Be part of a new wave of change taking place across industries. With Web 1.0, online replaced offline businesses. In Web 2.0, niche-focused players took on the e-commerce giants. Giving Assistant is part of the next wave, a socially responsible wave, we call it, “conscious disruption." 

Responsibilities:

• Own the efficiency, growth, and delivery of a team, making sure the team is as productive as possible to complete short term and long term objectives
• Participate in recruiting, interviewing, on-boarding and development of a high performing and creative engineering team
• Manage the career path and goals of your team members, conducting regular 1-on-1s and giving feedback.
• Design, build and deploy several new modules as part of our evolving platform 
• Tackle challenging problems by integrating various data sets onto a common platform
• Help ensure and improve quality including writing integration and unit tests 
• Improve and maintain the codebase (fix bugs, refactor, optimize)
• Work with a team of engineers to bring features to our millions of users across various projects
• Collaborate with Experience Designers & Product Managers to iterate on the design and implementation of our product
• Work with other technical leads to architect and convert business requirements into actionable tasks
• Participate in creating an effective and enjoyable engineering culture

Requirements:

• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams
• 5+ years of working professionally on Javascript applications including modern frameworks
• 3+ years of experience building professional python applications
• Proven track record of building and supporting cross-functional teams
• Experience hiring and mentoring leaders across multiple disciplines and domain
• Experience supporting, coaching, mentoring, and developing leaders
• A solid foundation in Computer Science (data structures, algorithms, object oriented software design).
• Experience helping define user experience 
• Proficient understanding of client-side scripting frameworks such as AngularJs, React, Redux, VanillaJS 
• Advanced knowledge of HTTP, REST APIs, websockets
• Familiar with cloud-computing services like AWS, Google App Engine, etc.
• Knack for writing clean, readable Javascript code 
• Experience with modern development and management tools like git and BitBucket
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written)

Preferred Qualifications:

• B.S. or M.S. in Computer Engineering or Computer Science
• Experience with Agile methodologies & working with JIRA
• Experience working with browser extensions
• Comfortable writing and working with SQL/NoSQL
• Proficiency working with A/B testing
• Experience harvesting data from a variety of sources 
• Experience with gitflow 
• Great eye for design

Compensation:

- Giving Assistant has a competitive compensation plan that includes:
- Competitive annual salary that factors location in and experience
- Stock options
- 15 days paid vacation/year, in addition to 11 company holidays
- Annual stipend for continuing education
- Stipend for working in coworking space

Perks:

- Have a measurable positive impact on society
- Code challenges and contests
- 2x per year volunteer activities and company retreats in Argentina 
- Yearly stipend to visit HQ in San Francisco
- Remote office equipment and supplies
- We don’t support < IE10

Interested? Send us an email at jobs@southtalent.co or click the 'Apply Now' button