The Appalachian Mountain Club (AMC) is a 150-year-old conservation nonprofit focused on outdoor recreation from Maine to Virginia. With over 30 lodges, huts, and volunteer camps & cabins, we believe that by getting people outdoors, we unlock and deepen our community’s commitment to conservation. We partner with local communities, outdoor brands, and government entities to expand our community’s impact.
This is an important moment at The Appalachian Mountain Club. We are on a journey to transform and scale our technology to better meet the needs of our members, volunteers, guests, and staff. Having modern, versatile, easy-to-use technology is critical to our mission to get more people outdoors.
Our website is the primary digital gateway to our organization - serving members, donors, volunteers, guests, and the broader public. It is deeply integrated with Salesforce, retail systems, booking platforms, and analytics infrastructure. AMC is investing in the next generation of its digital experience. This role will help stabilize and optimize our current WordPress environment while shaping a future-state architecture that delivers a more seamless experience to all of our constituents. If you are excited by the opportunity to modernize a mission-driven digital ecosystem and help define the roadmap from legacy CMS to headless architecture, this is a chance to make a visible, lasting impact.
AMC seeks a collaborative Lead Web Platform Engineer to own the evolution of our current website platform while designing our future-state architecture.
This role is for someone who is both hands-on and forward-looking. Someone who can operate today’s platform with rigor and discipline while proactively building the foundation for what comes next.
We’re seeking a hands-on Lead Web Platform Engineer to own the evolution of our website platform. You will also manage day-to-day operations, security, and performance. Our current site uses a number of plugins and Gravity Forms to collect donations and manage membership renewals/activations, integrated with Click & Pledge and Salesforce for donation and membership data. You’ll partner closely with our Salesforce, Data, and Marketing teams to ensure reliable, secure, and measurable digital experiences for donors, members, volunteers, and staff.
While this is a remote role location is flexible only within the AMC's footprint.
What You'll Be Doing at AMC
What Makes this Role Unique
Stabilize and Elevate the Current Wordpress Environment
Architect the Next Generation Platform
Establish Platform Governance
Be a Strategic Technical Partner
What AMC is Looking For
Minimum Qualifications
Strong grounding in web security, least-privilege/IAM, secrets management, and PII/compliance considerations
Preferred Qualifications
What AMC Can Offer You
Other Northeast Based Locations: $77,214 - $104,244
Boston Based: $88,796 - $119,881
We are committed to fair compensation practices, and we encourage qualified candidates to apply. The initial salary represents our starting point, and our compensation philosophy is designed to reward and recognize the contributions of our employees as they grow within the organization. External candidates typically begin their journey with us at the starting point of the salary range. The final compensation offer will be based on factors such as experience, education, skills and geographic differential relevant to the position, and will be discussed during the interview process.
Benefits
To Apply:
Please include a resume and cover letter. No phone calls or agencies please.
AMC encourages all interested candidates to apply, even if they do not meet every listed qualification. If you have a passion for the outdoors and believe your skills and experiences align with this role, we welcome your application.
The Appalachian Mountain Club has zero tolerance for child abuse or placing children in danger. The AMC requires all employees who work in a program or facility which serves children, disabled persons, or the elderly to have a criminal background record check performed on their name annually with employment contingent upon satisfactory results.