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About the Role
Chariot is seeking an engineering hire to elevate the Chariot platform, lead the evolution of its banking and DAF products, and define technology strategy. This role involves building and mentoring a software engineering team, collaborating with leadership on product development, and scaling the platform to meet growing demands. The ideal candidate is forward-thinking, hands-on, possesses a strong sense of ownership, and is dedicated to delivery and mentorship, offering a unique opportunity to impact nonprofits globally within a fast-paced team.
Responsibilities
- Manage and build backend server applications and components for the Chariot platform.
- Contribute to the architecture and design of APIs, backend systems, and applications.
- Define team standards and best practices.
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
- Improve real-time and analytical monitoring and alerting capabilities.
- Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers.
- Manage and execute project plans within an Agile/Scrum environment.
Requirements
- 4+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.
- 2+ years of relevant work experience as a backend application developer building performant and scalable backend systems.
- Be highly proficient working with Go, Node, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes.
- Experience with Postgres (RDBMS), REST APIs, and gRPC.
- Strong sense of responsibility; ability to drive a project from inception to completion.
- Experience with fintech, payments, and the nonprofit-sector is a plus.
- Experience building secure and scalable applications on AWS is a plus.
Skills
- Go
- Node
- Docker
- Terraform
- Kubernetes
- Postgres
- RDBMS
- REST APIs
- gRPC
- AWS
Location
- NYC office
Work Type
- In-person Monday through Thursday
- WFH Friday
Experience Level
- 4+ years of experience with software development
- 2+ years of relevant work experience as a backend application developer
Education Level
- Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, or relevant work experience
Benefits
- Comprehensive healthcare, including options that are 100% covered by Chariot for you
- 18 days PTO
- 13 holidays
- 100% paid parental leave, including 12 weeks for primary caregivers
- Weekly team lunches
- Free dinner every day at office past 8pm
- Monthly team building events
- Employee-friendly equity with a 2 year exercise window and double-trigger acceleration
- Company retreats 2-3x / year
- Matching DAFs and daily charitable giving through GoodToday
About the Company
- Chariot is building modern, end-to-end payment infrastructure to simplify payments for donors and improve operations for nonprofits.
- Annualizing over $1.8B in payment volume through Chariot.
- Tens of thousands of nonprofits already onboarded including American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and University of Pennsylvania.
- The company's impact supports nonprofits in homelessness, health, education, and the environment.
- Operating in an untapped $600B market with a billion dollar revenue opportunity.
- The team consists of over 30% former founders.
- Operates from a NYC office.