Senior Manager, Software Engineering

Classy, an affiliate of GoFundMe, is a Public Benefit Corporation and giving platform that enables nonprofits to connect supporters with the causes they care about. Classy's platform provides powerful and intuitive fundraising tools to convert and retain donors. Since 2011, Classy has helped nonprofits mobilize and empower the world for good by helping them raise over $7 billion. Classy also hosts the Collaborative conference and the Classy Awards to spotlight the innovative work nonprofits are implementing around the globe. For more information, visit www.classy.org.

The Job...

• Partner with senior management to own and drive core business initiatives.
• Drive the evolution of our new E-Commerce platform.
• Manage the lifecycle of the existing fundraising platform and providing a strategic migration to new and upcoming products
• Evaluate technical solutions that contribute to the exciting growth phase of the company.
• Manage and coach engineers to become proficient developers using best software development practices and processes.
• Analyze, design, and develop software that delivers clean, maintainable code within a large, complex, and established code base.
• Learn and grow your skills by working collaboratively with experienced and engaged developers to design new features and re-architect existing ones

You...

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 8+ years directly managing engineers at any level (new graduates to leads)
• Direct responsibility for delivering features on a defined roadmap
• 10+ years of professional software development experience with server-side, web-based technologies (full stack preferred)
• 3+ years of e-commerce software development experience
• Excellent understanding of distributed software architecture with experience debugging distributed systems with high data loads.
• Advanced proficiency with Javascript Frameworks - React, Angular, and server side backends in Node.js, PHP, and Linux.
• Familiarity with GraphQL, Elasticsearch, Docker, AWS (EC2, ECS, Lambda, SNS).
• Ability to understand product requirements and translate them into technical solutions.
• Experience with Scrum/Agile development methodologies.
• Proficient with microservice architecture with a solid understanding of strengths and weaknesses
• Proficiency in schema design in relational or NoSQL databases (MySQL, MongoDB).
• An innate sense of quality, and sharp engineering skills with strong computer science fundamentals.

Preferred...

• 10+ years of software development experience with distributed teams
• Experience with refactoring complex single page apps and/or migrating from one framework to another (i.e. Angular > React)
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