About Us

Network for Good is a nonprofit organization on a mission: To Unleash Generosity. Through innovative programs and strategic partnerships, we have delivered more than $5 billion to 400,000+ charities since 2001. Our partners, including Walmart, Google, and Patagonia, use our donor-advised fund to power giving programs that enable donors to support the causes they care about.

We’re at a critical juncture. To grow our impact, we’re investing in systems that will help us reach $1 billion in annual donations by 2027. As part of this, we’re building a technology solution for meaningful giving that integrates with the world’s most influential partners and platforms.

About the Role: Senior Engineer

We are seeking a Senior Engineer to architect and build a flexible technology solution to garner adoption by the world’s largest platforms and allow us to seamlessly disburse funds to nonprofits. You must be passionate about building world-class software, know about integrations and payment technology, and believe that the power of generosity can change the world.

About You:
You’re a skilled technologist with a passion for building tools that enhance operations for both internal and external stakeholders. You have:

Cloud-Native Expertise:Proven experience developing cloud-based systems, including architecture, deployment, and scaling applications in platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
Full-Stack Development:Deep knowledge of full-stack web development, including back-end, front-end, and data management. You are familiar with analytics tools and third-party SaaS integrations.
API and Systems Integration: Strong background in designing and integrating user-facing web applications, developing APIs, and modernizing complex systems and data sets.
Complex Workflow Solutions:Successfully built and integrated technology for sophisticated workflows, especially around fintech topics like money movement and payments.
Cross-Functional Collaboration:Experience working closely with teams across disciplines and fostering effective teamwork at all seniority levels.
Process Improvement Enthusiast:Comfortable facilitating and improving development processes with a keen eye on modern engineering tools and best practices.
Mission-Driven:Passionate about applying your skills to make a positive impact on society through technology.
Eligibility:Legally authorized to work in the United States.
Commitment to Inclusion: Dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace.

About the Job

As the first in-house Senior Engineer, you’ll play a key role in shaping our technology strategy and engineering organization. You’ll collaborate with leadership to define the future state of our technology roadmap and drive its execution.

Lead our software development process, provide technical guidance, and create solutions to ensure our technology is tooled for growth and resilience.
Expertly develop both back-end and front-end code (full-stack development).
Guide architecture and implementation discussions, help unblock other developers, establish best practices for maintainability, and strategically balance test coverage, risk and budget.
Work collaboratively on a cross-functional team of developers, designers, QA, and product managers, as well as other non-technical team members.
Communicate professionally and empathetically, solicit and provide feedback from your team to ensure alignment across initiatives.
Learn and share your approach to build technical awareness and collaboration across other teams.

Technologies You’ll Work With

As the Senior Engineer, you’ll be working with modern, scalable technologies to build and optimize our platform. We expect you to have experience with, or be excited to work with, the following:

Cloud Platform: Primarily AWS (Amazon Web Services), including services like EC2, Lambda, S3, RDS, and Terraform for infrastructure-as-code and scalability.
Backend Development: Expertise in Node.js or Python for server-side logic and API development.
Frontend Development: Proficiency in React.js for building dynamic, user-friendly web interfaces.
Databases: Experience with PostgreSQL for relational data management; exposure to MongoDB is a plus.
CI/CD: Familiarity with GitHub Actions for continuous integration and deployment, ensuring automated testing and smooth code deployment processes.
Payments & APIs: Practical knowledge of working with payment gateways and banking APIs (e.g., Stripe, Braintree, CashPro), and ensuring PCI compliance for secure financial transactions.
Monitoring & Logging: Proficiency in tools like DataDog for monitoring, logging, and alerting, ensuring the system’s health and resilience.

You will enjoy this job if you….

Understand the "why" of your teams' work, connecting it to the problems they are solving.
Think without bounds to explore creative solutions and then strive to simplify.
Adapt and evolve the work of your teams as they learn and as the business grows and changes.
Thrive with a diverse, remote technical team. Someone talented engineers love to work with.

Balance delivery with quality through organization, prioritization, and communication.

Network for Good offers a remote-friendly, flexible work environment, allowing you to balance your professional life with your personal priorities. You’ll be reporting to the COO and Fractional CTO, giving you the opportunity to influence decision-making at the highest levels.

At Network for Good, we are an equal opportunity employer, dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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