Software Engineer
- company:
- Change.org
- location:
- San Francisco
- category:
- Software Development
Want to use your skills for good? Get involved at the intersection of social change and software development with Change.org. As the fastest growing media and advocacy platform on the web, Change.org is looking for a software engineer with the vision to help architect, design, and develop a web-wide distributed advocacy network.
As a software engineer, you believe in social media's ability to change the world for the better. At Change.org, you can make it happen.
Requirements:
- Very strong technical background with experience developing web-based applications - preferably in the consumer space. (Ruby, PHP or Python)
- Experience developing (and owning) server side development, model design, SQL tuning, performance optimization and other back-end issues
- Development experience with Javascript and xhtml, building robust browser side components
- BS in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- Fierce intelligence, along with passion and enthusiasm for building robust web products, in an agile and iterative development environment
Responsibilities:
- Work on significant pieces of the website to achieve initial milestones regarding scalability/performance as well as new feature design and development issues
- Work with a super lean engineering team making huge impact on the company's current and future products and services evolution
- Participate in strategy regarding service offering to help create most meaningful positive change in our user communities
- Demonstrate your leadership skills in growing the team
Located in San Francisco, Change.org is a cash-flow positive startup, with steady growth of revenues and user base. We offer competitive pay and equity compensation with full healthcare benefits, as well as the daily thrill of seeing your work make real-world impact on a local, national, and global scale.
To apply, send your resume to fadi@techventure.com.
Today as citizens of the world, we face a daunting array of social and environmental problems ranging from health care and education to global warming and economic inequality. For each of these issues, whether local or global in scope, there are millions of people who care passionately about working for change but lack the information and opportunities necessary to translate their interest into effective action.
Change.org aims to address this need by serving as the central platform informing and empowering movements for social change around the most important issues of our time.
Change.org is a social entrepreneurship venture based in San Francisco, CA. The company was founded by Ben Rattray in the summer of 2005, and with the support of a friend from Stanford, Mark Dimas, and a founding team of Darren Haas, Rajiv Gupta, and Adam Cheyer, Change.org launched the first version of its site in 2007.
