Software Engineer II (React, JS/Typescript)

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and people trying to make an impact in order to fuel long-term, people-powered change. If you’ve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization, chances are you’ve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of small-dollar donors and help thousands of groups — from presidential candidates to environmental organizations — build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make progressive people-powered change can easily and effectively deploy their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and futures. Each and every one of us, from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros, is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY: 

As a Software Engineer II at ActBlue, you will help shape the growth of our platform by working to improve donor experiences in order to future-proof our platform. In this role, you will work full-stack (front-end leaning) using React, TypeScript, and Ruby on Rails to build user-facing features. These features will connect donors with causes and campaigns, improve our events experience, offer merchandise to campaign supporters, and unlock new payment methods on our platform. You will work in concert with other product teams, data teams, platform and ops teams, and the security team. Together with other stakeholders, you will identify and execute high-impact improvements that unlock new product opportunities and ensure the reliability, predictability, maintainability, and scalability of our platform. The work you do on this team will be seen and felt by thousands of users across the country and the world.

Our engineering and product organization is made up of about 100 empathetic and passionate people. We’re organized into cross-functional teams that operate independently in alignment with the broader organizational goals. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Collaborate closely with product, design, and other software engineers to build robust user experiences across several web applications used by campaigns and organizations on ActBlue
• Practice and encourage a people-focused engineering mentality when working cross-functionally
• Improve the performance and maintainability of our platform through quality code, comprehensive testing and monitoring, and effective documentation
• Engage with and contribute to technical discussions around new solutions and architecture
• Receive support from your teammates, your manager and other senior leaders to grow as an individual and increase your impact within ActBlue and the progressive movement
• Be a champion for building a collaborative and inclusive team culture
• May support supplementary projects as assigned, ensuring timely and efficient completion in line with organizational objectives and standards

WHAT YOU BRING:

• 2-4+ years or equivalent of professional experience working with teams and delivering projects, ideally in a front-end leaning, full-stack capacity (60-70% front-end, 30-40% back-end)
• Professional experience working with React and TypeScript to develop frontend features from design and discovery through to deployment and monitoring.
• Professional experience working with Ruby on Rails to make changes to APIs in order to carry a feature to completion.
• A track record of delivering features while collaborating with product and design to resolve ambiguity and prioritize the highest impact work
• A demonstrated ability to write extensible, maintainable, and scalable code
• An inclusive and empathetic working style in a remote and distributed work environment
• An eagerness to learn and grow your skills as an engineer for all parts of the stack, including legacy code
• A passion for software and ActBlue’s mission to build people-powered movements
• A team player mentality: You keep the end-user in mind and enjoy hearing feedback from your teammates

LOCATION AND COMPENSATION: 

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions. ATS is currently authorized to support remote work employees in Arizona, California, Connecticut, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C. and Wisconsin.

Salary Range Details:

Salary Range: $136,611 - $151,437 - $166,263

ActBlue is committed to consistent compensation practices across our organization.  Final salary offers will take into account factors such as candidate experience, interview performance and current team salary parity. 

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families; plus fully-paid health reimbursement arrangement to use for out of pocket expenses and fully-paid short- and long-term disability 
• Fully paid basic and AD&D life insurance and a voluntary supplemental life insurance option
• Dependent and health care flexible spending account options
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) benefits for employees 
• Automatic 2% Employer-paid 401K contribution, plus up to an additional 6% match on employee contributions
• A minimum of three months paid medical, family and parental leave (for all new parents, adoptions included)
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

Work Location: This is a full-time, remote, salaried position.

Work Schedule: This role requires availability during established, regular business hours (Mon-Fri) and is expected to be a part of an on-call rotation which will result in working nontraditional hours as needed. 

Travel Requirements: Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and departmental retreats (1-2 times per year). Additional travel may be required for select positions.  

Work Environment: At ActBlue, we are committed to fostering an inclusive and belonging remote-first culture that empowers our diverse workforce to excel in their roles. Employees can expect to work with distributed teams across all U.S. time zones. Our roles require extended technology usage, and proficiency with virtual communication tools such as Zoom and Slack. Regular attendance in virtual meetings is inherent to every position. 

Bargaining Unit: The terms and conditions of this position are subject to a collective bargaining agreement with the Communications Workers of America, the exclusive bargaining agent of covered ActBlue Technical Services employees.

Supervisory Responsibilities: This position has no direct supervisory responsibilities.  

INCLUSION STATEMENT:

ActBlue is deeply committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. We commit to retaining, developing, recruiting, and hiring a diverse staff community. We honor the dignity of all. We celebrate their unique qualities. And we recognize the wide range of human differences, backgrounds, and intersectional identities that enrich the workspace and help us better meet our mission. If you feel a connection to our mission and see your interests reflected in this job description we encourage you to apply - even if you don’t meet every requirement. 

ActBlue is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process, including using our online system to apply for a position. If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at [email protected] to get started.