We’re a profitable, YC-backed startup with over 1,500 nonprofit clients, from local homeless shelters to larger organizations like the San Diego Zoo and the University of Alaska. We are building the future of fundraising automation, helping nonprofits to discover, track and manage grants efficiently through our SaaS platform.
The Instrumentl team is fully distributed (read: no office!). For this position, we are looking for someone who has significant overlap with Pacific Time Zone working hours.
- Build, operate, and improve products for all of Instrumentl’s customers, from small, local nonprofits to large organizations.
- Create engaging, responsive interfaces and APIs that make the fundraising process truly enjoyable, driving our customer adoption and retention.
- Contribute high-quality, thoroughly tested code to create trustworthy user interfaces and resilient backend systems.
- Work side-by-side with our product and content teams to improve internal tools and processes, ensuring that our best-in-class product retains its crown.
- Own problems from end to end, managing complexity and engaging directly with stakeholders to develop short-term and long-term solutions.
- Be a strategic partner, thinking through everything from business impact to reliability and operability, to the pixel-perfection of individual customer interactions.
- Uphold Instrumentl’s high standards for product quality and mentor newer team members to do the same.
- Experienced: you’ve been a software engineer for 5+ years – startup experience is a huge plus!
- Generalist: you enjoy working on front end, back end, infrastructure, data pipelines, or billing pipelines as needed.
- Hands-On: you’ve used Ruby on Rails, JavaScript (EmberJS), Heroku, PostgreSQL, Elasticsearch, HTML, and CSS, and you’re open to adopting new tools to get the job done.
- Collaborative: you thrive in an environment involving different functions, stakeholders, and subject matter experts.
- Methodical: you take pride in delivering projects from ideation to completion.
- Hungry: you’re on a mission to make an impact, and motivated by constant learning.
- Results-driven: you have a history of executing in a fast-paced environment.
- Passionate: You’re excited about Instrumentl’s mission to propel nonprofits into a bigger, brighter future.
At Instrumentl, we are lucky to kick it everyday with some of the nicest people in the world. No joke, our customers are often on the front lines educating kids, saving endangered species, and restoring watersheds. In helping them take advantage of Instrumentl’s technology, you’re helping them move the world forward.
Compensation & Benefits:
- Competitive salary ($120K-$140K) and equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Generous PTO policy, including parental leave
- Company laptop + stipend to set up your home workstation
- Work with awesome nonprofits around the US.We partner with incredible organizations doing meaningful work, and you get to help power their success.
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