Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Summary

Join Givelify, a fintech-for-good company, as a Senior Software Engineer - Backend and be part of a talented team building backend systems for a leading online and mobile giving platform. You will engineer highly available and scalable real-time software systems, drive the software development life cycle, and ensure high-quality software products. This role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams, including front-end, research, and DevOps. You will mentor junior engineers and contribute to a positive work environment focused on social impact. Givelify offers competitive pay, excellent benefits, and flexible PTO. The company is recognized for its innovation and commitment to a purpose-driven workplace.

Requirements

• B.S./ M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent STEM degree
• Experience in building large-scale distributed web applications
• Deep understanding of graph design principles with a strong background in 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

Responsibilities

• Engineer highly available and scalable real-time software systems
• Drive the software development life cycle from requirements gathering, development, testing to deployment
• Be responsible for the timely and successful delivery of high-quality software products
• Be responsible for the quality of user experience through the quality of the systems under your stewardship
• Partner with members of our technology, design, product, support, marketing in an agile cross functional setting
• 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
• Mentor and grow junior engineers

Preferred Qualifications

• 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

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Full benefits to help care for you today and in the future
• Amazing perks (including flexible PTO)