Experienced Back-End Developer, Earthquake Project

The SafeHome project is creating a web dashboard to assess the earthquake risk of specific addresses in the city of San Francisco. We are nearing live release and need help building the Alpha version of our product.

Role

We are looking for an Experienced Back-End Developer to join our team as a volunteer and help us strengthen the technical backbone of our web applications and systems. This role offers an exciting opportunity to contribute to a meaningful project that has a positive social impact while leveraging your expertise in back-end technologies.

As a volunteer back-end developer, you will work closely with our front-end developers and other team members to build scalable, efficient, and secure server-side solutions for our web app.

Skills Needed

• Python
  • FastAPI
  • SQLAlchemy
  • Pydantic
• Alembic
• Docker

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain a server-side application and its API to support our web app.
• Collaborate with front-end developers to integrate user-facing elements with server-side logic.
• Manage and optimize our PostgreSQL database to ensure data integrity and performance.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and optimize back-end performance.
• Write clean, well-documented, and efficient code in Python.
• Assist in the planning and technical architecture of new projects and features.
• Monitor application performance and implement updates to improve efficiency.
• Participate in code reviews and collaborate on best practices.

Benefits of Volunteering with Us

• Gain experience working on a meaningful project that has a positive impact.
• Collaborate with a dedicated team of volunteers in a remote and flexible work environment.
• Enhance your portfolio with work that demonstrates your ability to create accessible and user-friendly web applications.
• Network with others in the tech, civic and nonprofit sectors.
• Receive a reference or recommendation letter based on your work and contribution.