Senior Software Engineer – Full Stack

Virtuous

Senior Software Engineer (Full Stack) building scalable web applications for nonprofits. Collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive key features and ensure platform performance.

Posted 6/10/2026full-timeRemote • Arizona • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSAzureCloudDjangoGoogle Cloud PlatformGraphQLJavaScriptPostgresPythonReactTerraformTypeScriptVue.js

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

You'll own meaningful, high-impact areas of the platform end to end — not just contribute to them.
Specifically, you can expect to:
Own the performance and scalability of our data layer as we onboard larger and more complex organizations — indexing, query optimization, read replicas, partitioning, and connection pooling — so onboarding and day-to-day usage stay fast and reliable even at enterprise scale
Own our asynchronous and background-processing infrastructure (e.g., Celery), keeping it healthy, observable, and able to keep pace with growing data volume
Design, build, and ship net-new, revenue-driving features across the full stack — from messaging and bulk-sending capabilities to richer reporting, analytics, and email experiences
Help reinforce and extend our move to a server-side, HTMX-based frontend, improving both developer velocity and front-end reliability
Design, build, and maintain scalable web applications used by nonprofit organizations around the world
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to understand user needs and translate them into technical solutions
Write clean, testable, and efficient code across the frontend and backend
Contribute to architectural discussions and help drive technical decision-making across the platform
Participate in code reviews, and help foster a culture of learning and improvement
Own the reliability, performance, and observability of the systems you work on — instrument them well, set meaningful alerts, and treat production health as a first-class part of the work
Provide thoughtful feedback on technology choices as we evaluate changes across our stack
Support a culture of experimentation, iteration, and continuous delivery.

Requirements

What you’ll need

6+ years building modern web applications, including meaningful time spent running and scaling them in production
Proficiency in Python and frameworks like Django (or similar)
Hands-on experience with AI coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, etc.) as part of your regular development workflow
Experience operating cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code tooling (e.g., Terraform)
Experience with JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend frameworks such as React or Vue
Strong understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL — not just querying them, but tuning them: indexing, query optimization, and strategies for scaling (read replicas, partitioning, connection pooling, etc.)
Experience integrating with RESTful and/or GraphQL APIs
Solid DevOps fundamentals: CI/CD pipelines, containerization, infrastructure monitoring, and hands-on experience scaling applications under real load
Comfort with observability tooling (metrics, logging, tracing, alerting) and a habit of using it to debug and prevent production issues
A love for building quality products that delight users and solve real problems
Strong communication skills and a team-first mindset.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market competitive pay leveraging Carta data
Employee recognition through Bonusly (birthdays, anniversaries, achievements, etc.)
401(k) retirement plan with company matching- 50% match up to 6% of compensation after 90 days
We value our employee’s work-life balance and encourage taking advantage of Unlimited PTO
Supportive time off including paid volunteer days and company holidays
Employer-contributed healthcare benefits, encompassing medical, dental, and vision coverage, with plans available for dependents and choices for Health Savings Accounts (HSA) and Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA).
12 weeks primary parent leave, 4 weeks secondary parent leave - full pay (adoption as well)
We pride ourselves on Community and host exciting company outings and events.

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonDjangoJavaScriptTypeScriptReactVuePostgreSQLAI coding agentsTerraformCI/CD

Soft Skills

strong communication skillsteam-first mindsetcollaborationfeedbackproblem-solvinglearningimprovementexperimentationiterationtechnical decision-making