Senior Software Engineer

Bonterra

Generalist developer for ActionKit at NGP VAN helping clients advance democracy, fight inequality, and more. Work involves coding, client support, and overall product direction.

Posted 7/21/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $145,000 - $175,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in developing and maintaining database-backed web applications using frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Django, while effectively communicating and collaborating with clients and team members to refine product direction and enhance code quality.

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Ruby On RailsDjangoDatabase-Backed Web ApplicationsCode DebuggingClient Communication

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Hard Skills

Code RefactoringPerformance TuningTooling DevelopmentMonitoringAttention To Detail

Soft Skills

Communication SkillsCollaboration SkillsEmpathy

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudDjangoMySQLPythonRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help develop and maintain ActionKit’s codebase, from building brand new features to polishing, debugging, refactoring, or improving the efficiency or reliability of existing code.
Help shape the direction of the product by proposing ideas, collecting client feedback, and refining broad ideas into concrete plans.
Work directly with clients through our email support system and sometimes other means; writing release notes; or participating in ClientCon.
Contribute as needed to other technical functions like operations, tooling, monitoring, performance tuning, and more.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Skills and judgment to produce high-quality work, from attention to detail in coding and testing to big-picture wisdom about risk and simplifying tricky plans.
Communication and collaboration skills.
Empathy with others' needs, from coworkers to clients.
Experience building database-backed web apps, especially using dynamic-language frameworks like Ruby on Rails or Django. Adjacent experience will be considered, too.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities