Senior Software Engineer (Incubation & Network Effects)

5 Months ago • 5 Years + • Backend Development

Job Summary

Job Description

GoFundMe seeks a Senior Software Engineer to join its Incubation and Network Effects team in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The role involves collaborating with engineers and product managers to develop, test, deploy, document, and maintain backend services and tools for the GoFundMe platform. Responsibilities include implementing new features, participating in code reviews, on-call rotations, identifying and resolving technical debt, and advocating for codebase improvements. The ideal candidate possesses 5+ years of backend development experience using languages like Java, Kotlin, or Python, along with expertise in relational database design, REST API development, Git, CI/CD, agile methodologies, and performance optimization. Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure, async processing (SQS/SNS, Kafka), New Relic, and Sumo Logic are preferred.
Must have:
  • 5+ years backend experience (Java, Kotlin, Python)
  • Relational database design expertise
  • REST API development experience
  • Git, CI/CD, Agile experience
  • Performance optimization skills
Good to have:
  • AWS, GCP, or Azure experience
  • Async processing (SQS/SNS, Kafka)
  • New Relic & Sumo Logic experience
Perks:
  • Market competitive pay
  • Rich healthcare benefits
  • Support for new hire setup
  • Hybrid work & wellbeing support
  • Family planning support
  • Mental & wellness programs
  • Gives Back Program
  • Employee resource groups

Job Details

Want to help us, help others? We’re hiring! 

GoFundMe is a global community of over 150 million people who come together every day with the common purpose of helping one another. Our mission is to help people help each other through our best in class technology. In 2022, GoFundMe joined together with Classy, a leading nonprofit fundraising software company that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Together, we have empowered people and organizations to raise more than $30 billion since 2010. Our vision is to become the most helpful place in the world.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Software Engineer to help build out our Incubation and Network Effects team with Senior Backend Engineers. We are searching for engineers who are passionate about connecting people and their networks to GoFundMe’s and Classy’s causes to have an even larger impact on more peoples’ lives.

Candidates considered for this role will be located in Buenos Aires, Argentina. 

The Job…

  • You’ll collaborate with a team of engineers and product management to implement new features on the GoFundMe platform.
  • You'll be responsible for development, testing, deployment, documentation and maintenance of new and existing backend services and tools
  • You’ll participate in code reviews to maintain internal standards for style, maintainability, and excellence.
  • You’ll participate in on-call rotations to assist in solving urgent engineering issues.
  • You’ll recognize technical debt, propose and implement solutions.
  • You’ll advocate for improvements to the codebase, and provide leadership to others within your team.

You…

  • 5+ years of Professional experience working with backend programming languages (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Python, etc) on a customer-facing application.
  • Professional experience with relational database design.
  • Professional experience developing REST APIs using any standard framework.
  • Experience using Git in a workplace environment.
  • Experience with CI/CD tooling in a development environment
  • Experience working in an agile, intensely iterative software development process.
  • Experience with performance and optimization problems and the ability to both diagnose and prevent these problems.
  • Experience with application performance monitoring and log analytics tools. We use New Relic and Sumo Logic.

Preferred...

  • Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience with async processing. We use SQS/SNS, Kafka.

Why you’ll love it here...

  • Market competitive pay.
  • Rich healthcare benefits and supportive time off policies.
  • Monetary support for new hire setup, hybrid work & wellbeing, and family planning.
  • A variety of mental and wellness programs to support employees. 
  • Learning & development and recognition programs.
  • “Gives Back” Program where employees can nominate a fundraiser every week for a donation from the company.
  • Inclusion, diversity, equity, and belonging are vital to our priorities and we continue to evolve our strategy to ensure DEI is embedded in all processes and programs at GoFundMe. Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion team is always finding new ways for our company to uphold and represent the experiences of all of the people in our organization.
  • Employee resource groups.
  • Your work has a real purpose and will help change lives on a global scale.
  • You’ll be a part of a fun, supportive team that works hard and celebrates accomplishments together. 
  • We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose.
  • We are a certified Great Place to Work, are growing fast and have incredible opportunities ahead!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are committed to providing diversity, equity, and inclusion training to all employees, and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, ethnicity, nationality or national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, pregnancy status, marital status, age, medical condition, mental or physical disability, or military or veteran status.

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete a job application or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please contact us at accommodationrequests@gofundme.com.

Dedication to Diversity 

GoFundMe and Classy are committed to leveraging Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging to cultivate a culture that embraces and supports the unique identities, experiences, and perspectives of our people and customers.

Our diversity recruiting priority is recognized under our first DEIB Driver: Opportunity Foster Diversity - we identify, recruit, and invest in top talent- ensure our people reflect the unique identities, experiences, and perspectives of the communities we serve and are all given the chance to grow.

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