Software Engineer II - Keela

Velora; British Columbia; Remote; CAD 118,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

A unified nonprofit technology company is looking for a Mid-level Software Engineer to enhance their products. In this role, you'll collaborate on software design, maintain legacy code, and develop micro-services. The ideal candidate has 2-3 years of experience, a strong command of backend and frontend technologies, and is passionate about developing quality software. This remote-first position offers competitive salary and generous benefits.

Benefits

4 weeks of vacation

Volunteer time off

Paid parental leave

Health coverage

4% RRSP match

Qualifications

• Minimum of 2-3 years of professional software development experience.
• Strong technical skills in modern programming languages.
• Ability to write high-quality code with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate to develop high-quality software designs and architecture.
• Maintain legacy code (both frontend and backend).
• Take ownership of mid-level projects and deliver quality work.

Skills

Backend development

Frontend development

Node.js

MongoDB

PostgreSQL

Agile/Scrum

Effective team communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

GitHub

Notion

Slack

Python

Job description

About Velora:

We’re excited to share that Aplos, Raisely, and Keela have come together to form one unified company, Velora, with a shared mission: to help nonprofit organizations thrive. While we continue to offer the products you know and love, we now operate as one team, dedicated to making nonprofit work easier, more impactful, and more sustainable.

Together, our combined expertise spans fundraising, donor management, financial tracking, and communications—offering a powerful suite of tools designed to reduce complexity so nonprofits can focus on what matters most: making a difference.

We’re one company with 3 products all servicing customers in the impact space. Working at Velora means that you have the opportunity to build one or across all our products.

We have a combination of merged teams and also teams dedicated to one specific product and you can find details about the work through our job descriptions under the “about the role” section.

Purpose of Position:

We are seeking an exceptional Mid-level Software Engineer to join our team at Keela. The ideal candidate will have experience and passion for developing in both backend and frontend code bases. You will collaborate with other high-performing team members to build scalable, distributed solutions with an emphasis on performance, reliability and observability to ensure the customer’s user experience above all. With a keen eye for detail and experience in writing high-quality code, creating thorough tests, and conducting in-depth peer code reviews, you excel in problem-solving and are motivated by the chance to find innovative solutions, whether working independently or collaboratively.

Keela is on a mission to empower every social impact organization around the world with technology. We believe that access to powerful tools will change how nonprofits fundamentally work. We build and support software that we designed specifically for the needs of nonprofit organizations. Our team is passionate about excellence, and proud of our diversity and inclusion — something that we believe is a source of deep strength in our growing company. We are a team of builders and leaders truly dedicated to building a profitable, globally impactful, sustainable and ethical business.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate to develop high-quality software designs and architecture for core platformsystems
• Maintain legacy code (both frontend and backend)
• Maintain and advance micro-services and APIs
• Take ownership of mid-level projects and deliver quality work independently
• Actively contribute to team discussions, code reviews, and technical decision-making
• Write unit tests
• Prioritize, set and meet commitments

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field
• 2-3 years minimum of professional software development experience
• Professional coding experience in one or more modern languages. Experience with Node.js is a must
• Professional experience with one or more modern databases such as MongoDB or PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with one or more modern full-stack frameworks such as Express, Fastify, Meteor, Django.
• Familiarity with one or more modern front-end frameworks such as Angular, React, VueJS.
• Has strong technical skills and can write quality code with minimal supervision
• Can solve intermediate problems autonomously
• Effective team communication
• Has developed professional opinions on usage of tests and process
• Experienced in Agile/Scrum development practices.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, accountability, and ability to drive projects to completion independently.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• Experience with tools such as Linear, Notion, GitHub, Slack, and Python.

• Salary – Pay range depends on location and is $118,000 - 145,000 CAD. Your base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, experience, and geographic location.
• ️ Remote work & leave – We’re a remote-first company. We also have generous PTO plans (4 weeks of vacation, volunteer time off, plus an office closure from Christmas to New Year’s Day!) and support paid parental leave (12 weeks).
• ️ Health Coverage & RRSP - We offer robust medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverages and have a 4% match on RRSP.

If you have any questions or require accommodations in the interview process, please reach out to [e-mail].

Velora's Commitment to Equal-Employment, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity

We know with diversity comes strength. Aplos 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. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.