About Chariot
🚀 Chariot is a charitable payments company that’s revolutionizing the philanthropic financial system. We believe more money needs to move to nonprofits faster so we are building tools that activate more philanthropic dollars and transform nonprofit operations to be more efficient.We are currently backed by YC, Maveron, Spark Capital, SV Angel, and top-tier angel investors like Mike Massaro, Adam Grant, and Angela Duckworth. Our team is made up of passionate and talented individuals with prior work experience at Blackrock, Apple, Bain, Goldman Sachs, Palantir, and Forage (YC21).
🗽 We are fully in-person in New York City, which helps us maintain our extremely collaborative and caring team culture.
About the role
Skills: TypeScript, Docker, Go, PostgreSQL, Kuberneteshttps://givechariot.notion.site/Senior-Backend-Engineer-Chariot-c9757ab5c90444a39dd42ae016b01e8b?pvs=4
As a Senior Backend Engineer at Chariot, you will lead the evolution of our banking and DAF product and technology strategy, while continuing to help us build our team. Reporting directly to the CEO, you’ll work closely with a dedicated team of founding engineers to build a product that can scale to service all of the existing and upcoming contracts in our pipeline. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands-on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, loves mentorship and values collaboration. At Chariot, you’ll have the unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact for nonprofits around the world.
- Manage and build out the backend server applications and components that comprise the Chariot platform that power our various product offerings.
- Contribute to the architecture and design of our APIs, backend systems, and applications and help define team standards and best practices.
- Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
- Improve real-time and analytical monitoring and alerting capabilities for us to better understand our user behaviors and iterate on our product.
- Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers.
- Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.
Technology
Frontend - Vue.js and React using Tailwind CSS.
Backend - Go, Postgress, Node.Js, Docker, Kubernetes (AWS)
We use Notion and Slack for communication and project management.
Interview Process
Intro chat with Recruiter to share what we are building and learn about your interests. We are searching for creativity, enthusiasm, and ownership. (30 mins)
Meeting with a Co-Founder (45-60 mins)
Two technical interviews with members of the team (45-60 mins each)
Meet the team in our NYC office in Midtown (60 mins)
Offer decision time!
The typical interview process takes 2-4 weeks from start to finish. This tends to be mostly based on our eng team’s availability. That said, we have moved more quickly and look to accommodate candidates who might have a short timeline or competing offers. The more information you can share about your situation and where you are in the process, the more we can either attempt to expedite/match, or save you time if we cannot.
