Senior Software Engineer

**Want to help us help others? We're hiring** GoFundMe is the world's most powerful community for good, dedicated to helping people help each other. By uniting individuals and nonprofits in one place, GoFundMe makes it easy and safe for people to ask for help and support causes—for themselves and each other. Together, our community has raised more than $40 billion since 2010. Join us The GoFundMe team is searching for our next Senior Software Engineer (Frontend). **What You'll Do (Responsibilities)**: - Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Product Designers, and Backend Engineers to translate ideas and requirements into high-quality, user-centric features and improvements on the GoFundMe platform. - Lead the development of features primarily on the frontend, with opportunities to contribute across the full stack as needed. - Uphold and elevate our engineering standards by actively participating in code reviews, providing constructive feedback, and mentoring other engineers on best practices for style, maintainability, and performance. - Independently drive the development and shipment of brand-new features and complex improvements, demonstrating strong ownership from conception through to deployment with mínimal guidance. - Contribute to platform stability and reliability by participating in on-call rotations and effectively troubleshooting urgent engineering issues. - Proactively identify areas of technical debt and architectural weaknesses; design, propose, and implement effective solutions to enhance codebase health and scalability. - Champion continuous improvement within the team by advocating for enhancements to our codebase, tools, and processes; provide technical leadership and guidance to fellow team members. **What You'll Bring (Required Qualifications)**: - Direct professional experience with **React, Next.js, and TypeScript**. - Solid experience with frontend testing methodologies and tools (e.g., Jest, Playwright) and code quality linters/formatters (e.g., ESLint). - Strong understanding and practical experience with client-side performance analysis and optimization techniques. - Proficiency with Git and collaborative development workflows (branching, code reviews, pull requests) in a team environment. - Experience working effectively in an agile, intensely iterative software development process. **Preferred**: - Experience with backend development, particularly using **Java**, **NodeJS or Kotlin**. - Hands-on experience implementing and utilizing **observability** tools (monitoring, logging, alerting). - Experience configuring and maintaining **CI/CD pipelines**, specifically using **GitHub Actions** and **merge queues**. - Familiarity with containerization (**Docker**), orchestration (**Kubernetes / K8s**), and cloud platforms (**AWS**). **Why you'll love it here** - **Make an Impact**: Be part of a mission-driven organization making a positive difference in millions of lives every year. - **Innovative Environment**: Work with a diverse, passionate, and talented team in a fast-paced, forward-thinking atmosphere. - **Collaborative Team**: Join a fun and collaborative team that works hard and celebrates success together. - **Competitive Benefits**: Enjoy competitive pay and comprehensive healthcare benefits. - **Holistic Support**: Enjoy financial assistance for things like hybrid work, family planning, along with generous parental leave, flexible time-off policies, and mental health and wellness resources to support your overall well-being. - **Growth Opportunities**: Participate in learning, development, and recognition programs to help you thrive and grow. - **Commitment to DEI**: Contribute to diversity, equity, and inclusion through ongoing initiatives and employee resource groups. - **Community Engagement**: Make a difference through our volunteering and Gives Back programs. **We live by our core values**: _impatient to be great_, _find a way_, _earn trust every day_, _fueled by purpose_. Be a part of something bigger with us **Learn more about GoFundMe**: We're proud to partner with GoFundMe.org, an independent public charity, to extend the reach and impact of our generous community, while helping drive critical social change. You can learn more about GoFundMe.org's activities and impact in their FY '24 annual report. Our annual "Year in Help" report reflects our community's impact in advancing our mission of helping people help each other. For recent company news and announcements, visit our Newsroom.