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Position Summary

Candid is a nonprofit that provides the most comprehensive data and insights about the social sector. We get you the information you need to do good. Candid currently has an opportunity for a Software Engineer. As a Mid-Level Software Engineer on the Pathfinders team, you will build engaging, accessible user interfaces and dynamic web applications using React, complemented by developing the C#/.NET web APIs that power them. This is a full stack role with a front-end emphasis with responsibilities spanning both the UI and its supporting services. You will collaborate with a cross-functional product team to integrate diverse systems and deliver robust, secure data interactions, primarily in AWS with some workloads in Microsoft Azure. We are looking for someone who can come up to speed quickly, contribute to delivery from early on, and grow their skills alongside the team.

Position: Software Engineer

Reporting to: Software Engineering Manager

Supervises: N/A

Schedule: 35-hour work week, Monday through Friday

Compensation: $75,000 - $120,000 (this range is for the NYC area and will be adjusted for other localities; additionally, factors like skills and experience will be considered).

Location: Remote. In-person attendance is expected twice per year during our annual, weeklong all-staff summits. Additional in-person meeting participation is expected at least once per quarter for senior leaders and at least once per month for the executive team. Staff not located in the NYC area are expected to travel for these meetings.

Benefits: Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement contribution with additional option for a match, paid life insurance and AD&D, paid leave time (PTO, compassionate leave, volunteer, holiday, parental), short-term and long-term disability, pre-tax transit, flexible spending accounts, supplemental insurance, summer hours, and Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program eligible employer.

Responsibilities

• Design and build high-quality, accessible user interfaces and dynamic web applications using React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, applying web accessibility standards.
• Develop and maintain the C#/.NET web APIs that power those front-end experiences, ensuring code quality, security, and scalability.
• Own combined work that spans both the UI and its supporting APIs, delivering features end to end.
• Test your work for functionality, accessibility, and SEO, writing clean, cohesive, semantic, well-tested code and applying object-oriented principles to improve application architecture and design.
• Work primarily within AWS (and occasionally Microsoft Azure) to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot solutions.
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle: requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Use AI tools such as Claude (claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code) to accelerate development, improve code quality, and work more efficiently as part of your day-to-day engineering practice.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative approaches and technologies across the full stack.
• Work within a cross-functional product team operating under the Product Operating Model, collaborating with product management and design to deliver outcomes that solve real customer problems.
• Participate in an on-call rotation to support production system reliability and respond to critical incidents as needed.
• Travel to the all-staff gatherings that happen up to twice per year; attendance is expected unless an unavoidable situation arises.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

Requirements

• 3+ years of professional software development experience building full stack web applications.
• Strong front-end skills with React, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and a solid grasp of web accessibility standards.
• Hands-on experience building and maintaining web APIs with C#/.NET or another web API framework.
• Ability to work end to end across both the UI and its supporting APIs.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated build and deployment practices.
• Tests work for functionality, accessibility, and SEO; writes well-designed, testable, efficient code and applies object-oriented principles.
• Ability to document requirements and specifications, and to communicate technical issues clearly to non-technical stakeholders.
• Proactive self-starter, results-oriented, with strong collaboration and interpersonal skills.
• Flexible and adaptable, with an aptitude and appetite for learning new technologies quickly.
• College degree strongly preferred; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• Willingness to perform other duties and special projects as needed/requested.
• Sensitivity and respect for racial, gender, sexual orientation, and cultural differences.
• Commitment to Candid's values: driven, direct, accessible, curious, and inclusive.

Preferred qualifications

• Experience with SQL and relational databases.
• Experience with cloud services, primarily AWS (Microsoft Azure a plus).
• Experience using AI tools such as Claude in a development workflow.
• Experience working with UX designers as part of their development workflow.

About Candid
Candid's mission is to get you the information you need to do good.

The world's problems are only growing, and change can't wait. Nonprofits are needed now more than ever, but all too often their work goes without adequate support.

Candid makes it easier and faster for nonprofits and funders to connect in pursuit of solutions to change the world. Candid is where nonprofits find grants, donors find nonprofits that inspire them, and all can gain insights about the work being done for good.

Candid is a qualifying nonprofit organization as defined by the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program. As such, Candid employees may claim their employment time on their PSLF application. We offer a competitive salary and excellent benefits. Due to the high volume of applicants we typically receive, we regret that we can only contact candidates we would like to interview.

For more information on positions available at Candid, please visit our website: Work with us

Candid is an equal opportunity employer. Candid provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

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