Senior Software Engineer - Backend

Givelify is a heart-centered organization building the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving platform. We are an award-winning, minority-owned fintech for good customer-focused and data-driven company. At Givelify, we create experiences that inspire kindness and generosity and celebrate putting more good into the world. 

Givelify is the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving platform. Along with its powerful donation management system, it's the fastest-growing technology for advancing generosity worldwide. We instantly connect people to their heart’s impulse to do good with award-winning products and experiences. A global community of more than 1.5 million generous people supports their favorite places of worship, nonprofits, and causes with over $3 billion in donations across more than 55,000 organizations. Givelify leads all giving apps on the App Store and Google Play Store with more than 90,000 verified authentic reviews with an average 4.9 out of 5-star rating. 

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer - Backend to join our team. At Givelify different moonshots are our norm. We strive to build products that impact real people on the ground. We build with passion. We have a high standard of engineering quality. We solve unique challenges related to scalability. You will be able to experience all aspects of engineering and product development.

You’ll get to:

• Engineer highly available and scalable software systems  
• Estimate Engineering efforts in building out new features that directly impact the relationship between causes and their supporters  
• Build out real-time analytics and reporting dashboards that are optimized for big data and synchronized in real-time across multiple clients 
• 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 

We welcome your meaningful experience:

• B.S./ M.S./Ph.D. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Mathematics, or equivalent STEM degree  
• 5+ years of real-world development experience (Microservices, PHP, Python, Laravel, etc.)
• Experience in building large-scale distributed web applications 
• Excellent object-oriented development skills 
• Deep understanding of graphic design principles with a strong background working in a 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
• Experience in the fintech industry or with payment processing is preferred

Plus, these superpowers:

• 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

Our Culture

We are a virtual team of high-performing professionals who innovate & collaborate to fulfill our mission: We instantly connect people to causes that matter most to them so they can change their world with kindness and generosity. Our culture of integrity, heart, simplicity, & that “wow” factor fuel our aspiration to be recognized amongst the tech industry’s most inclusive & purpose-driven workplaces.

We take great pride in providing competitive pay, full benefits, amazing perks (including flexible PTO), and, most importantly, the opportunity to put passion and purpose to work.