Senior Backend Software Engineer
FeathrAbout the role
Your Company:
As the Nonprofit Marketing Platform trusted by over 1,300 nonprofits, Feathr is purpose-built to help our customers unlock more results, time, and confidence.
Feathr's software marketing platform equips nonprofits with the tools they need to build purposeful connections with their community and grow impact with confidence.
We're working on building an amazing culture at Feathr, where amazing people (like you) can do their best work. If you're ready to grow and "help the helpers" you've come to the right place.
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Senior Backend Software Engineer:
Compensation: $120,000 base, and a bonus potential of up to 12%
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, Summr and Wintr breaks, paid vacation and sick time
Your Company:
Feathr provides a modern digital marketing software solution for associations, nonprofits, credit unions, and event organizations. We unify our customers' marketing efforts with our platform, including website analytics, targeted digital advertising, influencer marketing, and more.
Feathr is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Gainesville, Florida, with over 1500 international clients (majority are based in London, NYC, and DC). Our people are what make the difference. We’re looking for a unique individual who will dive right in, develop deep empathy for our customers, and accelerate Feathr's growth!
Your Work:
Feathr’s SaaS platform is a critical component of the value we deliver to our clients. Feathr’s Senior Software Engineers help us grow and maintain the technical components that allow us to meet the advertising, marketing, and web analytics needs of our diverse customer base. A Senior Software Engineer at Feathr has a demonstrated interest and proficiency in web development.
You will work under the direction of a Director of Product on backend software development projects. Engineers at Feathr own their code from planning to maintenance to retirement - you will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop requirements and design technical solutions, collaborate with your engineering colleagues to implement those solutions, deploy and monitor your changes in production, and address issues as they are identified.
Your Experience:
5+ years of backend software engineering experience
2+ years building distributed software
Professional experience owning a process that included shipping a complicated piece of software to real users
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor); we use these daily and consider them core to our workflow
Your Technical Skills:
Work effectively in both synchronous and asynchronous environments
Solid knowledge of key data structures and algorithms
Demonstrated focus on developing and maintaining the security and compliance of enterprise data concerns
Strong proficiency in writing automated unit tests and integration tests
Advanced proficiency with Elasticsearch APIs and use cases
Expertise in MongoDB queries, aggregations, and regular maintenance
Advanced knowledge of AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, SQS, and EKS at minimum)
Experience with event stream ingestion and transformation from diverse sources
Effectively leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development, debug issues, and explore unfamiliar codebases
Nice to have: Experience with Docker, self-hosted Drone CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, or programmatic advertising platforms
Your Qualities:
Pragmatic and customer-oriented—you build software to help customers solve real problems
A patient, detail-oriented problem-solver who works methodically through complex technical challenges
Exceptional communicator; you explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Collaborative team player invested in Feathr's success, the product team's goals, and your own grow
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