Staff Software Engineer, Growth Marketing

Change.org is searching for a Staff Software Engineer (Growth Marketing). As a Staff Software Engineer in the Growth Marketing squad you will have the opportunity to build features in close partnership with other engineers, product managers, and product designers. Some of these projects include increasing the number of petitions through various experiments in addition to longer term foundational work in improving the page architecture around our homepage and “Start a Petition” page.

We’re a social impact business (a public benefit company), and the world's largest social change platform with 100m monthly users, 50,000+ campaigns launched on the site every month, and a 100% user-generated revenue model. Our users win campaigns for change once every hour. We’re working for a world where no one is powerless, and where creating change is a part of everyday life. We’re just getting started and hope you’ll join us!

From mobilizing over 5 million people to investigate the fires in the Amazon, to mobilizing nearly 3 million against war and famine in Yemen, to large-scale mobilizations for the people of Iran and against the war in Ukraine, and calling for Racial Justice in the US, many movements were born on Change.org. Dozens of local, national, and international victories are happening every day thanks to the strength of our members who are changing the lives of people around the world. We want to help them go even further and we need your help! 

Key Outcomes: 

• Take ownership of key project components or initiatives, proactively driving them to successful completion by coordinating with cross-functional teams, handling dependencies, and resolving technical roadblocks
• Provide technical influence, guidance and feedback to junior team members, leveraging deep expertise to mentor and coach them effectively, and contributing to the overall growth and success of the team.
• Participate in technical planning and decision-making processes within their immediate team, providing insights and recommendations that drive innovation, efficiency, and long-term success
• Identify opportunities to improve development processes and workflows, implementing changes that streamline project achievement, enhance team productivity, and ensure adherence to best practices
• Demonstrate a commitment to continuous professional development by seeking feedback and actively engaging in self-improvement activities to enhance leadership skills and effectiveness.

The most important core competencies for the role are: 

Mentoring/Coaching:

• Develop a concise knowledge of our architecture and provide support and guidance to other engineers with design, coding, and pull-requests.
• Promote the growth of other engineers through regular feedback and pairing sessions

Coding skills:

• Full stack with experience working effectively at scale
• Demonstrated experience with different technologies, languages and frameworks in all layers of the webstack, from frontend to backend with an emphasis on Ruby on Rails, Nodejs, Elixir, React, Javascript/Typescript, GraphQL
• Experience with SQL-based databases, able to define and optimize data schemas
• Experience with infrastructure as code technologies like Terraform, Kubernetes, AWS

Planning & Execution:

• Deconstruct projects into a well-defined action plan, and be responsible for its execution
• Identify and fill gaps in project requirements so they align with team goals
• Maintain own priorities and make appropriate progress proactively

Architecture & Design, Performance:

• Familiarity with instrumentation and experimentation, deep system understanding
• Be a driver for system quality
• Influence architectural decisions that drive high-performant, scalable and resilient systems in a collaborative environment

Communication & Collaboration:

• Communicate early and often, sharing ideas, analysis, and information in a direct verbal and written manner
• Partner and collaborate effectively across functions such as product, design, devops, QA, analytics and with colleagues located in different timezones
• Contribute to an open, inclusive and transparent culture

Target experience:

• 4-6 years of experience with full stack web service development
• 4 years of experience in backend technologies, specifically in Ruby on Rails
• 2 years of experience in frontend technologies like React/JavaScript/TypeScript
• Experience developing data access layers using RESTful APIs and GraphQL
• NICE TO HAVE: Experience with running feature experiments, multi-armed bandits + growth optimization experience (A/B testing)

Interested? Great! Here's what you should know:

This is a full time role, and we are open to folks in the United States, Canada or Mexico.

We’re currently able to hire staff based in the following US states: Alaska (AK), Arizona (AZ), California (CA), Connecticut (CT), District of Columbia (DC), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Illinois (IL), Iowa (IA), Kansas (KS), Maryland (MD), Massachusetts (MA), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), New Jersey (NJ), New York (NY), North Carolina (NC), Oregon (OR), Pennsylvania (PA), Rhode Island (RI), Texas (TX), Vermont (VT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), Wisconsin (WI).

We are able to hire staff in the following Canadian Provinces: Alberta (AB), British Columbia (BC), Ontario (ON).

Our compensation philosophy is based on pay equity. All of our salaries are determined before we launch a role – they are based on a predetermined salary scale, the level on that scale and the cost of labor for that location.  

• The annual salary of a Staff Software Engineer is $230,000 USD in San Francisco, CA and New York, NY; $218,500 USD in Austin, TX, Boston, MA, Los Angeles, CA, Seattle, WA, and DC, and $195,500 USD for all other US locations. 
• The annual salary of a Staff Software Engineer is $216,000 CAD in Vancouver and Toronto, BC; $200,000 CAD in Victoria and Calgary, BC, and $197,000 CAD for all other Canada locations.
• In Mexico, this role is available in two different formats: either a full-time employee paid MX$140,292/month gross and hired through a third-party local entity, or as a contractor paid MX$182,438/month gross. The benefits available, and structures of the roles, are different. 

Benefits and perks also vary based on location. We typically offer a fully remote workforce, 100% employer-paid health plan options, life insurance, unlimited PTO, and 18 weeks of parental leave. We're happy to go over the details in our first call.

Our evaluation process is as follows:

• 30 minute Recruiter Screen
• 60 minute Hiring Manager Screen
• 3 hour Team Interview (which will include coding, architecture/design, and PM collaboration)
• 30 minute Executive Interview 

We know the confidence gap and imposter syndrome can get in the way of meeting amazing candidates like you, so please don’t hesitate to apply—we’d love to meet you. We also know it’s rare for someone to meet 100% of the qualifications. Please apply anyway!

We actively encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and perspectives to apply. At Change.org, we are dedicated to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We invest in programs to support our diverse workforce, offer inclusive onboarding experiences and affinity groups, celebrate the heritage of our staff, provide training on working across differences, and maintain fair and transparent salary scales. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, or culture.

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