Why just have a job when you can live your Purpose?  We are Givelify, a minority-owned FinTech-for-Good company that uses human-centered design, jobs-to-be-done, & data to create experiences that inspire kindness & generosity and celebrate putting more good into the world. In fact, Givelify’s mobile giving app consistently leads the App Store and Google Play in downloads, reviews and 5-star ratings amongst all giving apps. More than 1.5 million donors and 55,000 organizations trust Givelify for inspiring kindness, generating more than $3 Billion in generosity.  

We seek a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join our virtual team. Are you someone who has a passion to join our team with a “take no prisoners” attitude; at Givelify, different moonshots are our norm. We strive to build products that impacts real people on the ground, we build with passion and have a high standard of engineering quality; in addition, we solve unique challenges related to scalability, you will have the ability to experience all aspects of Engineering and Product Development, if the challenge of scaling product success at a high performing Fintech-for-Good company sounds exciting, we would love to connect with you!  

You’ll get to:

• Engineer highly available and scalable software systems.  
• Estimate Engineering efforts in building out new features that directly impact the relationship between causes and their supporters.  
• Build out real-time analytics and reporting dashboards that are optimized for big data and synchronized in real time across multiple clients. 
• Work with our front-end team to fine tune our REST APIs. 
• Work with Givelify’s research team to implement machine learning and other computational algorithms to bring complex insights to life.
• Work with our DevOps team to ensure a scalable, secure, redundant, distributed production environment system.

You should bring mad skills & experience:

• B.S./ M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics or equivalent STEM degree.  
• 4+ years of software development experience.
• We primarily develop Nginx Linux based systems with software written in PHP and Python. Experience in those languages/environments is a plus.
• Experience in building large scale distributed web applications. 
• Excellent object-oriented development skills. 
• Deep understanding of graph design principles with a strong background back-end development environment while constructing APIs. 
• Optimization of databases for big data environment, structuring of queries for fast responses. 
• Experience with cloud computing platforms (e.g., Amazon AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google App Engine, etc.). 
• Deep understanding of big O notation and algorithm complexity analysis. 

Plus These Superpowers

• Ability to work in collaborative cross functional environments 
• Ability to take a human-centric approach that meets or anticipates customer needs when developing solutions. 
• Detailed and Quality oriented.

Our People & Culture

We are a virtual team of high-performing professionals who innovate & collaborate to fulfill our mission to help people instantly find causes that inspire them to action so they can change the world – one simple, joyful gift at a time.  Our culture of integrity, heart, simplicity, & that “wow” factor fuel our aspiration to be recognized amongst the tech industry’s most inclusive & purpose-driven workplaces.

We take great pride in providing competitive pay, full benefits, amazing perks (including flexible PTO), and most importantly, the opportunity to put passion & purpose to work.