby on Rails, Postgres, Python or Node.js, RESTful APIs, and cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, etc.).
• Passion for building with users, not just for them—you’re comfortable joining user interviews, shadowing onboarding, or jumping into metrics.
• Clear, asynchronous communication skills—especially important in our distributed environment.
• Proven ability to prioritize ruthlessly, ship continuously, and solve problems creatively.
• Appetite for wearing many hats, operating with autonomy, and solving messy first-time problems.
• Comfort and curiosity using AI tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT, Code Interpreter, Claude, etc.) to boost speed, reduce toil, and elevate quality.

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in a founding or early engineer role.
• Familiarity with education, fundraising, or donor engagement platforms.
• Exposure to low-code tools, internal platforms, or scrappy MVP development.
• Past contributions to product design, GTM strategy, or customer success efforts.
• Experience automating workflows or building with/around AI-powered systems.

Responsibilities

• Build
• Design, implement, and deploy full-stack features in an agile environment.
• Collaborate on architecture decisions and technical strategy from the ground up.
• Contribute across the stack—frontend, backend, infrastructure—wherever momentum is needed most.
• Iterate
• Prototype, test, and ship quickly based on real user feedback and data.
• Use data and insight to rapidly validate (or invalidate) key product assumptions.
• Collaborate
• Work alongside product managers, operations specialists, designers, and BU teammates to shape what we build and why.
• Partner with our onboarding and customer teams to understand how real schools use the product and where friction exists.
• Scale
• As we find product-market fit, help lay the foundation for performance, security, and maintainability.
• Influence engineering culture, best practices, and technical hiring for the BU and company-wide.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, vacation, wellness benefits, and more
• A culture that values deep work, clear priorities, and rolling up our sleeves to get things done.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 11-50 employees