Murmuration aims to solve the problem of community-focused organizations lacking access to technology that could amplify their civic engagement efforts, by providing data, digital tools, and research-driven insights to help them mobilize communities and create positive change.
Requirements
- Proven experience building modern JavaScript/TypeScript solutions (Angular, React, or similar)
- Proven experience designing APIs and relational data models (GraphQL or equivalent)
- Proven experience leading feature delivery and managing releases in production systems
- Familiarity with accessible web standards (WCAG compliance)
- Understanding of CI/CD pipelines and cloud deployment
- Full-stack or open-source contributions
Responsibilities
- Be a driver: Decide on key architecture changes and features that help us design, build, and maintain components that build user trust.
- Be a teacher: Share your technical expertise by helping us evolve our engineering best practices for code reviews, design, and development execution.
- Be a mentor: Share your approach to fostering an engineering culture that helps us all grow as technical and inclusive leaders.
- Be a collaborator: Work closely with our cross-functional teams such as Product, Design, and Data Engineering, to align technical work with product requirements that thoughtfully address user pain points and make our product more accessible for all (WCAG compliance).
- Be a technical steward: Lead release planning and operational readiness by helping the team build confidence in managing builds, deployments, and maintenance for mission-critical features.
- Be an advocate: Champion changes that matter such as continuous improvement, infrastructure upgrades that serve us at scale, performance optimizations, and technical debt reduction.
Other
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical partners
- Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership in team settings
- Formal degree optional; we welcome candidates from nontraditional or retraining paths
- Experience in civic-tech, nonprofit, or data-driven social-impact products
- Talented Software Engineers come from all walks of life and career. If you are passionate about civic engagement and technology, please apply, even if you do not check every box!
