Senior Backend Software Engineer
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.
But hey, don't take our word for it. Hear what current and former Flockers have to say about their experience.
Senior Backend Software Engineer:
Compensation: $120,000 base, and a bonus potential of up to 12%
Benefits: Health, dental, vision, Summr and Wintr breaks, paid vacation and sick time
Your Company:
Feathr provides a modern digital marketing software solution for associations, nonprofits, credit unions, and event organizations. We unify our customers' marketing efforts with our platform, including website analytics, targeted digital advertising, influencer marketing, and more.
Feathr is one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Gainesville, Florida, with over 1500 international clients (majority are based in London, NYC, and DC). Our people are what make the difference. We’re looking for a unique individual who will dive right in, develop deep empathy for our customers, and accelerate Feathr's growth!
Your Work:
Feathr’s SaaS platform is a critical component of the value we deliver to our clients. Feathr’s Senior Software Engineers help us grow and maintain the technical components that allow us to meet the advertising, marketing, and web analytics needs of our diverse customer base. A Senior Software Engineer at Feathr has a demonstrated interest and proficiency in web development.
You will work under the direction of a Director of Product on backend software development projects. Engineers at Feathr own their code from planning to maintenance to retirement - you will work with internal and external stakeholders to develop requirements and design technical solutions, collaborate with your engineering colleagues to implement those solutions, deploy and monitor your changes in production, and address issues as they are identified.
Your Experience:
5+ years of backend software engineering experience
2+ years building distributed software
Professional experience owning a process that included shipping a complicated piece of software to real users
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:
Work effectively in both synchronous and asynchronous environments
Solid knowledge of key data structures and algorithms
Demonstrated focus on developing and maintaining the security and compliance of enterprise data concerns
Strong proficiency in writing automated unit tests and integration tests
Advanced proficiency with Elasticsearch APIs and use cases
Expertise in MongoDB queries, aggregations, and regular maintenance
Advanced knowledge of AWS infrastructure and services (EC2, SQS, and EKS at minimum)
Experience with event stream ingestion and transformation from diverse sources
Effectively leverage AI coding assistants to accelerate development, debug issues, and explore unfamiliar codebases
Nice to have: Experience with Docker, self-hosted Drone CI/CD, Kubernetes, Helm, or programmatic advertising platforms
Your Qualities:
Pragmatic and customer-oriented—you build software to help customers solve real problems
A patient, detail-oriented problem-solver who works methodically through complex technical challenges
Exceptional communicator; you explain complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
Collaborative team player invested in Feathr's success, the product team's goals, and your own growth
Constantly looking to hone your craft and share those learnings with colleagues
Adaptable and comfortable context-switching quickly when critical issues arise
Service-oriented; you understand how to build sustainable systems that solve immediate problems while lasting into the future
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 thoughtfully 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 technical design reviews and architectural discussions
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.
Compensation:
Compensation for this position is $120,000 annually with the potential to earn an additional 12% of base salary.
In addition, you’ll receive health/dental/vision insurance, and other benefits like a professional development budget, office food, and social events, not to mention being a part of a supportive and motivated Professional Services team.
Location:
This role is open to remote candidates located within the United States, with a preference for those in the EST or CST time zones. There is also an option to work from our headquarters in Gainesville, FL. If you aren’t familiar, Gainesville is a hip, mid-sized city with a highly innovative population and an attainable standard of living.
Interview Process:
As a part of our commitment to creating a fair, equitable, and positive interview experience for all candidates, we offer full transparency of our interview stages to give applicants an idea of the time and effort involved. Additionally, each interview stage consists of standardized questions and rubrics with a scoring system to ensure a consistent and fair assessment practice of all candidates.
HR Information Screen - The Talent Acquisition Team will invite candidates that move forward to a 20-30 minute virtual interview. This conversation will be focused on relevant work experience, compensation, role overview, and answering any questions the candidate has.
Hiring Manager Interview- 45 minute virtual meeting with to answer role-specific questions and dive deeper into your background and experience.
Work Assignment - Candidates will be given a work assignment prompt to complete a project that is relevant to the work they can expect in the role. You are given ample amount of time to complete this project before turning in.
Panel Interview - 1 hour interview with two to three key members of the team. This interview will dive deeper into the role, technical knowledge, and requirements of the position. You will also utilize this time to review any questions related to your work assignment.
Offer - The Talent Acquisition Team will reach out with the details of the offer to discuss with the candidate.
This is also the opportunity for candidates to provide any additional information or context if there are concerns surrounding their background check. Feathr believes candidates that have made it to this point in the interview process are truly talented individuals, and so we are open to dialoguing background screens before turning away candidates that have consistently excelled through the interview process.
Interviewing at Feathr
We've prepared a comprehensive candidate resource that provides valuable insights and tips for interviewing at Feathr. It covers everything from common interview questions to helpful advice on how to make the most of your interview experience with us. Access the resource here.
We encourage all applicants to take advantage of this resource to help prepare for their interviews and gain a deeper understanding of what to expect when applying to join our Flock.
Benefits & Perks for full-time employees
We love our Flock and the work they do! But let’s be honest, life isn’t just about work. So we created a perks and benefits package that aims to help our team grow by including their wellness, families, passions, and personal time.
Full vision and dental, 99% health insurance
Flexible Work Schedule
Sick time for when you need to take care of your physical or mental health
Vacation Time
Extended Summr + Wintr Breaks
Parental Leave
Wellness Reimbursement Credit
Home Office Stipend
Professional Development Budget
Team hangouts and events
Culture:
Feathr defines culture as the secret sauce that makes our flock members want to come to work everyday and do their best work. Like every company, we have an acronym that conveys the most important aspects of the culture we strive to have.
Practicality: Progress Over Perfection
Ambition: When Feathr wins, We all win
Candor: Better communication, Better results
Trust: Assume the best, Share openly
Service: We exist to fix
This acronym is only as useful as the integrity of the people who reference it and believe in it. Every person at Feathr will face challenges, the most important quality is a commitment to work through those challenges with self-awareness and honesty.
Feathr is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive and equitable environment for all employees. So, however you identify and whatever background you bring with you, if you think you’d drive value in this position, please apply.