Senior Software Engineer - Raisely

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Requirements:

• Mastery in one or more modern programming languages (JavaScript/TypeScript, NodeJS, and Java preferred).
• Experience with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, and NoSQL (MongoDB) a plus.
• Familiar with modern full-stack frameworks (e.g., Node.js, Express, Django) and front-end frameworks (React preferred).
• Strong understanding and desire to perform full-stack development, including design, development, testing, scaling, and observability/monitoring.
• Proficient with tools and technologies such as Git, Postman, command line/shell, SQL, HTML/CSS, and browser developer tools.
• Experience with cloud services (AWS, GCP, Azure) and application containerization (Docker) a plus.
• Demonstrated ability to lead projects, mentor team members, and drive best practices across teams.
• Experience decomposing complex projects into actionable components and contributing to architectural patterns.
• Effective communication skills, capable of engaging with stakeholders across business units.
• Ability to build complex tech design, to a high degree of competency, unassisted.
• Strong sense of ownership of projects and delivery.
• Able to decompose projects into component pieces with confidence.
• Respected contributor and mentor.
• Drives process change across teams.
• Effectively communicates with all stakeholders across the business (technical and non-technical).
• Contributes to patterns + architecture.
• Effectively balances business needs with potential solutions.
• Ability to express their solutions and ideas through documentation, diagrams, and RFCs.
• Experienced in Agile/Scrum development practices.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, accountability, and ability to drive projects to completion independently.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 7 years of experience as a Software Engineer with at least 2 in a Senior role.
• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Experience with tools such as Linear, Notion, GitHub, Slack, and Python.
• Experience with fundraising software is a plus.

Responsibilities:

• Operates at a high technical level, leading initiatives and complex projects.
• Influences technical direction and architectural decisions.
• Owns projects that have a high impact on the company or product.
• Partners with product management to align engineering work with business goals.
• Mentors multiple engineers, focusing on technical excellence and team culture.
• Contributes to on-call / pager duty, taking responsibility, accountability and ownership during a high impact incident.
• Proactively contributes to team discussions, code reviews and strategic decisions.
• Writes good and clear documentation to express solutions and design systems.