We are looking for a web developer who will perform designing٫ coding and improving our company's web pages٫ programs and applications. Your goal will be converting our needs into functional and user-friendly websites and programs.
You should be able to write clean code and ensure your programs run properly. We also expect you to be passionate about building software and perform well working in a team٫ along with developers٫ engineers and web designers.
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
Web Developer responsibilities are:- Build fully functional programs writing clean٫ testable code
- Design user interface and web layout using HTML/CSS practices
- Organize testing and debugging on a regular basis
- Upgrade and repair existing programs and integrate back-end data
- Prepare technical documentation for user support
- Analyze program performance and suggest new features and improvements
- Ensure compliance with security principles
- Keep informed about latest industry developments
- US Citizen
- 2+ years' experience of working on a Web Programmer or Developer position
- 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
- Strong communication and teamwork skills with close attention to detail
- Good project management skills within a dynamic work environment
- 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
- Provide crucial support to our customers by developing and implementing custom features that address their unique needs and improve their user experience.
- 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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