Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

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

GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Software Engineer (Backend).

What You'll Do (Responsibilities):

• Lead the end-to-end development lifecycle – including design, implementation, testing, deployment, documentation, and maintenance – for new and existing backend services, APIs, and tools.
• Collaborate closely with Product Management, fellow engineers (frontend, backend, SRE), and other stakeholders to define requirements, architect solutions, and deliver impactful features.
• Architect robust, scalable, and maintainable backend systems, considering factors like performance, security, and fault tolerance.
• Uphold and elevate engineering standards through active participation in code reviews, providing thoughtful feedback, and promoting best practices in coding, testing, and system design.
• Mentor and provide technical guidance to other engineers within the team, fostering a culture of technical excellence, learning, and collaboration.
• Contribute significantly to system reliability and operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and leading the troubleshooting and resolution of urgent production issues.
• Proactively identify technical debt, performance bottlenecks, and areas for architectural improvement; design, propose, and implement effective solutions.
• Advocate for improvements to the codebase, infrastructure, and development processes, demonstrating technical leadership.

What You'll Bring (Required Qualifications):

• 5+ years of professional backend software development experience, including building, deploying, and operating customer-facing applications at scale.
• Strong proficiency and hands-on experience with one or more backend programming languages (e.g., Java, NodeJS, Kotlin, Python, PHP).
• Solid professional experience with relational database design, schema modeling, query optimization, and working with ORMs or data access layers.
• Proven experience designing, building, securing, and maintaining GraphQL and/or RESTful APIs using standard frameworks and industry best practices.
• Demonstrable experience identifying, diagnosing, and resolving complex performance and scalability problems in backend systems.
• Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows (e.g., branching strategies, code reviews, pull requests) in a team environment.
• Experience working with CI/CD pipelines and associated tooling (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Spinnaker) for automated testing and deployment.
• Experience thriving and contributing effectively in an agile, intensely iterative software development process.
• Experience using application performance monitoring (APM) and log analytics tools for diagnostics, observability, and alerting.

Preferred:

• Experience with frontend technologies like React, NextJs and Typescript.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure (AWS preferred).
• Experience implementing or working with asynchronous processing systems and message queues (e.g., Kafka, SQS/SNS).
• Experience with containerization and orchestration technologies (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes).

Why you’ll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.  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. 

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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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