Senior Software Engineer

Description

• Develop front-end and back-end functionality using TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Python or similar. • Build reliable, scalable services and user-facing features. • Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code. • Contribute to system design and technical decision-making. • Improve reliability, performance, and security across the stack. • Maintain high engineering standards through testing, code reviews, and documentation. • Work closely with product, design, and engineering to deliver end-to-end features. • Participate in sprint planning, estimation, and release processes. • Communicate clearly, provide meaningful feedback, and support team success

Requirements

• You write clean, readable, and maintainable code and are willing to prioritize quality to guard against errors in production. • You have experience with key aspects of scaling web applications—whether through software testing, release management, dev-ops, or another area of software engineering. Bonus if you have hands-on experience with PostgreSQL or cloud infrastructure. • Willingness to work some weekends and evenings, especially as we approach peak election times and experience peak volumes with our clients. • Our primary stack is Javascript/Typescript and React, Node, and Postgres on AWS managed with Terraform - experience in all of these technologies is not required but you likely know your way around a couple of these. • If you identify as belonging to a community that is underrepresented in technology companies, then we strongly encourage you to apply even if you are unsure.

Benefits

• Generous paid vacation (up to 24 days a year with time accrued monthly) • Paid sick leave • Paid short-term medical, caregiver, bereavement, and other personal leave. • 10 company holidays • 2 floating holidays • A weeklong holiday break at the end of the year • 16 weeks of paid parental leave and an additional 4 weeks of part-time, fully-paid flex time • Fully-paid premium, $0 deductible, top-notch medical insurance, dental and vision insurance for you and your dependents • Remote working with flexible working conditions • Stipend to support your home office setup • Access to a company computer • Every employee is invited to donate 25,000 free texts to a non-profit of their choice each year

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