Senior Software Engineer

Role Overview

Senior Software Engineer (Full remote — Texas, US)

Join Bonterra’s mission-driven engineering team to design and build reliable features across the stack, with a strong emphasis on UI/UX. You’ll own your work end-to-end—from sprint planning through implementation—and collaborate with product managers, designers, and QA.

Responsibilities

• Design and build thoughtful, reliable features across full stack (frontend + backend services/APIs)
• Evaluate tradeoffs and proactively communicate decisions considering business value and client/user impact
• Partner with Product, Design, and QA to ship features that meet user needs and expectations
• Deliver production-ready backend services and frontend experiences
• Use AI coding assistants as part of everyday development

Requirements

• 4+ years of full-stack JavaScript/TypeScript development in production systems
• Strong React experience (component architecture, state management, performance)
• Production experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
• Solid understanding of REST APIs and GraphQL (client and server side)
• Solid backend experience with Node.js + TypeScript (building/maintaining production APIs and services)
• Comfortable working with AWS (or comparable cloud)
• Familiarity with CI/CD practices using GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar
• Strong problem-solving skills and high EQ; collaborative communication across teams

Nice to Have

• Experience with nonprofit or social impact technology
• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, or infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or CloudFormation
• Mobile development experience
• AI-assisted UX and building AI-powered product features (e.g., LLM integration, agentic workflows)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Benefits / Work Style

• Flexible work options, generous time off
• Fully paid parental leave
• Opportunities for growth and development