GoFundMe · 7 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer (Checkout Experience, Frontend)
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level
$156K/yr - $234K/yr
5+ years expGoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. The Senior Software Engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop user-centric features, lead frontend development, and ensure high engineering standards while contributing to system reliability.
CrowdfundingInternetPeer to Peer
Responsibilities
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Backend Engineers to translate ideas and requirements into high-quality, user-centric features and improvements on the GoFundMe platform
Lead the development of features primarily on the frontend, with opportunities to contribute across the full stack as needed
Uphold and elevate our engineering standards by actively participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and mentoring other engineers on best practices for style, maintainability, and performance
Independently drive the development and shipment of brand-new features and complex improvements, demonstrating strong ownership from conception through to deployment with minimal guidance
Contribute significantly to system reliability and operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and leading the troubleshooting and resolution of incidents
Proactively identify areas of technical debt and architectural weaknesses; design, propose, and implement effective solutions to enhance codebase health and scalability
Champion continuous improvement within the team by advocating for enhancements to our codebase, tools, and processes; provide technical leadership and guidance to fellow team members
Qualification
Required
5+ years of professional experience developing, testing, and shipping complex, customer-facing web applications
Experience developing frontend Checkout payments experiences
Direct professional experience with React, Next.js, and TypeScript
Proven ability to translate high-fidelity mockups and designs into beautiful, pixel-perfect, responsive, and accessible web applications using tools such as UI design systems and modern CSS techniques/frameworks
Solid experience with frontend testing methodologies and tools (e.g., Jest, Playwright) and code quality linters/formatters (e.g., ESLint)
Strong understanding and practical experience with client-side performance analysis and optimization techniques
Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows (branching, code reviews, pull requests) in a team environment
Experience working effectively in an agile, intensely iterative software development process
Familiarity with application performance monitoring (APM) and log analytics tools to diagnose and address issues
Preferred
Experience with backend development, particularly using Java, NodeJS or Kotlin
Experience integrating frontend applications with GraphQL APIs
Hands-on experience implementing and utilizing observability tools (monitoring, logging, alerting)
Experience configuring and maintaining CI/CD pipelines, specifically using GitHub Actions and merge queues
Familiarity with containerization (Docker), orchestration (Kubernetes / K8s), and cloud platforms (AWS)
Benefits
Comprehensive healthcare benefits
Financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being
Learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow
Company
GoFundMe
GoFundMe is the world’s largest fundraising platform, helping people, causes, and charities raise money fast and efficiently.
201-500 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (19)
2024 (10)
2023 (10)
2022 (9)
2021 (9)
2020 (2)
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
unknown2015-07-02Series A
2014-04-01Series Unknown
Leadership Team
Katie McCarthy
Chief of Staff to the COO of GoFundMe and President of Classy
Soraya Alexander
COO of GoFundMe and President of Classy
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