Fullstack Developer

📋 Description

• • Join Fundraise Up, a leading global fundraising platform dedicated to making charitable giving fast, seamless, and accessible to everyone. Our innovative technology empowers tens of millions of dollars in donations monthly, serving renowned nonprofits like UNICEF and the Alzheimer’s Association. With a 4.9/5 rating on software review platforms, we are recognized for both our impactful product and its exceptional quality.
• • As a Senior Fullstack Developer, you will play a pivotal role in shaping our core product, architecting and implementing scalable features that are fundamental to the donation experience for a vast global user base. You will harness your deep expertise in Node.js, React, and TypeScript to build sophisticated components, ranging from dynamic, embeddable donation widgets to intricate, data-driven administrative dashboards. Your work will be characterized by a relentless commitment to code quality, system scalability, and an outstanding user experience.
• • This role is perfectly suited for individuals who thrive on solving complex, real-world problems at scale and are eager to grow within a mission-driven engineering culture that prioritizes high impact and continuous learning. You will be an integral part of a globally distributed team of over 160 product professionals, including more than 80 engineers, primarily based across Europe. Many of our developers bring 5-10+ years of experience, contributing to a rich environment of technical curiosity and knowledge sharing.
• • You will be responsible for the end-to-end development lifecycle of critical features. This includes designing, building, and maintaining robust frontend and backend functionalities using modern JavaScript frameworks and Node.js. You will directly contribute to our core products, such as the high-performance donation checkouts, customizable embeddable widgets that are standalone SPAs, and comprehensive donor, organization, and partner portals.
• • A significant aspect of this role involves architecting and developing system components capable of handling millions of monthly transactions efficiently and reliably. This requires a strong understanding of distributed systems and performance optimization. You will be expected to write clean, well-documented, and thoroughly testable code, adhering to best practices and contributing to a high-quality codebase.
• • Beyond coding, you will actively participate in and drive architecture and technical design discussions, collaborating with fellow engineers to devise elegant and effective solutions for challenging problems. Your insights will be crucial in shaping the technical direction of our platform.
• • Mentorship is a key component of our engineering culture. You will have the opportunity to mentor your peers by conducting thoughtful code reviews, offering constructive feedback, and sharing your expertise. This collaborative approach ensures continuous improvement across the team.
• • You will work closely with product managers and designers to translate business requirements into technical specifications, clarify ambiguities, and help shape the product roadmap. This cross-functional collaboration ensures that we are building the right product for our users.
• • Proactively identifying and resolving bugs, performance bottlenecks, and opportunities for optimization is essential. You will be empowered to take ownership of the systems you build and ensure their continued health and efficiency.
• • Our technology stack is modern and robust, featuring Node.js (Koa, NestJS) and MongoDB for the backend, and Webpack, Vue.js, and React for the frontend, with a strong emphasis on TypeScript across the board. For high-throughput messaging and background processing, we utilize Kafka and Bull (Redis). Analytics data is managed in ClickHouse, and Elasticsearch powers our search capabilities. Your contributions will directly impact the performance, reliability, and feature set of this sophisticated ecosystem.
• • Fundraise Up operates in the enterprise segment, serving nonprofit organizations across North America, the United Kingdom, Australia, and Europe. You will be contributing to a truly global product that makes a tangible difference in the nonprofit sector. Our distributed team operates with a focused mindset, where every task is valued, and every voice is heard. We champion thoughtful collaboration, strong engineering practices, and a product-first mentality. Regular engineering forums provide a platform for sharing learnings and celebrating technical achievements, fostering an environment where quality, mentorship, and mutual respect are paramount.