Senior Full Stack Software Engineer

• We’re looking for product oriented engineers who are skilled at leveraging AI both in their coding and in the products they build, and who are passionate about using technology to drive positive impact
• In this role, you’ll have the opportunity to take significant ownership of technical projects that will drive the success of the overall business
• Strong candidates bring deep product and technical acumen, combined with the ability to move fast
• Lead architecture discussions during feature development to ensure that projects are built in a sound, reliable, performant way
• Improve user experiences that software engineers and engineering teams depend on during their day-to-day workflow
• Full Stack coding, 60% back end and 40% front end
• Mentor other engineers on best practices for software engineering
• Optimize the performance of components for both latency and throughput
• Monitor all of the above in a scalable way
• Guide incident response and vulnerability remediation efforts
• Collaborate with Product Management to scope and execute product features while maintaining Binti’s values
• Focus on the longevity of the codebase - notice and advocate for patterns that allow code to be flexible, scalable, and approachable to other engineers
• Help our team move quickly and learn while maintaining a welcoming and supportive culture
• Push our product so it continues to be a beautiful, yet intuitive and accessible interface for users from all walks of life
• Champion security and privacy, including looking for ways to make it easier to safeguard HIPAA compliance for sensitive data and incorporate security best practices
• SAMPLE PROJECTS
• Spearhead development of new product areas like child intake and community crisis response
• Evolve configurable platform features like scheduling or application requirements into a reusable, performant layer that works for different workflows across the country
• Architect engineering design for storing of configurable relationships between humans, beyond biological relationships
• Transfer applications between agencies, accounting for variable workflow setups and agency-configured permissions

Benefits

• An above-market compensation package (salary + equity)
• Excellent medical, dental, vision, and life insurance - 99% of insurance premiums covered for you + your dependents
• Flexible vacation time to promote a healthy work-life blend, targeting 20 days/year
• 16 weeks of paid parental bonding leave for the arrival of a newborn or newly placed infant
• 13 paid holidays; 11 Federally observed holidays (including Juneteenth), plus the day after Thanksgiving and Election Day
• Sick/Mental Health time separate from vacation days (72 hours)
• 4 weeks of sabbatical after 4 years of service at the company
• 401(k) with 100% match of contributions up to 4% of your annual salary
• Commuter benefits, FSA, and DCSA with administration paid for
• $5,000 annual bonus for employees who volunteer as a CASA (court-appointed special advocates)
• $2,500 annual reimbursement for ongoing learning and development, with opportunities to attend trainings/conferences, on-site speaker series, and lunch and learns
• $1,000 reimbursement for virtual home office setup
• $100/month remote work stipend to cover internet, electricity, or home office setup costs, or $250/month for a co-working space
• Weekly reimbursement for lunch with coworkers - virtually or at our Oakland office
• Paid Jury Duty
• Remote work friendly

• Demonstrated ability to work across engineering teams on projects that elevate not just our own systems and designs, but those of other teams as well
• Excitement to jump into our Ruby on Rails and React architecture and write foundational and expansive features. Prior experience with product development on a web application is strongly favored. Ruby, Rails, React or GraphQL experience is a plus
• Experience leading and coordinating large infrastructural and architectural projects and rollouts
• Experience with configurable enterprise software, or better yet government-facing software is a strong positive
• Can collaborate with cross-functional partners in product, technical account management, policy, and more
• Excitement to leverage modern tools and AI to drive greater efficiency and higher quality output
• 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Knowledge and ability to effectively project manage
• Passion for delivering products end-to-end, from ideation through planning and scoping to implementation
• Ability to architect, build and maintain configurable systems that unlock better workflows in foster care
• Comfort with a startup mindset, taking initiative, and comfort with MVP
• Curiosity, experience, and excellent judgment are also a plus
• Ruby skills/experience on lock, Rails, React, and/or GraphQL experience a plus
• Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills
• Track record of breaking through walls on your way to success
• Excited to level up themselves and bring everyone else along for the ride – leveraging modern tools and AI to do so
• Having a growth mindset, having a sense of urgency, and being comfortable with challenging the status quo
• End-to-end experience building, shipping, and maintaining products
• Solid programming foundations and experience full stack
• A self-motivated, independent engineer who enjoys owning projects from inception to completion