Senior Software Engineer

GiveCampus

8h•Remote

About The Position

We are looking for a brilliant and energetic Senior Software Engineer to join GiveCampus and help us take the platform to the next level. You will be a key member of our team, making technical decisions that will shape the company’s future. As a Senior Software Engineer you will help lead larger projects within your team, assisting the PM and other developers in your pod architect solutions and do initial work breakdown. You will hit the ground running with our stack and you are someone who loves to brainstorm, write code, create new features, and have a big impact. We are headquartered in Washington, DC, but are hiring across the US (we are a fully remote workforce).

Requirements

Functional, real world programming experience (vs. theoretical) in one of the following: Ruby, Python or Javascript/node.js
System design experience with a focus on architecting solutions that can be implemented incrementally while keeping an eye towards scale and resilience
Experience with MVC frameworks such as Rails, Django, Pyramid, etc
The ability to hold your own on the front end and the back end.
Experience with modern front-end frameworks like React and Vue.js
SQL database experience (PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQLite).
Experience with deployments to Heroku, AWS, or similar.
Experience balancing swift and long-term code maintainability.
8 plus years of hands-on development experience

Nice To Haves

Deep expertise with Ruby/Ruby on Rails and RSpec.
Experience with Postgres database administration.
Shipped code that has supported tens of thousands of users, including enterprise/business customers.
Operations experience and how it pertains to site reliability/speed.
Familiarity with networking, caching, database, and how to triage performance and stability issues.
Experience working on a fundraising/crowdfunding platform.
Experience working on a fintech or payments technology product.
A good eye for intuitive, user-friendly front end design.

Responsibilities

Working on the full stack, from UI elements to backend services including getting into database tuning and performance.
Iterating quickly, building new features from start to finish and back end to front end, including architecture design, coding, automated testing, and supporting each implementation in production.
Be adaptable - work closely with and supporting your teammates in a fast-paced, agile development environment (both within your pod and across Engineering as a whole)
Tackling a wide variety of technical issues throughout our stack and contributing to all parts of the code base and shared documentation.
Opportunity to take on a Tech Lead role which includes:
Working closely with the PM on implementation tradeoffs and work breakdown for new projects
Propose, refine and validate technical implementation for a pod’s roadmap work
Assist the PM with setting schedules and milestones - accountable for the pod shipping.
Mentoring more junior staff to help them grow in their craft
Contribute to team-wide initiatives including coding standards, technical debt refinement and system security monitoring
Participate in the interviewing and onboarding new team members and assist in the refinement of our interviewing processes
Participating in the support of the platform on a rotational basis (team based support and paired 24/7 on call rotation)