Grow Progress is looking for a software engineer to build cutting-edge persuasion technology for social good, enabling customers to persuade more people based on how they think, not just how they look.
Requirements
- Experience in web development; specifically with data-driven websites.
- Proficiency programming in PHP, Laravel, and Vue.js.
- Experience working with AWS infrastructure.
- Comfortable working in a small team environment, can take ownership of your projects, and can effectively communicate and advocate for your ideas.
- Comfortable debugging, fixing, improving, and QAing software that you may not have built.
- Comfortable with version controlling your code and collaborating with others.
- Experience with AWS Resources: specifically EC2, Lambda, S3, SQS, & Redshift.
- Experience with Lambda functions built in TypeScript or Node.js.
- Experience maintaining a Vertica cluster for production data.
- Experience with client facing tools built in Laravel (PHP) and Vue.js.
- Experience with code version controlled with GIT.
- Experience with local development done with Docker.
Responsibilities
- Build cutting-edge persuasion technology for social good.
- Harness the latest persuasion science to create messaging that’s typically 200% to 500% more effective than existing ads.
- Predict personality traits and values important to individuals based on their digital footprints.
- Super-power campaigns, causes, and companies that make the world a better place.
- Work closely with and report to the Lead Software Engineer.
- Expand horizons and learn new skills by being at the ground floor of a rapidly expanding company pioneering a new technology.
- Work closely with the CEO as part of a small team.
Other
- You are willing to take on tasks that may be outside of your comfort zone.
- You are eager to learn new skills and not afraid to fail quickly.
- You can communicate technical issues with both technical and non-technical teammates.
- You have US work authorization.
- You have progressive values.
- You have worked with campaigns or advocacy organizations.
- You have worked with digital advertising platforms like Facebook and YouTube.
