Senior Software Engineer

Want to make a difference? Join an organization committed to sharing the hope of true transformation with those impacted by incarceration for nearly 50 years.

Prison Fellowship® is the nation’s largest Christian nonprofit equipping the Church to serve currently and formerly incarcerated people and their families, and to advocate for justice and human dignity. Prison Fellowship and its church partners encounter Jesus with those behind bars, breaking cycles of crime and prayerfully anticipating a revival of justice, mercy, and hope in our culture.

Prison Fellowship® is an organization committed to the highest standards of conduct, ethics and Christian values. Our conduct is guided by and grounded in the Bible, as reflected in our Statement of Faith below.

What we are looking for :

A driven and mission-focused Senior Software Engineer to maintain and transform legacy applications by building and integrating modern, API-driven applications using React and PHP/Laravel. Day-to-day activities will include serving as a software product SME, owning and improving applications running on October CMS, developing and maintaining high-quality web applications using React and PHP/Laravel, developing APIs and working with existing APIs according to specifications, building data models according to specifications, contributing to architecture decisions, and collaborating with teammates across disciplines are also the responsibility of the person in this role.

Expectations of this role:

• Function in software product lane as technical SME, performing code reviews, and other lead functions as required
• Maintain and improve current applications running on October CMS

• Develop and maintain new high‑quality web applications using React and PHP (Laravel)

• Build, enhance, and integrate RESTful APIs in Python and PHP, and work with existing APIs to support business needs within SOA and MACH architectures (Microservices, API‑first, Cloud‑native, Headless)

• Build data models according to specified requirements

Qualifications:

• 10+ years in software engineering experience
• 2-5 years software design including frontend, API's, and data models2-5 years performing code reviews of team members and contractors
• 2-5 years functioning as lead developer and SME of software products
• Strong background designing and consuming APIs in PHP and solid experience working with PostgreSQL
• Proven understanding of SOA and MACH principles
• Experience with Salesforce API's, October CMS, PostGres and Microsoft SQL Server preferred
• Comfortable working independently while actively collaborating with a team
• Clear communication skills and a proactive, stewardship‑driven mindset
• This is a remote/work from home position with an up to 5% travel component

What we offer : 


A team oriented, mission driven, supportive environment with cutting edge technology solutions and tremendous opportunity for growth and development. Our outstanding benefits package includes paid leave starting at 39 days (14 holidays, 15 vacation days, 10 sick days), retirement account funding and much more! Our outstanding benefits package includes paid leave starting at 39 days (14 holidays, 15 vacation days, 10 sick days) after one year of employment. Part-time employees working at least 20 hours per week on a regular basis are eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits, on a pro-rated basis. In addition, we offer a team-oriented, mission-driven, supportive environment with cutting-edge technology solutions and tremendous opportunity for growth and development.

Salary at Prison Fellowship is determined by a variety of factors. For this position, the salary range is projected to be between $110,000 and $123,000.

Visit the employment page on our website to learn more about Prison Fellowship, and check out our YouTube channel to see how Prison Fellowship is transforming lives!

OUR STATEMENT OF FAITH

The Foundation of What We Believe
As a Christian organization, Prison Fellowship believes in the full authority of the Bible as God’s inspired word and the complete tenets of the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed.

We believe in one God, Creator and Lord of the Universe, the co-eternal Trinity; Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe that Jesus Christ, God’s Son, was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, lived a sinless life, died a substitutionary atoning death on the cross, rose bodily from the dead and ascended to heaven where, as truly God and truly man, He is the only mediator between God and man. We believe that the Bible is God’s authoritative and inspired Word, without error in all its teachings.

How We Are Compelled to Live and to Act
We believe that Christians, both individually and corporately, must submit to the Bible as God’s authoritative, divine and inspired Word, in all matters of belief and conduct.

 

Applicants have rights under Federal Employment laws:

• Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
• Employee Polygraph Protection Act (EPPA)
• Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA)