Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Position Summary

Responsibilities

• You'll own meaningful, high-impact areas of the platform end to end — not just contribute to them. Specifically, you can expect to:
• Own the performance and scalability of our data layer as we onboard larger and more complex organizations — indexing, query optimization, read replicas, partitioning, and connection pooling — so onboarding and day-to-day usage stay fast and reliable even at enterprise scale
• Own our asynchronous and background-processing infrastructure (e.g., Celery), keeping it healthy, observable, and able to keep pace with growing data volume
• Design, build, and ship net-new, revenue-driving features across the full stack — from messaging and bulk-sending capabilities to richer reporting, analytics, and email experiences
• Help reinforce and extend our move to a server-side, HTMX-based frontend, improving both developer velocity and front-end reliability
• Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications used by nonprofit organizations around the world
• Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions
• Write clean, testable, and efficient code across the frontend and backend
• Contribute to architectural discussions and help drive technical decision-making across the platform
• Participate in code reviews, and help foster a culture of learning and improvement
• Own the reliability, performance, and observability of the systems you work on — instrument them well, set meaningful alerts, and treat production health as a first-class part of the work
• Provide thoughtful feedback on technology choices as we evaluate changes across our stack
• Support a culture of experimentation, iteration, and continuous delivery

You Must Have

• 6+ years building modern web applications, including meaningful time spent running and scaling them in production
• Proficiency in Python and frameworks like Django (or similar)
• Hands-on experience with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) as part of your regular development workflow
• Experience operating cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g., Terraform)
• Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend frameworks such as React or Vue
• Strong understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL — not just querying them, but tuning them: indexing, query optimization, and strategies for scaling (read replicas, partitioning, connection pooling, etc.)
• Experience integrating with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
• Solid DevOps fundamentals: CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure monitoring, and hands-on experience scaling applications under real load
• Comfort with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) and a habit of using it to debug and prevent production issues
• A love for building quality products that delight users and solve real problems
• Strong communication skills and a team-first mindset

Nice to Haves

What We Offer

• Market competitive pay leveraging Carta data
• Employee recognition through Bonusly (birthdays, anniversaries, achievements, etc.)
• 401(k) retirement plan with company matching- 50% match up to 6% of compensation after 90 days
• We value our employee’s work-life balance and encourage taking advantage of Unlimited PTO
• Supportive time off including paid volunteer days and company holidays
• Employer-contributed healthcare benefits, encompassing medical, dental, and vision coverage, with plans available for dependents and choices for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
• 12 weeks primary parent leave, 4 weeks secondary parent leave - full pay (adoption as well)
• We pride ourselves on Community and host exciting company outings and events.
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