NOW HIRING: Senior Software Engineer

Company: Turnout2020
Website: https://www.turnout2020.us
Headquarters: Remote


Reports To: Director of Technology
Location: Remote; all applicants are welcome

Salary Range: The salary range for the role of Senior Software Engineer is $110K - $120K for candidates based in SF, NYC or DC. The salary range will be adjusted based on cost of living data for folks who live in less expensive regions. Here’s why: we feel strongly that progressive organizations should optimize for a consistent standard of living for all employees. If we pay folks in Mississippi our SF salary, then our MS employees are living in 8 bedroom homes while our SF employees have a more modest lifestyle.


About Turnout2020

Turnout2020 is a nonprofit organization founded by a small team of elections and technology experts (including the founders of Vote.org and Vote.gov), who have come together to combat the chaos of the 2020 election cycle by helping to to drive record-shattering voter turnout. We will accomplish this via hyper-aggressive and targeted outreach to the millions of low and no-propensity voters who are generally neglected by partisan groups. This isn’t just empty rhetoric: collectively we’ve registered about 20 million voters and run GOTV to tens of millions more in our past roles. Now we’re scaling up.


What we’re looking for:

Turnout2020 is seeking a full-time Senior Software Engineer to take a leading role in the development of Get Out The Vote web applications, primarily by architecting, developing, and deploying high-quality Python code to Amazon Web Services. The ideal candidate will have a passion for increasing voter participation, while being comfortable working collaboratively and swiftly on a small, all-remote engineering and product team. This position is an opportunity to develop new software products on tight deadlines to drive as many Americans as possible to the polls.


Role Responsibilities

You’ll be working primarily with the Tech team under the direction of the Director of Technology, who has had nearly 15 years developing civic-focused technologies and web tools.
Here’s what you’ll be working on:

• Design and implement APIs for voter-centered tools
• Write clean and scalable Python code that can be publicly released
• Take ownership of bugs and feature requests submitted by product and support teams
• Work in a solutions-oriented fashion with stakeholders across the organization
• Mentor other developers, and assist in code review and troubleshooting of others’ code
• Participate in “on-call” rotations to respond to system outages
• Other tech and organizational projects as assigned. We’re working to increase voter turnout, not just write code.
• You should meet the following minimum requirements:
• 5-7+ years of experience as a Software Engineer or similar role working on a user-facing web application
• An understanding of all parts of a full-stack web application. We currently use Django and React, and trust every engineer to jump in where needed
• Familiarity with Amazon Web Services and working in the AWS console

Bonus points if you have:

• Experience with container-orchestration systems such as Kubernetes or Elastic Container Service
• Experience building civic participation tools
• Prior political, campaign, or organizing experience strongly preferred
• A passion for increasing civic participation during the 2020 election and beyond
• Some of the benefits of working here:
• Short commute. We all work from home and it is just the best.
• Parent friendly policies. If you need to take 3-pm off every day to get your kids from school and make after school snacks, we're totally cool with that.
• Excellent medical coverage. Full health, dental, and vision for employees and generous employer subsidies for dependent children.
• Unlimited paid vacation with leadership approval.
• Retirement. We offer a 401(k) because we want you to retire one day.
• Highly competent, down to earth, and humble team.
• Awesome slack channels. #pets, #politics, and #random are our favs.

How to apply:

You’ll need a resume and the ability to answer a handful of short questions. We don't require a cover letter, because you don't want to write one and we don't want to read them.

Applications are processed on a rolling basis, and we will accept applications until the role is filled. We are, however, looking to fill this role ASAP, so you should apply as soon as you can.

Turnout2020 is an equal opportunity employer. This means that we don't discriminate against people because of their race, ethnicity, sex, age, religion, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, personal appearance, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, family responsibilities, matriculation, genetic information, or political affiliation.


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