Senior Software Engineer (Remote)
Company: Ballotpedia
Location: San Diego
Posted on: May 16, 2022
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Job Description:
Ballotpedia is a collaborative team of fast learners and
creative problem solvers who are eager to work hard to make the
world a better place. We believe the world will be a better place
if every citizen has access to information to make informed
decisions about their vote in every election in which they are
eligible to vote: primary, general, and special elections; federal,
state, and local offices.
We work diligently to present the available information about
elections, candidates, judges, ballot measures, policies, and more
in a way that enables our readers to vote with confidence and to
act as engaged citizens outside of the polling booth.
Ballotpedia readers, like Ballotpedia staff, are special
people.
When we launched in 2007, we did not go out of our way to seek new
readers. Starting with our small team of visionary idealists,
nerds, and aspiring political journalists, we just wrote the best
unbiased online articles we could, especially about ballot
measures. Readers found those articles in droves. It turns out
there was an unclaimed audience out there-people who wanted
straightforward facts about political issues, and were willing to
read at length instead of just scanning the headlines.
"If you build it, they will come: our readers came to our neutral
oasis in growing numbers; we've had many millions of lifetime
pageviews, we reached nearly half of all voters in 2020, and, in
the month surrounding the November 2020 election, we were the 77th
most-visited website in the U.S.
We've come to realize that we need to meet our readers where they
are. In doing so, over the past five years, we've grown our email
newsletter program from infancy to include more than 1,000,000
opt-in subscribers with more than a dozen newsletters to choose
from. We are working in numerous ways to help put our neutral
information in front of people at the times when they most need it,
including on mobile phones while you're standing in the voting
booth. We firmly believe that our readers, and the mindset we help
them cultivate, are essential to the preservation of our great
civilization in a world where too many others are fighting to get
us all addicted to sensational posts and the irrational decisions
they foster.
If this is a mission you'd be willing to work hard to achieve, and
if this is a team you'd be willing to work hard with-JOIN US.
The Position
Ballotpedia seeks a full-time, 100% remote Senior Software Engineer
to join its Tech team.
Our Senior Software Engineer will provide technical leadership to a
group of web developers and data engineers and will be able to
advise on best practices, champion code quality, assist in the
professional development of team members, and scope out new
opportunities for the organization. At a high level, you will
develop a holistic view of Ballotpedia's architecture,
infrastructure and software design and develop the ability to guide
the team accordingly.
Reporting to the Director of Technology Operations and in
collaboration with organization leadership, you will help define
requirements and inform priorities around software development at
the organization across many products. As a Senior Software
Engineer, you will also implement these software solutions and
contribute your own code to further Ballotpedia's mission of making
high-quality political data and unbiased encyclopedic content
available to the American public.
This is a full-stack role that may include various aspects of
development, design, programming, architecture, testing, and
tooling. This role also includes higher-level decision-making
related to technology used at the company, as well as leadership of
the other web developers.
Responsibilities
As Senior Software Engineer, you will:
Skills And Qualifications
An ideal Senior Software Engineer will have:
Environment
The Senior Software Engineer will work remotely from their home
location. All Ballotpedia staff work remotely. To join Ballotpedia,
you must have a computer with Internet access.
Ballotpedia has a flexible work environment, BP Flex, in which
every employee enjoys unlimited vacation and flexibility in
scheduling. Each employee will be oriented to the principles of
Ballotpedia's flexible environment during new employee
training.
Compensation
The pay range for the Senior Software Engineer is
$100,000-$120,000/year commensurate with experience.
In addition to salary, Ballotpedia offers an annual benefits
stipend equivalent to $7,000 that is paid out in equal increments
in each paycheck once an employee becomes benefits eligible. The
stipend may be used to pay for a full benefits package, including
health, vision, and dental insurance; retirement accounts; and
more. If benefits are not elected, the stipend is taxed as regular
income and added to salary.
To Apply
To apply, visit the Ballotpedia job opportunities page and fill out
the form.
Please attach the following in PDF format:
Please ensure that either your r--sum-- or your cover letter
includes your current address. Applications without addresses will
not be accepted.
Keywords: Ballotpedia, San Diego , Senior Software Engineer (Remote), IT / Software / Systems , San Diego, California
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