Build and maintain end-to-end web applications: design, code, test, debug, and deploy backend APIs and front-end components. Improve legacy systems, create reusable libraries, and support operations and clients while collaborating with product and customers.
Full Stack Engineer
We’re looking for a talented and motivated full-stack engineer with 3+ years of experience to join as an early member of our growing team. You will own end-to-end technology projects and influence product feature specs, build backend APIs, write front-end code, and oversee ongoing improvements for deployed features.
About Givzey:Givzey is a Boston-based, rapidly growing digital fundraising solutions company, built by fundraisers for nonprofit organizations. Givzey created the first Gift Agreement Platform for fundraising, which empowers fundraisers to secure giving and bookable revenue with Digital Gift Agreements, while leadership gains intricate forecasting knowledge all year long. With Givzey, fundraisers can quickly and easily scale the gift agreement and gift pledge process to donors of all sizes to increase giving, hone predictability, and provide a world-class donor experience.
At Givzey, our tech stack is Linux, Python, Flask, React, Javascript, PostgreSQL and AWS
Full Stack Engineer responsibilities are:- Take part in the entire application lifecycle٫ focusing on coding and debugging
- Write well designed, testable, efficient code
- Prepare software verification plans and quality assurance procedures
- Debug applications and detect and fix errors
- Implement modern technologies to improve legacy applications
- Collect٫ analyze and address technical and design requirements
- Help to create reusable code and libraries for future use
- Provide support / consulting on Givzey software systems to operations teams and /or clients
- US Citizen
- 5+ years' experience of working on a Computer Software Engineer or Back-End Developer position
- Significant experience in developing web applications using at least one popular web framework, such as Flask or Django
- Experience with front-end languages (such as HTML, JavaScript, CSS) and JavaScript frameworks (such as Angular, React, or Vue.js)
- Knowledge of Python a must
- Excellent knowledge of Relational Databases and SQL
- Excellent understanding of the entire web development process (design٫ development and deployment) and application lifecycle
- Strong analytical and time management skills
- Good teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude
- Be a member of a world-class team focused on inventing solutions that have the ability to impact the world
- Tackle a wide variety of technical problems throughout the stack and contribute daily to all parts of our product code base
- Help build a simple, beautiful, intuitive product that revolutionizes the nonprofit industry
- Work closely with our customers, founders, team members and Board to understand customer pain points, develop solutions, and prototype, iterate, and deploy code on regular cycles
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