Software Developer - Back End

Code with purpose. Elevate NGOs as a Software Developer with Digital Aid Seattle.

Location: Remote

Duration: 6+ Months

Role: Software Developer

About Us

Digital Aid Seattle is a collective of professionals with diverse expertise, dedicated to transforming the nonprofit sector. We partner with nonprofits, using our skills to enhance their efficiency, effectiveness, and accessibility, ultimately increasing their overall impact.

Why Join Us?

By volunteering with us, you directly enhance the reach and efficacy of NGOs, with our nurturing environment, where common values unite everyone, working collectively to give back to society.

All our volunteers sign an agreement and are vetted for experience before starting work with us. We believe in values like assuming positive intent, bringing out the best in others, and focusing on problems, not just solutions.

You should be seasoned, capable of leading yourself and others in your discipline, available to dedicate enough time to accomplish tasks, and driven to work independently.

Help us create a bigger impact by joining Digital Aid Seattle!

Responsibilities

As a Software Developer, you will

• Craft & Innovate: Develop and optimize software solutions tailored to meet our NGO partners' challenges.
• Adapt & Collaborate: Work with diverse teams, being ready to tackle various software projects as needs arise.
• Train & Guide: Assist and train users, both technical and non-technical, ensuring they're comfortable with the tools and software solutions provided.
• Feedback Loop: Continually refine solutions based on feedback, ensuring they are user-centric and efficient.

Desired Technical Proficiency

If you don't meet every qualification but have some of these skills, please consider applying.

Our collaborative team often complements individual expertise to bridge gaps.

Our ideal candidate has familiarity/experience

• Building core services and web-based APIs from the ground up, cares just as much about the product itself as the technology that powers it, and is capable of both.
• Implementing highly-available distributed systems/microservices
• Building scalable backend APIs
• Experience in automated testing including unit and functional testing using JUnit, JSUnit

Cloud Platforms:

• AWS
• GCP
• Microsoft Azure

Authentication/Authorization:

• Okta, Azure, Google

Database Management Systems (DBMS):

• Postgres, Oracle, Mongo

Programming Languages/Environments:

• Java, Python, Kotlin, Javascript
• Node

API Design:

• REST, Swagger

Version Control:

• Git, CVS, Subversion