Senior Software Engineer

Braven

Senior Software Engineer to lead design and delivery of platforms for a nonprofit organization. Working on full-stack initiatives and mentoring engineers as the team grows.

Posted 6/18/2026full-timeChicago • Illinois, New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $111,300 - $139,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

BigQueryPostgresPythonReactRubyRuby on Rails

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Scope and lead full-stack initiatives in Python and/or Ruby on Rails across our platform, data pipelines, and program automation, from ambiguous problems to production.
Make pragmatic architecture and technical design decisions that keep our systems robust, performant, secure, and maintainable.
Review code and architecture proposals, and mentor engineers to help them grow.
Champion testing, observability, and engineering best practices, and improve our processes and documentation.
Partner across technical and non-technical teams, participate in scrum and sprints, and integrate the systems our programs rely on.
Stay informed on industry trends, security, data privacy, and emerging AI tooling, and bring them to the team.
Other duties as assigned

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, completion of a technical training program, or equivalent practical experience
5+ years of software engineering experience
Strong full-stack proficiency across backend, frontend, and database design, with experience in technologies such as Ruby on Rails, Python, React, PostgreSQL, BigQuery, and Git.
Strong mentoring and communication skills, able to manage stakeholders and bridge technical and non-technical teams.
Experience applying AI and automation to ship faster or scale operations, such as LLM-assisted development or workflow automation.
Demonstrated commitment to building strong and welcoming cultures that help to develop others.
Exemplification of Braven’s core values.
Experience that has informed your belief in Braven’s mission and has prepared you to work with or for Braven’s student Fellow population.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Unlimited vacation time in addition to org-wide holidays and week-long shutdowns in July and the end of the calendar year (this is a minimum of 19 days per year)
Braven supports your path to parenthood and beyond with $25,000 in lifetime Carrot benefits for fertility, family-building, and hormonal health
Match of your 401K contribution up to 5% of your base annual salary, starting your first full month
Coverage of 85% of health insurance premium for employee and dependents
12 weeks of paid parental leave
A one-month paid sabbatical after 4 years on staff

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonRuby on RailsReactPostgreSQLBigQueryGitfull-stack developmentdatabase designprogram automationtesting

Soft Skills

mentoringcommunicationstakeholder managementcollaborationleadershipproblem-solvingadaptabilityteam buildingprocess improvementculture development

Certifications

Bachelor’s degree in a technical fieldcompletion of a technical training program