Backend Software Engineer

Backend Software Engineer Your Company: As the Nonprofit Marketing Platform trusted by over 1,300 nonprofits https://www.feathr.co/resources/casestudies?utm_campaign=%5Bmkt%5D%20EOY%20Demo%20Ask%20-%20Leaders&utm_source=hs_email&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-928haKbQMIyW89zGlEFOw-7E9gJTQGWZIrNLgVwsbp71z1TlfUphLrKYhj-JAC8UQPRXla, 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. But hey, don't take our word for it. Hear what current and former Flockers have to say https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Feathr-EI_IE1394102.11,17.htm about their experience. BACKEND SOFTWARE ENGINEER: Compensation: $90,000 base, and a bonus potential of up to 12% Benefits: Health, dental, vision, Holidays, paid vacation and sick time 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 - Partici ... (truncated, view full listing at source)