Full Stack Engineer

Come Near is a group of people moved to raise the public conversation about Jesus. They create, curate, and connect people to authentic Jesus stories and experiences. Most widely recognized is the group’s “He Gets Us” campaign, which invites people to reconsider Jesus and has reached millions of Americans since launching in 2021. To learn more, visit comenear.org.

Candidates for this role are required to sign the organization’s Statement of Faith, which closely aligns with Come Near’s mission-driven focus of inviting all people one step closer to the authentic Jesus from wherever they are.

POSITION SUMMARY

Come Near is a lean, fully distributed nonprofit behind the He Gets Us campaign, reaching hundreds of millions of people across the world’s largest media moments. We’re hiring a Senior Full Stack Engineer to own the technical design of our highest-priority initiative: a personalized digital engagement platform.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Build and ship full stack features across our web platform, from UI to API to data layer.
• Write production code in Next.js, React, Tailwind CSS, and shadcn/ui, following established architecture and technical standards.
• Implement and maintain caching, CDN, and edge configurations (Cloudflare, Vercel) to support high-traffic events and media moments.
• Work within our AWS environment to deploy, monitor, and troubleshoot services.
• Integrate with data and personalization pipelines, handling personal/sensitive user data according to established privacy and security practices.
• Participate in code review, giving and receiving feedback on quality, performance, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with vendor engineering teams on shared codebases, following the integration contracts and API patterns they've defined.
• Coordinate handoffs and status with distributed team members and vendor engineers across time zones, using async-first documentation.
• Write and maintain tests across unit, integration, and end-to-end layers.
• Troubleshoot production issues, including under load during high-traffic events.
• Document your own work clearly: PRs, runbooks for what you build, and contributions to team design docs.

COMPETENCIES

• Solid full stack fundamentals: comfortable moving between frontend, API, and infrastructure concerns.
• Self-directed enough to take a scoped task and deliver it with minimal hand-holding, async-fluent in a remote environment.
• Clear communicator, in writing and in code, about what you built, why, and what's not done.
• Comfortable receiving direction on architecture and standards from senior engineers while making sound implementation calls day to day.
• Pragmatic: ships working software, flags risk early, doesn't over-engineer.
• Curious and coachable, open to feedback on both code and approach.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience building full stack web applications; Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• Strong hands-on experience with Next.js and React; working knowledge of Tailwind CSS and component libraries such as shadcn/ui.
• Practical experience with caching strategies, CDN configuration, and edge platforms (Cloudflare, Vercel, or comparable).
• Working knowledge of AWS services relevant to a modern web stack (e.g., S3, Lambda, RDS, CloudFront).
• Experience writing and maintaining automated tests (unit, integration, and/or end-to-end).
• Comfortable working in a codebase shared with other engineers, including reviewing others' code and having your own reviewed.

BONUS SKILLS

• Experience working alongside external agencies or vendor engineering teams.
• Exposure to analytics or event-tracking pipelines.
• Familiarity with AI/ML-powered product features from an integration or consumption standpoint (not building models).
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar).

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• A personal relationship with Jesus and a passion for Come Near’s mission.
• A heart for service, humility, and collaborative leadership.
• An initiative-taking, meticulous approach to planning and execution