Staff Software Engineer

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GoFundMe is the world's 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 causes-for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010.

Join us! The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Staff Software Engineer to help GoFundMe Pro team.

One of GoFundMe's fastest growing business segments is GoFundMe Pro, a platform that enables Non Profit Organizations (NPOs) to fundraise, host events, connect with donors, and leverage deep data insights to maximize their impact.

The GoFundMe Pro Onboarding team is hiring a full stack staff software engineer to accelerate time to value for new NPO users coming to our platform. You'll guide a team of engineers to shape how NPOs get started. You'll give NPO administrators deep and actionable data insights, AI driven tools, and help them successfully launch fundraising campaigns tailored to their needs.

The Job

• Own and evolve the technical strategy for the Onboarding team, and influence the technical direction of GoFundMe Pro.
• Partner with product, design and data to solve the team's hardest problems with clear business outcomes.
• Lead cross-team technical initiatives, driving alignment on architecture, APIs, and platform capabilities.
• Act as a technical multiplier: Mentor senior engineers, raise engineering standards, and guide complex technical decisions.
• Design and build scalable full-stack systems across web applications, back end services, and data pipelines.
• Drive improvements in system performance, reliability, observability, and developer velocity, and AI adoption.
• Facilitate knowledge sharing sessions to promote collaboration and define best practices for fullstack development.
• Identify and drive simplification of systems to accelerate delivery across teams.
• Create an environment that encourages innovation and collaboration.

You

• Proven experience operating as a staff engineer or equivalent, with measurable impact across multiple teams or systems.
• Excellent understanding of distributed systems, including debugging distributed systems with high data loads.
• Demonstrated successful leadership of complex technical projects with cross-team collaboration and clear business impact.
• History of improving back-end and front-end application performance metrics.
• Track record of identifying and implementing best practices in software systems.
• Strong experience with React, ES6, TypeScript, Node.js, and front-end frameworks.
• Expertise in schema design and data modeling in SQL and NoSQL databases.
• Experience designing and evolving APIs (REST, GraphQL), including authentication and security best practices.
• Significant experience working with AI agents, agent orchestrators, and MCP servers.

Preferred

• High impact: Your work directly helps nonprofits raise more money and expand their reach, contributing to GoFundMe's mission and business metrics.
• Broad scope: Influence systems and strategy across Onboarding and the broader GoFundMe Pro platform.
• Technical depth: Work across AI, data, and distributed systems at scale.
• Ownership: Lead ambiguous, high impact initiatives with visibility across the organization.

Why you'll 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 $219,600 - $293,000 [ Include for sales roles only: which may include potential sales incentive payments. Your recruiter can share more about the specific OTE structure for this position during the hiring process]. The company also offers equity and other benefits to employees, including healthcare, dental, vision, life insurance and 401(k) saving program. In 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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Learn more about GoFundMe:

We're proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org's activities and impact in their FY '25 annual report.

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