About the role

Role Overview

Feathr is seeking a Backend Software Engineer to build and ship backend services for its nonprofit marketing SaaS platform. You’ll collaborate with your team to deliver features, fix bugs, improve performance, and strengthen production systems that support advertising, marketing, and analytics needs.

Compensation & Benefits

$90,000 base salary + bonus up to 12%
Health, dental, vision
Holidays, paid vacation and sick time

Responsibilities

Design and implement backend features and services shipped to real users
Solve technical problems and document solutions for the team
Collaborate with frontend engineers and product managers to design and build features
Write clean, testable, performant code and perform/participate in code reviews
Debug and resolve backend issues (performance, data consistency, production incidents)
Deploy to production and monitor for correctness and performance
Contribute to knowledge sharing and maintain data integrity, availability, and confidentiality
Iterate on feedback and continuously improve technical solutions

Requirements

2+ years of backend software engineering experience
Proven experience contributing to software that ships to real users
Working knowledge of Python and Flask, plus at least one of:
- Elasticsearch, MongoDB, or Redis
Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Cursor) used as part of daily workflow
Strong knowledge of data structures and algorithms
Ability to write and maintain unit and integration tests
Working knowledge of MongoDB queries and data modeling
Familiarity with Elasticsearch (or similar search/analytics engines)
Familiarity with AWS services (S3, SQS, or EC2)
Awareness of security and compliance in enterprise software
Ability to work in synchronous and asynchronous environments (with guidance)

Nice to Have

Docker, event stream processing, Kubernetes, or distributed systems experience

Personal Qualities

Pragmatic, customer-oriented mindset
Curious learner who asks good questions
Methodical problem-solver; comfortable saying “I don’t know yet”
Clear communicator and collaborative team player
Adaptable when priorities shift due to critical issues

About Feathr

Feathr is a nonprofit marketing platform trusted by over 1,300 nonprofits. It provides SaaS tools that help nonprofits build community connections, improve marketing results, and grow impact with confidence.

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