Senior Staff Software Engineer (Incubation)

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GoFundMe is the worlds most powerful community for good dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causesfor themselves and each other. Together our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! GoFundMe is searching for a passionate and driven Senior Staff Software Engineer with a strong background in building scalable high-performance fintech or wealth management this high-impact role you will design and develop innovative infrastructure from the ground up to support large-scale mission-driven fintech products that empower millions of people globally. Your work will directly contribute to building seamless user-friendly experiences enabling individuals to contribute to causes and make meaningful change in the world.

As a key technical leader youll have the opportunity to shape the architecture and direction of our systems driving impact for both the company and the users we serve. Join us if youre excited to grow both personally and professionally while making a direct impact on GoFundMes products users and the causes that matter most.

Candidates considered for this role will be located in the San Francisco Bay Area. There will be an in-office requirement of 3x a week.

The Job

• Youll collaborate with a team of engineers product management designers and external partners to identify and implement improvements and new features for the GoFundMe fintech products.
• Youll take ownership of the entire product development life cycle which includes architectural design development deployment documentation and maintenance of new and existing backend services and tools.
• Youll provide mentorship to junior developers advocate for improvements to the codebase and provide leadership to others within your team.
• Youll own the technical roadmap for these new products prioritizing features based on cutting-edge technology user needs and technical feasibility to deliver high-value solutions.
• Conduct deep technical exploration to stay ahead of industry trends and leverage that knowledge to design systems that stand up to market demands while pushing the boundaries of innovation.
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) for your products using data-driven insights to iterate optimize and enhance the overall user experience and technical performance.
• Lead the engineering efforts for product launches and own the post-launch technical strategy to ensure products scale and perform successfully in the market.
• Contribute significantly to system reliability and operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and leading the troubleshooting and resolution of incidents.

You

• You are a seasoned engineer with a track record of building and shipping impactful features.
• You have8 years of relevant experience across various technical domains such as scalable backend systems complex infrastructure APIs or distributed systems.
• You can navigate through ambiguity and assist the product team with scoping and discovery helping to shape solutions and define clear paths forward.
• You have experience architecting services and systems using well-accepted design patterns to enable future scaling. You anticipate future use cases and make design decisions that minimize the cost of future change.
• You are skilled at leading projects from conception to completion ensuring timely delivery by balancing technical trade-offs and business needs while communicating progress and challenges to stakeholders and keeping teams aligned with project goals.
• You have strong experience in analyzing diagnosing and preventing performance problems with expertise in application performance monitoring and log analytics tools.
• Experience in areas such as financial transaction systems digital wallets ledgering reconciliation compliance (e.g. KYC) and payment infrastructure is a plus.

Preferred

• Experience with Spring Boot Kotlin or Java AWS Kafka Kubernetes.

Why youll love it here

• Make an Impact: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year.
• Innovative Environment: Work with a diverse passionate and talented team in a fast-paced forward-thinking atmosphere.
• Collaborative Team: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together.
• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits.
• Holistic Support: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work family planning along with generous parental leave flexible time-off policies and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being.
• Growth Opportunities: Participate in learning development and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow.
• Commitment to DEI: Contribute to diversity equity and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups.
• Community Engagement: Make a difference through our volunteering program.

We live by our core values: impatient to be great find a way earn trust every day fueled by purpose. Be a part of something bigger with us!

GoFundMe is proud to be an equal opportunity employer that actively pursues candidates of diverse backgrounds and experiences. We do not discriminate on the basis of race color religion ethnicity nationality or national origin sex sexual orientation gender gender identity or expression pregnancy status marital status age medical condition mental or physical disability or military or veteran status.

The annual U.S. salary range for this full-time position is $233500-$350500. The company also offers equity and other benefits to employees including healthcare dental vision life insurance and 401(k) saving addition to this wage there are geolocation differentials that will increase pay depending on the work location. Additionally pay may vary depending on other factors including skills experience education or training. Your recruiter can share more about the specific total compensation package based on your location during the hiring process.

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