Staff Software Engineer

FreeWill is an award-winning, social-good startup that has partnered with 1,800+ nonprofits who support our mission while raising more than $10B in bequests to charities since we were founded in 2017. We’ve been featured in the New York Times, Forbes, Oprah’s magazine, and our co-CEOs have even been named to Town & Country’s “Top 50 Philanthropists” list.

All of this is because we’ve figured out how to make some powerful (but complicated!) ways to donate much easier and more accessible. Our products make things easier for the donors who want to change the world and for nonprofits doing heroic work around the planet.

In the last 7 years, we’ve grown from 5 people to 200+ (all smart, tenacious, and kind), and continue to grow. We’d love to have you be a part of this adventure. In 2024, we were named a "Most Loved Workplace" by both Newsweek and Best Practice Institute; you can also check us out on Glassdoor!

Full-time •  Excellent Benefits • Signing Bonus • Work from Anywhere in the US (except AL, CO, or LA)

About the role

We are looking for an ambitious Staff Software Engineer who wants to make an impact at a mission-driven company. You are excited to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative team and take on a high level of responsibility across many projects.

FreeWill has set compensation and a non-negotiation policy for fairness reasons (we don't think that an individual's pay should be determined by how comfortable they are negotiating). As a result, we like to be transparent and up front about the compensation. When we make an offer, we provide multiple options so that employees can choose between compensation packages that prioritize salary or stock options. The salary range for this role is $215,000-230,000. This role is also eligible for a signing bonus and will come with stock options and full benefits.

Responsibilities

• Define and shape the architectural direction of FreeWill’s engineering efforts, building scalable systems that drive our future product innovations.
• Play a lead role in establishing our technical roadmap and engineering culture.
• Ideate and own the delivery of impactful technical initiatives, effectively soliciting team support and connecting deliverables to business value.
• Mentor engineers across seniority levels, fostering an inclusive culture that empowers engineers to leap forwards in their careers
• Continually elevate the team’s proficiency with modern web tooling, while demonstrating the adaptability to deliver high-value solutions in unfamiliar problem contexts.

Technical Skills

• 10+ years building production systems for complex web applications
• Extensive experience leading projects on teams of varying compositions, from single-engineer efforts to fully staffed multi-disciplinary teams.
• Early startup experience preferred
• Strong proficiency with modern web architecture including Node.js, Typescript, React, cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), SQL, API design, continuous integration, and automated testing.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and tooling, including infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, and monitoring is a strong plus.

Hiring Process

  The hiring process for this role is as follows:

• Recruiter Phone Screen (30 minutes)
• Hiring Manager Interview (30 Minutes)
• Coding Screen (45 minutes)
• Super Day Interviews: 3 Final Interviews with FreeWill team members (separate interviews- between 45 minutes and 1 hour) 
• Offer (contingent on positive references)

Please note that steps in the hiring process can and may change and the Recruiter will be your point of contact in sharing about any updates in terms of the process. If you are selected to move forward in this process, the Recruiter will share more details about the hiring process and interviewers. However, this is a good estimate of what you can expect. For most roles, our hiring processes take an average of 4-6 weeks.

Benefits

In addition to the immense personal and professional satisfaction you’ll gain from helping to raise $1T for high impact nonprofits in a kind and joyful work environment, full time employees at FreeWill are eligible for the following benefits:

• Work from home 
• Unlimited PTO
• Flexible hours
• Competitive salary
• Commuter benefits
• Company stock options
• 401k
• Medical/Dental/Vision (some single coverage medical plans