Software Engineer II
ActBlue
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $136,611 - $166,263 per year
Job Level
JuniorMid-Level
Tech Stack
ReactRubyRuby on RailsTypeScript
About the role
- Implement and deliver small to medium-sized projects that span a few sprints.
- Collaborate with software engineers, product teams, and design teams to develop new features for donors and fundraising entities of all sizes.
- Break down work and estimate effort for smaller projects with some ambiguity; engage in scoping discussions to help build clarity and assess feasibility.
- Design products and systems with performance in mind so all users have a great experience on our platform.
- Work across the stack using React, TypeScript, and Ruby on Rails.
- Improve platform performance and maintainability through quality code, testing, monitoring, and documentation.
- Ensure product and feature quality through thorough PR reviews and QA testing. Provide thoughtful constructive feedback in code reviews and other collaborative settings.
- Engage with and contribute to technical discussions around new solutions and architecture.
- Consistently maintain a reasonable pace of delivery; independently prioritize your day-to-day work.
- Communicate work status effectively and escalate blockers quickly to your team; communicate with other engineering teams or stakeholders as needed.
- Seek and incorporate feedback on your approach and execution from colleagues with complementary technical expertise.
- May provide guidance and training to other members of the team.
- Grow as an individual and increase your impact on the success of your team and the progressive movement with the support of your manager. Develop a well-rounded skillset through feedback and mentorship from other team members and your manager.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture aligned with our values.
Requirements
- 2-4 years of professional experience working as a team member and delivering projects.
- Professional development experience with React and Ruby on Rails.
- A track record of delivering timely, high-quality features while collaborating with product and design to resolve ambiguity and prioritize high-impact work.
- Ability to break down work and estimate effort for smaller projects with some ambiguity.
- A demonstrated ability to write extensible, maintainable, and scalable code.
- Expertise and creativity when it comes to delivering value fast, with a focus on MVPs, frequent deployments, scope negotiations, and demos.
- A strong sense of ownership and accountability. You care about helping your team deliver their roadmap and achieve the strategic outcomes of the work. Show ownership over the quality of the projects you're a part of.
- Ability to consistently maintain a reasonable pace of delivery, independently prioritize day-to-day work, and manage distractions.
- Comfort seeking and incorporating feedback on your approach from colleagues and providing thoughtful feedback to others.
- An inclusive and empathetic working style, particularly in a remote and distributed work environment.
- Eagerness to learn and grow your skills as an engineer for all parts of the stack.
- A passion for software and ActBlue's mission to build people-powered movements.
Benefits
- Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
- Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability
- Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
- Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees
- Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
- A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
- Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
- Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times
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Hard skills
ReactTypeScriptRuby on Railsscalable codequality codetestingmonitoringdocumentationPR reviewsQA testing
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationownershipaccountabilityfeedback incorporationempathetic working styleindependent prioritizationproblem-solvingteam culturementorship