Staff Developer

Meet Benevity

The world’s coolest companies (and their employees) use Benevity’s technology to take social action on the issues they care about. Through giving, volunteering, grantmaking, employee resource groups and micro-actions, we help most of the Fortune 100 brands build better cultures and use their power for good. We’re also one of the first B Corporations in Canada, meaning we’re as committed to purpose as we are to profits. We have people working all over the world, including Canada, Spain, Switzerland, United Kingdom, the United States and more!

Benevity is the global leader in online workplace giving, donation matching, volunteering, and community investment software, and we are seeking a talented Staff Developer who has extensive Full Stack Development experience and can work across the boundaries of the server, client, and browser. Join our dynamic team to innovate and expand our financial engine that powers Acts of Goodness for our clients and users. This role, reporting to the Software Development Managers, plays a crucial part in shaping the technical vision and implementation of our products.

What you’ll do:

• Lead the technical vision for product development, deployment, and operations
• Serve as a primary consultant on design and development within a collaborative team
• Work closely with subject matter experts, Staff Developers, architects, and other teams to drive product evolution
• Engage in solving challenging technical and business problems to advance your career.
• Access Benevity's diverse products, teams, and advanced computing resources for continuous learning and growth
• Contribute to delivering high-quality software solutions to global clients, emphasizing innovation and quality
• Embrace opportunities for professional development as a leading engineer in a supportive and inclusive environment

What you’ll bring:

• 8 + years of full-stack development experience, coupled with a continuous learning mindset
• Development experience in the financial industry is an asset
• Proven experience in building high-performance web applications, APIs, and interfaces with a strong testing discipline
• Demonstrated willingness to navigate and understand cross-domain code. Expertise with Java, PHP, Drupal, Terraform, and/or AWS, is an asset
• The ability to connect designs to implementation with an API-first approach expertise with loosely coupled systems, and domain driven design
• Comfort with abstract problem-solving and ambiguous challenges
• Experience in pragmatically designing, building, and deploying performant scalable, highly available distributed systems and cloud-based architecture and automated release pipelines
• A commitment to code quality, maintainability, testability, and scalability
• Demonstrable experience working with legacy code and the ability to optimize existing systems
• A commitment to leaving code/processes/people better than when you got there and acting as a expert leader within a technical domain
• Outstanding communication skills with a knack for translating user needs into actionable plans
• The ability to mentor and lead junior engineers and experience with helping them develop their skills and leadership abilities (and a firm belief that everyone has something to learn and teach)
• A degree in Computer Science or equivalent professional experience
• You subscribe to the paradigm that companies should be socially responsible

Discover your purpose at work

We’re not employees, we’re Benevity-ites. From all locations, backgrounds and walks of life, who deserve more …

Innovative work. Growth opportunities. Caring co-workers. And a chance to do work that fills us with a sense of purpose.

If the idea of working on tech that helps people do good in the world lights you up ... If you want a career where you’re valued for who you are and challenged to see who you can become …

It’s time to join Benevity. We’re so excited to meet you.

Where we work

At Benevity, we have developed a Community First approach that we design our people's experience around with goals to build a strong community and culture, achieve stellar execution of our business goals and social mandate, and ensure Benevity-ites thrive. For those who live within a reasonable commuting distance to an office, we can split our time working in the office and from home to optimize the opportunities of both, with the requirement that we spend at least 50% of the time in the office.

Join a company where DEIB isn’t a buzzword

Diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging are part of Benevity’s DNA. You’ll see the impact of our massive investment in DEIB daily — from our well-supported employee resources groups to the exceptional diversity on our leadership and tech teams.

We know that diverse backgrounds, experiences, skills and passions are what move our business and our people forward, so we're committed to creating a culture of belonging with equal opportunities for everyone to shine. 

That starts with a fair and accessible hiring process. If you want to feel seen, heard and celebrated, you belong at Benevity.

Candidates with disabilities who may require accommodations throughout the hiring or assessment process are encouraged to reach out to [email protected].