Senior Software Engineer

WHO WE ARE:

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns progressivealigned causes and people trying to make an impact in order to fuel longterm peoplepowered change. If youve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization chances are youve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of smalldollar donors and help thousands of groups from presidential candidates to environmental organizations build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make progressive peoplepowered change can easily and effectively deploy their resources energy and creativity to shape our country and futures. Each and every one of us from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

As a Senior Software Engineer at ActBlue you will help shape the growth of our platform by working to improve donor experiences in order to futureproof our platform. In this role you will work fullstack using React TypeScript and Ruby on Rails to build features to connect users with causes and campaigns events merch and more. You will work in concert with other product teams data teams platform and ops teams and the security team. Together with other stakeholders you will identify and execute highimpact improvements that unlock new product opportunities and ensure the reliability predictability maintainability and scalability of our platform. The work you do on this team will be seen and felt by thousands of users across the country and the world.

Our engineering and product organization is made up of about 100 empathetic and passionate people. Were organized into crossfunctional teams that operate independently in alignment with the broader organizational goals.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Work with your team to architect refactor and improve donor and entity user experiences.
• Guide the design and of technical solutions that prioritize the highest impact opportunities balanced against effort scope and other tradeoffs.
• Collaboratively develop and champion best practices and design patterns to improve the maintainability of the platform.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by writing excellent documentation establishing effective monitoring and fostering clear and audienceoriented communication.
• Grow as an individual and increase your impact on the success of your team and the progressive movement with support from your manager.
• Offer coaching and mentorship to other engineers and solicit it from them in turn. Uphold a culture where individuals are valued heard and engaged.
• Make yourself available to support supplementary projects as assigned ensuring timely and efficient completion in line with organizational objectives and standards.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 5 years of relevant professional experience.
• Experience executing large projects that involve multiple engineers complex requirements and high ambiguity.
• Professional experience working with React and TypeScript to develop frontend features from design and discovery through to deployment and monitoring.
• Professional experience working with Ruby on Rails to make changes to APIs in order to carry a feature to completion.
• Ability to communicate effectively with nontechnical stakeholders and to collaboratively translate business requirements and strategic goals into technical solutions.
• A strong track record of delivering results that achieve business/organizational objectives.
• A deep understanding of industry practices that contribute to quality code delivery; familiarity with Cypress and other testing suites.
• Ability to write technical proposals that clearly articulate risks and tradeoffs.
• A track record of effective collaboration with other engineers to develop abstractions and patterns that make it easy to build reliable maintainable software.
• Eagerness to explore and refactor legacy code.
• A team player mentality. You keep the end user in mind and enjoy hearing feedback from your teammates yet know when and how to defend your own ideas in a respectful manner.
• Comfort collaborating with a distributed team of many remote colleagues.
• An inclusive generous working style: You like to elevate your team by mentoring collaborating with and supporting your peers.
• Excitement for yourself and your teammates to learn and grow.
• A thorough understanding of performance scalability and security concerns.

LOCATION AND COMPENSATION:

This posting is for a fulltime remote salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend allstaff and departmental retreats 12 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. ATS is currently authorized to support remote work employees in Arizona California Connecticut Colorado Florida Georgia Hawaii Illinois Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Hampshire New York North Carolina North Dakota Ohio Oregon Pennsylvania Rhode Island South Carolina Texas Utah Vermont Virginia Washington Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.

Salary Range Details:

Salary Range: $157791 $170499 $183207

ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization. Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience interview performance and current team salary parity.

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited timeoff policy
• Fully paid and transinclusive health dental and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fullypaid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fullypaid short and longterm disability
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees
• Automatic 2 Employerpaid 401K contribution plus up to an additional 6 match on employee contributions
• A minimum of three months paid medical family and parental leave (for all new parents adoptions included)
• Commuter or homeoffice benefits including a $1000 homeoffice setup allowance for all new fulltime remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

Work Location: This is a fulltime remote salaried position.

Work Schedule: This role requires availability during established regular business hours (MonFri) and is expected to be a part of an oncall rotation which will result in working nontraditional hours as needed.

Travel Requirements: Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend allstaff and departmental retreats 12 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions.

Work Environment: At ActBlue we are committed to fostering an inclusive and belonging remotefirst culture that empowers our diverse workforce to excel in their roles. Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position.

Bargaining Unit: The terms and conditions of this position are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America the exclusive bargaining agent of covered ActBlue Technical Services employees.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.

INCLUSION STATEMENT:

ActBlue is deeply committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. We commit to retaining developing recruiting and hiring a diverse staff community. We honor the dignity of all. We celebrate their unique qualities. And we recognize the wide range of human differences backgrounds and intersectional identities that enrich the workspace and help us better meet our mission. If you feel a connection to our mission and see your interests reflected in this job description we encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirement.

ActBlue is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process including using our online system to apply for a position. If you would like to request an accommodation please contact us at to get started.