Senior/Staff Software Engineer

Community Tech Alliance

Senior / Staff Software Engineer at Community Tech Alliance building and scaling data infrastructure for progressive organizations. Contribute to meaningful engineering work supporting nonprofits and advocacy groups.

Posted 5/27/2026full-timeRemote • District of Columbia, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $140,000 - $190,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

CloudETL

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Help build and scale PAD, CTA’s flagship data infrastructure platform
Perform meaningful engineering work on products enabling campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and movement partners to use data effectively
Build and maintain data products and pipelines using industry-standard tools and languages
Contribute to the culture and success of the organization
Collaborate with a team on a wide-ranging codebase including AI toolkits
Bring a security-first mindset to development
Participate in deployment and operations in the cloud

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience collaborating closely with product teams and building with user experience at the forefront
Strong written and verbal communication skills
Security-first mindset in building and supporting products
Ability to act autonomously, thrive in a team environment, and work in a fully remote role
Experience with ambiguous requirements and finding creative, practical solutions
Experience implementing performant, test-driven code in ETL platforms
Experience with infrastructure and deployments in cloud environments
Experience working in a data warehouse or analytics-focused database
Interest in AI and its application in software and data engineering workflows

Benefits

Comp & perks

Generous healthcare, vision & dental insurance for employees
Matching 401K contributions
Generous paid time off (PTO) for your first year, followed by unlimited leave after your first anniversary
Generous holiday schedule
Paid family leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

data infrastructuredata productsdata pipelinesETL platformstest-driven codecloud environmentsdata warehouseanalytics-focused databaseAI toolkitssecurity-first development

Soft Skills

collaborationcommunicationautonomyteamworkproblem-solvingcreativityuser experience focus