ActBlue · 4 hours ago
Senior Software Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior Level
$158K/yr - $183K/yr
3+ years expActBlue is a nonprofit organization that builds technology and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns and progressive causes. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer to contribute to a team focused on enhancing their online fundraising platform, developing new features, and collaborating with operational teams to translate workflows into technical solutions.
Enterprise SoftwareNon ProfitPolitics
No H1B
Responsibilities
Implement and deliver large projects within your team over the span of a quarter with minimal guidance, breaking down ambiguous requirements into executable work while balancing effort, scope, and impact
Lead a few engineers on smaller initiatives with straightforward requirements
Collaborate closely with internal operational teams (CX, Legal, etc.) to understand complex workflows and translate them into technical requirements and solutions
Work with software engineers, product, and design to develop new user-facing features that make sophisticated workflows accessible
Design and implement flexible data models and systems with performance, scalability, and long-term maintainability in mind
Work across the stack using Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL in your daily work
Write technical proposals that articulate tradeoffs, risks, and different solution approaches for complex problems
Provide mentorship and knowledge sharing to newer team members through pair programming, code reviews, and technical discussions
Anticipate and proactively communicate blockers, scope changes, and risks within projects before they require escalation
Improve platform performance and maintainability through quality code, testing, monitoring, and documentation
Independently prioritize your work for maximum impact and sustain your own motivation through challenging work, persevering and unblocking yourself as needed
Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture aligned with our values
Qualification
Required
3-5+ years of professional experience working with teams and delivering projects
Experience implementing and delivering large projects within your team over the span of a quarter with minimal guidance
Experience leading a few engineers on smaller initiatives with straightforward requirements
Strong experience in Ruby on Rails, React, TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with demonstrated ability to work effectively across the full stack. Developed deeper proficiency/expertise in a few areas of the codebase
Consistently able to break down work and set realistic expectations on timing and effort for large projects with some ambiguity
Track record of preempting common security, scalability, and reliability concerns in your own work and in code reviews
Experience building relationships cross-functionally and translating stakeholder needs into technical solutions
Comfort navigating ambiguous problem spaces and evolving requirements while maintaining focus on user needs and maximum impact
Ability to independently prioritize your work for maximum impact and sustain your own motivation through challenging work
Attention to detail and commitment to accuracy, especially when building features where precision matters
Eagerness to explore, refactor, and optimize existing code while identifying opportunities to reuse patterns
Can self-evaluate productively and raise ideas and questions to your manager for constructive feedback conversations
Exhibits resiliency when things don't go as planned; comfortable with times of urgency, stress, or recovering from mistakes
An inclusive, generous working style: You like to mentor, share knowledge, and support your teammates' growth
Comfortable working with a distributed team of remote colleagues
A passion for software and ActBlue's mission to build people-powered movements
Preferred
You have experience working in highly regulated industries (healthcare, fintech, legal tech, etc.)
You have experience building configurable systems or rules engines
You are proficient with Postgres and data modeling for complex business logic
You have experience building admin interfaces or internal tools
You have experience working closely with non-engineering stakeholders to understand and translate operational workflows into technical requirements
Benefits
Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability
Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees
Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times
Company
ActBlue
ActBlue is nonprofit tech organization that builds fundraising tools for Democratic candidates, progressive causes, and nonprofits.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$22M2010-08-28Series A· $22M
Leadership Team
Ben Rahn
Founder & Director
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