Senior Software Engineer

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 

GoFundMe is a global community of over 150 million people who come together every day with the common purpose of helping one another. Our mission is to help people help each other through our best in class technology. In 2022, GoFundMe joined together with Classy, a leading nonprofit fundraising software company that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Together, we have empowered people and organizations to raise more than $30 billion since 2010. Our vision is to become the most helpful place in the world.

GoFundMe’s Product & Technology team is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to implement our campaign experiences. The ideal candidate is well-versed in full stack development and is particularly comfortable building the user experience for a dynamic web application. We want to talk to you if you can see beyond the {brackets} and love transforming designs and mockups into highly-scalable, fault-tolerant, and seamless user experiences.

Candidates eligible for this role must reside in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

The Job…

• Analyze, design, and develop software that delivers clean, maintainable code within a large, complex, and established code base.
• Contribute to a microservice based evolution of the technical infrastructure.
• Learn and grow your skills by working collaboratively with experienced and engaged developers to design new features and re-architect existing ones.
• Within an Agile environment, work as part of a Scrum team and develop web-based software solutions.
• Mentor engineers to become proficient developers using best software development practices and processes.

You… 

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of professional software development experience with web development
• Excellent understanding of distributed software architecture with experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads.
• High-level proficiency with AngularJS, React, Javascript ES6, TypeScript, Node.js, HTML/CSS.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, SNS).
• Ability to understand product requirements and translate them into technical subtasks.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Deep experience with code versioning tools (GIT/Bitbucket).
• A deep sense of quality, and sharp engineering skills with strong computer science fundamentals.
• Experience working with remote and offshore teams

Preferred…

• Experience building PCI compliant systems
• Experience with Next.js
• Experience working with a design system
• Experience with eCommerce platforms
• Experience with PHP and Laravel
• Proficient in schema design in relational or NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
• Proficient with microfrontend/microservices architecture

Why you’ll love it here...

• Be a part of a mission-driven organization that positively impacts tens of millions of lives every year.
• Be a Leader in a high-impact product organization and drive business transformation through product.
• Collaborate with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced and innovative environment.
• You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together.
• We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose.

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at accommodationrequests@gofundme.com.

Learn more about GoFundMe:

We’re proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in their FY ‘24 annual report.

Our annual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.

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