Software Engineer Manager - Backend

Givelify is a fintech-for-good company where brilliant minds come to power the most loved and trusted online and mobile giving app platform. Thanks to over 1.3 million generous donors, we’ve helped 60,000 nonprofits and places of worship raise more than $4 billion. Together, they’re changing their world with kindness and generosity.  

Inc. 5000, the Stevies® Awards, Gartner, Forbes, and many more have recognized our story, innovations, and achievements. Our award-winning team builds products and experiences that put more good into the world. We love to take on big challenges because we know our work matters. 

Come make an impact at one of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. Be part of a talented team of big-hearted individuals, earning competitive pay with excellent benefits. 

Backend engineering at Givelify is about more than just writing code – it is crafting unique experiences and building products that inspire donors to connect with causes they care about. Our engineers care about how our products are built and how they look, feel, and function.  

We are looking for a Software Engineering Manager - Backend to join our growing engineering team to lead and build a team of talented backend engineers.  

Our engineering managers have three main roles:  

• Make their team better at their jobs. We want you to change the trajectory of your team members’ careers.  
• Advocate for them. Look for opportunities for them within the organization and beyond.  
• Unblock them. Help them work at their maximum potential - working with other company teams to ensure that nothing gets in their way.  

You’ll love our team, and our tech stack is pretty great, too – the Frontend team works in a React/Redux codebase that uses an API built using cutting-edge technology: React, Elixir, Swift, Docker, and AWS Lambda.  

The Software Engineer Manager - Backend will get to:

• Managing our Backend Engineering team - coaching them, advocating for them, unblocking them - makes them happy and productive human beings.  
• Providing technical leadership to the engineers and being accountable for the technical decisions made on your team.  
• Ensure frontend engineers are design-focused and have a very collaborative and productive relationship with the designers in their cross-functional teams.
• Grow, educate, hire, and retain a high-performing team with a high delivery cadence in an agile environment. 
• Build a culture of engineering excellence focusing on performance, scalability, privacy, and security.  

Your experience:

• A love of being a people champion, great products, and great design 
• B.S. in C.S., C.E., E.E., or related STEM degree  
• Formal Design or UX training is a plus  
• Experience in planning, executing, and delivering projects with multiple engineers in an agile cross-functional environment 
• 5+ years of experience working across the full stack. You don't need to have mastered any one side, but understanding a spectrum of technologies at varying degrees of expertise is important  
• 3+ years of experience writing client-side web code utilizing React, Ember, Vue, or similar 
• 2+ years of people management experience

Our Culture:

We are a virtual team of award-winning and high-performing professionals who innovate and collaborate to fulfill our mission to instantly connect people to causes that matter most to them so they can change their world with kindness and generosity. Our four keys to success - integrity, heart, simplicity, and wow - fuel our passion to be recognized among the tech industry’s most inclusive and purpose-driven workplaces.   

We are steadfast in our conviction to overcome challenges while performing meaningful work alongside some of the most brilliant minds and biggest hearts. It propels our growth as individuals and as a team. We are committed to respecting each other in our workplace, firmly believing diversity is our strength.     

At the heart of everything we do are our giving community, our donors and our partner organizations. We lean on research and human-centered design to consistently push the envelope and innovate our products and customer experiences.  

We take great pride in providing competitive pay, full benefits to help care for you today and in the future, amazing perks (including flexible PTO), and, most importantly, the opportunity to put passion and purpose front and center. 

About Givelify:

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 in the world. We instantly connect people to their heart’s impulse to do good with award-winning products and experiences. A global community of more than 1.3 million generous people support their favorite churches, places of worship, nonprofits and causes with over $4 billion in donations across more than 60,000 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. 

Ready to revolutionize fintech and philanthropy? Apply below.