The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

Junior Full Stack Developer

The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $70,000 - $106,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Collaborative Development: Work closely with the Director, Data Scientist, Full-Stack Developer, and Platform Engineer to understand project requirements and contribute to the development of AI-based products. Contribute to the vision and execution of product architecture, UI/UX designs, infrastructure deployment, and ensuring high-quality work output.
  • Nonprofit Consultation Support: Contribute to consultations with nonprofit partners exploring data and technology solutions. The ability to explain technical concepts with empathy and clarity is critical, as this role helps equip partners with the tools and knowledge to succeed.
  • Product Integration: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of full-stack applications for cloud-based solutions that align with the rapid prototyping development approach, under the guidance of senior team members, with increasing ownership over time. Collaborate with the team to integrate ML model predictions into user-friendly interfaces, ensuring the reliability, safety, and scalability of the end products.
  • User-Centric Design: Implement intuitive user interfaces for AI-backed web and mobile applications. Understand end-user needs and requirements to design and develop applications that effectively address challenges within the social good sector. Prototype, test, and iterate on full-stack solutions, incorporating user feedback for continuous improvement.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with team members to address communication, outreach, and resource needs related to front-end and mobile development. Ensure effective communication with cross-functional teams, contributing to the success of AI products.
  • Learning & Growth: Seek and incorporate feedback through code reviews and pair programming. Grow familiarity with cloud infrastructure, deployment workflows, and system design. Build confidence working across the full stack over time, with mentorship and support.

Requirements

  • Experience – 1-3 years of professional experience in full-stack development, with proven expertise in both UI development and backend integration. Experience with Python-based codebases is required.
  • Development – Proficiency in JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and experience with modern front-end frameworks such as React or React Native. Strong programming experience with Python or Go is strongly preferred. Experience with CI/CD tools (e.g., GitHub Actions, etc), source control (GitHub), and issue tracking (Jira) is also strongly preferred.
  • Infrastructure – Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) is required, and familiarity with NoSQL systems (e.g., MongoDB, DynamoDB) is a plus. Experience with cloud services (e.g. AWS), containerization (e.g., Docker), orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes), and Infrastructure as Code (e.g., Terraform) is also a plus, but not required.
  • Communication – Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to convey technical concepts to diverse audiences.
  • Teamwork – Effective team player who understands the responsibility every individual brings to the table and how to encourage and drive results from each team member; ability to work collaboratively within a high-performance, startup-like environment.
  • High Performance – Ability to quickly learn new technologies and methodologies to ensure successful and timely completion of product development.
  • Results-oriented – Highly organized and detail-oriented, self-driven, and able to adapt to learning and implementing new technologies, and creative in solving issues as they arise.
  • Cultural alignment – An advocate for social progress; interest in emerging technologies and their ability to advance societal outcomes.
  • Work eligibility – Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.
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