Front-End Platform Engineer

WHO WE ARE:

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and people trying to make an impact to fuel long-term, people-powered change. If you’ve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization, chances are you’ve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of small-dollar donors and help thousands of groups — from presidential candidates to environmental organizations — build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make a progressive, people-powered change can quickly and effectively deploy their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and future. Every one of us, from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros, is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

We are looking for a Front-End Platform Engineer to join ActBlue and help us shape the growth of our contribution flow experience. In this role, you’ll focus on maintaining and expanding the primary donation path for users who contribute on ActBlue. That journey encompasses landing on a new form, learning about a given cause or candidate, and being able to successfully and quickly donate to a candidate or cause. You’ll work closely with design and product partners to develop and refine accessible, scalable, and engaging features that make our contribution process seamless. The work you do on this team will be seen and felt by millions of users across the country and the world. 

Our engineering and product organization consists of about 100 empathetic and passionate people. We’re organized into cross-functional teams that operate independently and align with broader organizational goals. 

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Write maintainable code that is adaptable to future design and roadmap decisions to help set the standard for software quality for our team and the organization at large.
• Lead the process of architecting, refactoring, and improving our contribution forms and the myriad user flows that an ActBlue user might interface with.
• Guide the design and execution of technical solutions that prioritize the highest impact opportunities while balancing effort, scope, and other trade-offs.
• Partner with engineering managers to find sponsorship and growth opportunities for your colleagues.
• Demonstrate technical leadership by writing documentation, establishing effective monitoring, and fostering clear and audience-oriented communication.
• Coach and mentor other engineers on your team and create spaces for individuals to be engaged, valued, and heard.
• Receive support from your manager to grow as an individual and increase your impact on the success of your team and the progressive movement.

WHAT YOU’LL BE WORKING WITH:

• Stack:
  • React
  • Node.js
• Javascript
• Ruby on Rails
• GraphQL
• Tooling:
• Yarn + Webpack
• Typescript
• ESLint/Prettier
• Hosting:
• Heroku
• Kubernetes
• Monitoring: 
• Datadog
• Bugsnag
• Tracking/metrics:
• Mixpanel
• Looker
• Things that would be good to know:
• Docker
• Storybook/design systems
• front-end testing practices (RTL/Jest/Cypress)
• Devops practices like CI, Gitops, etc

WHAT YOU BRING:

• An exploratory and tenacious mindset when taking on tasks that might have little to no precedent at the organization - our team is relatively new and much of our work is setting up new standards or delving into areas of code that haven’t been touched in a while
• Some experience working on problems across a front-end ecosystem—we are looking for someone who is curious about how Webpack works or who wants to optimize an application’s bundle size
• A willingness to tackle a diverse range of problems within our front-end ecosystem, and an ability to work autonomously on problems that cross team boundaries and touch multiple codebases
• A natural tendency towards documentation and knowledge sharing over siloing
• Knowledge or curiosity around Javascript library management, especially around internal component libraries
• Fluency moving between and across technical systems and stacks – or at least a willingness to try! We are typically coding in Javascript, but our work brings us into contact with work areas from Docker to design systems
• Excitement for your own and your teammates’ learning and growth - we are a small (but growing) team that works very closely together!
• A track record of effective collaboration with other engineers to develop abstractions and patterns that make it easy to build reliable software.
• An understanding of and a desire to co-create systems that help build psychological safety on the team: sharing learning with others, using peer review as an opportunity to celebrate and build others up, and a willingness to practice the duality of listening and leadership.

OUR ENGINEERING VALUES:

• We believe that ideas are more important than technologies.
• We understand that the tools we build have real-world consequences for millions of people and take that responsibility seriously.
• We know that code isn’t just a set of instructions for machines, but communication with other humans; style, elegance, and respect are important.
• We believe that an ability to balance paying off technical debt and rapidly completing a project contributes to the health of the codebase, engineering team, and organization.
• We believe that being correct isn’t enough; respect for your colleagues and users is fundamental.

Follow us on Twitter @ActBlue and our blog

LOCATION AND COMPENSATION:

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. ActBlue is currently authorized to support remote work employees in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin.

Salary Range: $173,676 - $192,209 -  $210,741

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
• Automatic 2% 401K contribution, plus up to 6% match
• Three months paid parental leave for all new parents, adoptions included; 4 weeks of a fully paid flexible work schedule; plus an additional one week of paid leave and an additional one week of flexible work schedule for every full year the employee has worked for ActBlue
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks include monthly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times
• Professional development budget

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

INCLUSION STATEMENT:

ActBlue is deeply committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity. We commit to retaining, developing, recruiting, and hiring a diverse staff community. We honor the dignity of all and celebrate each person’s unique qualities. We recognize the wide range of human differences, backgrounds, and intersectional identities that enrich the workspace and help us better meet our mission. If you feel a connection to our mission and see your interests reflected in this job description, we encourage you to apply – even if you don’t meet every requirement.

ActBlue is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process, including for our online job application system. If you would like to request an accommodation when applying, please contact us at [email protected].

*ActBlue will never ask candidates to buy equipment, and we will never email from an address other than actblue.com or actbluetech.com.