Software Engineer (Backend)

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

GoFundMe is the world’s most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for engineers who are passionate about connecting people and their networks to GoFundMe’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…

• 2+ 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...

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, and commuting, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great, find a way, earn trust every day, fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences.  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. 

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Learn more about GoFundMe:

We’re proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org’s activities and impact in their FY ‘24 annual report.

Our annual “Year in Help” report reflects our community’s impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other.

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