Frontier Software Engineer

GiveCampus is the world's leading fundraising platform for non-profit educational institutions. Trusted by 1,300+ colleges, universities, and K-12 schools, our mission is to help advance the quality, the affordability, and the accessibility of education. We received a seed investment from Y Combinator in 2015 and have pursued a strategy of 'Sustainable Growth' ever since: achieving six consecutive years of profitability and positive cash-flow while more than quadrupling our revenue, our customer base, and our team. In 2022, we raised $50 million to accelerate the next stage of our growth. Through The GiveCampus Social Mobility Initiative , we've donated $1 million in free fundraising support for programs that help low-income students, first-generation students, and underrepresented minorities. And in 2022 and 2023, we were named to Y Combinator's Top Companies list and the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies. While we operate at meaningful scale (we've facilitated more than $6 billion in charitable giving), we’re still small relative to the commercial and social good opportunities in front of us. Every GiveCampus employee has a substantial impact on our trajectory, and we're growing to help schools achieve even greater results. Our purpose-driven team of 120+ is located across the US: team members work from anywhere they choose. We have a beautiful 12,000 sf office in Washington, DC that is available for people to use whenever they want, and we regularly organize team meet-ups, events, and retreats in various locations. We're looking to expand our team with diverse and collaborative doers who believe in our mission and the transformative power of affordable, high-quality education. Location: This is a remote-first role based in the U.S. While we embrace flexible, distributed work, we also value in-person connection. Team members are expected to attend multiple company-wide and team-specific onsites throughout the year. About the Role We’re hiring a Frontier Software Engineer to help lead the technical build-out of a first-of-its-kind product at GiveCampus. This is not a typical engineering role. You’ll be a key individual contributor on a small, high-trust team that operates with startup-level autonomy, ownership, and urgency inside a larger mission-driven company. You will be a member of a small team dedicated Business Unit (BU) for a critical product at the company. You’ll build, test, ship, and fix—doing whatever it takes to move the product forward. That might mean jumping into a new part of the stack, spinning up a prototype overnight, or hopping on a call with a user. We value action over perfection, learning over rigidity, and momentum over process. If you’re motivated by impact and energized by working hard to make things happen, this role will feel like home. You’ll work alongside others who are deeply committed, intensely collaborative, and driven to deliver fast, tangible results—together. What You’ll Do Build Design, implement, and deploy full-stack features in an agile environment. Collaborate on architecture decisions and technical strategy from the ground up. Contribute across the stack—frontend, backend, infrastructure—wherever momentum is needed most. Iterate Prototype, test, and ship quickly based on real user feedback and data. Use data and insight to rapidly validate (or invalidate) key product assumptions. Collaborate Work alongside product managers, operations specialists, designers, and BU teammates to shape what we build and why. Partner with our onboarding and customer teams to understand how real schools use the product and where friction exists. Scale As we find product-market fit, help lay the foundation for performance, security, and maintainability. Influence engineering culture, best practices, and technical hiring for the BU and company-wide. What You Bring 3–8+ years of experience building software in startup-like environments. Full ... (truncated, view full listing at source)