Software Engineer
Warchest is an innovative budgeting and cashflow management tool for political campaigns that allows them to make crucial game-time decisions, optimize every single donation, and help them successfully cross the finish line on election day. In just two campaign cycles since launch we have become the industry standard in campaign budget management having supported nearly one billion dollars in campaign finances in the 2020 election cycle while working with some of the most exciting and important political campaigns throughout the country.
We are a lean team with a big impact and are looking to hire a software engineer as one of our first ten employees. The right candidate will have had the technical and non-technical experience listed below. But more importantly, you are someone with a strong interest in politics and progressive social issues eager to take on the responsibility and autonomy that comes with a successful early-stage start-up playing a pivotal role in helping hundreds of campaigns win.
We're committed to building a diverse team. Women, minorities, and members of other underrepresented groups are strongly encouraged to apply.
Responsibilities
You will have significant input in not only the application, but also growing the company itself. Your responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
Managing the day-to-day maintenance of the application;
Working with the team to devise application upgrades and new features;
Implementing application upgrades; and
Helping to build out and manage the engineering team.
Technical Experience
You should have at least five years of experience as a web developer. You should also have experience deploying non-trivial single page applications and REST APIs to cloud services while managing their scale. Specifically, you should have experience with or be comfortable quickly learning:
Building single page applications with React;
Building REST APIs with Node.js;
Building databases with MongoDB on cloud providers such as MongoDB Atlas;
Modern JavaScript including ES6 features;
Advanced JavaScript topics, including scope, closures, inheritance, and asynchrony;
Building tools such as webpack;
Deploying applications on AWS using Elastic Beanstalk;
JSON Web Tokens;
Writing effective unit and integration tests; and
Expert application security measures, including implementing measures to counter common attacks such as XSS and CSRF.
Non-Technical Skills and Experience
You should also have experience and/or skills in:
Managing teams;
Written and verbal communication skills;
Working well under pressure;
Being flexible and adaptable to a growing company;
Working independently and following current systems and protocols;
Project management;
Collaborating with team members on projects, proposals, and presentations; and
A demonstrable interest in supporting progressive social and political issues.
Benefits
$100,000-$130,000 yearly salary, up to 1% equity, health and dental benefits, and an opportunity to make a lasting impact in progressive technology.
Location
Remote position with preferences for candidates in the greater Washington, D.C. area or Northern California.
Application Process
Submit a cover letter, resume, and list of three professional references to careers@mywarchest.com with the subject line: Software Engineer Application.
Warchest believes in equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, or military or veteran status in accordance with all applicable laws. We do not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of the above.
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