Remote Backend Software Engineer
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Your Company:
As the Nonprofit Marketing Platform trusted by over 1,300 nonprofits , Feathr is purpose-built to help our customers unlock more results, time, and confidence.
Feathr's software marketing platform equips nonprofits with the tools they need to build purposeful connections with their community and grow impact with confidence.
We're working on building an amazing culture at Feathr, where amazing people (like you) can do their best work. If you're ready to grow and "help the helpers" you've come to the right place.
Backend Software Engineer:
Compensation: $90,000 base, and a bonus potential of up to 12%
Benefits: Fully Remote, Health/ Dental/ Vision, Paid Holidays/ Vacation/ Sick time, and more
Your Work
Feathr's SaaS platform is a critical component of the value we deliver to our clients. As a Backend Software Engineer, you contribute to the technical systems that meet the advertising, marketing, and analytics needs of our diverse customer base. You write and ship code that makes a real impact—collaborating with your team to develop features, fix bugs, improve performance, and learn the ins and outs of a production system. You're supported by senior engineers and expected to grow toward increasing independence and ownership over time.
Your Experience
2+ years of backend software engineering experience
Professional experience contributing to software that ships to real users
Working knowledge of Python, Flask, and at least one of: Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Redis
Proficiency with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor); we use these daily and consider them core to our workflow
Your Technical Skills
Solid knowledge of key data structures and algorithms
Comfortable writing and maintaining automated unit tests and integration tests
Working knowledge of MongoDB queries and data modeling
Familiarity with Elasticsearch or similar search/analytics engines
Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and services (S3, SQS, or EC2)
Awareness of security and compliance considerations in enterprise software
Able to work in both synchronous and asynchronous environments with guidance
Effectively leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development, debug issues, and explore unfamiliar codebases
Nice to have: Experience with Docker, event stream processing, Kubernetes, or distributed systems
Your Qualities
Pragmatic and customer-oriented—you build software to help customers solve real problems
Curious and eager to learn; you dig into unfamiliar systems and ask good questions
A methodical problem-solver who isn't afraid to say "I don't know yet" and work through it
Clear communicator; you can explain what you're working on and ask for help when you need it
Collaborative team player invested in Feathr's success, the product team's goals, and your own growth
Receptive to feedback and motivated to improve your craft
Adaptable and comfortable shifting priorities when critical issues arise
Your Day
Design and implement backend features and services that ship to real users
Solve technical problems and document their solutions for the team
Collaborate with frontend engineers, product managers, and other teams to design and develop features
Write clean, testable, performant code and review code written by your teammates
Debug and resolve backend issues—performance bottlenecks, data consistency problems, production incidents
Deploy your changes to production and monitor them for correctness and performance
Participate in code reviews and knowledge sharing
Ensure the integrity, availability, and confidentiality of Feathr's data and operations
Iterate on feedback and continuously improve technical solutions
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
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