Remote Volunteer Software Engineer — iLevelUP

Help iLevelUP build and maintain a secure, accessible educational platform for underserved youth and young people.

The volunteer Software Engineer will implement approved product features and technical improvements across application services, interfaces, integrations, tests, and documentation.

Responsibilities:

• Translate approved user stories and technical designs into small, reviewable changes
• Develop maintainable application code using project standards and documented interfaces
• Write unit, integration, component, or end-to-end tests appropriate to each change
• Review code, fix defects, improve diagnostics, and update technical documentation
• Collaborate with product, UX, accessibility, API, data, quality, security, and DevOps volunteers
• Apply privacy by design, least privilege, input validation, secure secret handling, and safe error behavior
• Use synthetic or approved nonproduction data and environments
• Follow approved repositories, branches, reviews, releases, monitoring, and rollback procedures
• Never deploy to production, access participant data, or expand permissions without authorization

Qualifications:

• Experience developing production web, mobile, API, or cloud software
• Strong programming, debugging, testing, Git, APIs, databases, and software-design fundamentals
• Familiarity with accessibility, privacy, application security, CI/CD, and remote collaboration
• Clear documentation and reliable follow-through
• At least 18 years old and willing to complete screening and confidentiality requirements

This is a remote, recurring or project-based role. Expect approximately 5–10 hours per week.

Questions: volunteers@ilevelup.app

iLevelUP

107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor

Seattle, WA 98104

(206) 414-8043