Software Engineer

Chariot; Chariot; Hybride; EUR 103 000 - 155 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Healthcare

PTO & holidays

Parental leave

Team lunches

Free dinner

Team events

Equity

Résumé du poste

Chariot is seeking an engineering leader to take our platform to the next level. You will guide the evolution of our banking and DAF products, shaping technology strategy and building a growing backend team.

You’ll work closely with the CEO and founders to deliver scalable software and mentor a tight-knit group of engineers. You’ll own backend server development, contribute to API design, and drive delivery in an Agile/Scrum setting, while exploring new technologies that expand our impact for

Qualifications

• 4+ years of software development experience in one or more programming languages.
• 2+ years as a backend application developer building scalable backend systems.
• Bachelor’s Degree, ideally technical, but diverse backgrounds are welcome.
• Proficiency with Go, Node, Docker, Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Experience with PostgreSQL, REST APIs and gRPC.
• Strong ownership and delivery mindset; able to drive projects end-to-end.

Responsabilités

• Manage and build backend server applications and components powering the platform.
• Contribute to architecture and API design; set team standards and practices.
• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.
• Improve real-time and analytical monitoring and alerting for user behavior.
• Communicate effectively with founders, PMs and other developers.
• Plan and deliver work in an Agile/Scrum environment.

Connaissances

Go

Node.js

Docker

Terraform

Kubernetes

PostgreSQL

REST APIs

gRPC

Backend development

Formation

Bachelor’s Degree

Outils

AWS

Description du poste

Job Description

Chariot’s engineering hire will be responsible for taking the Chariot platform to the next level. You will lead the evolution of our banking product, DAF product and technology strategy, along with building a growing team of software engineers. You will work closely with the CEO and team of founding engineers to build out a product that can scale to service all the existing and upcoming contracts in our pipeline. The ideal candidate is both forward-thinking and hands‑on, has a strong sense of ownership and drive for delivery, and is a good mentor and co‑worker. At Chariot, you’ll have the unique opportunity to make a meaningful impact for nonprofits around the world while working as part of a small, fast‑moving team.

• Manage and build out the backend server applications and components that comprise the Chariot platform that power our various product offerings.

• Contribute to the architecture and design of our APIs, backend systems, and applications and help define team standards and best practices.

• Generate ideas for new initiatives and technologies.

• Improve real‑time and analytical monitoring and alerting capabilities for us to better understand our user behaviors and iterate on our product.

• Communicate effectively with founders, product managers, and other software developers.

• Manage and execute against project plans and delivery commitments within an Agile/Scrum environment.

About You

• 4+ years of experience with software development in one or more programming languages.

• 2+ years of relevant work experience as a backend application developer building performant and scalable backend systems.

• Bachelor’s Degree, ideally in a technical field, but we understand great engineers come from all sorts of different backgrounds and also consider relevant work experience.

• Be highly proficient working with Go, Node, Docker, Terraform, and Kubernetes.

• Experience with Postgres (RDBMS), REST APIs, and gRPC.

• Strong sense of responsibility; ability to drive a project from inception to completion.

• Experience with fintech, payments, and the nonprofit‑sector is a plus.

• Experience building secure and scalable applications on AWS is a plus.

What you’ll get from Chariot

At Chariot, we are building modern, end‑to‑end payment infrastructure making donors' lives easier, and nonprofits' lives better. $600B gets donated to charity each year in the US and the existing technology/infrastructure was still built for our grandparents generation. Chariot is here to change that.

• Traction. Annualizing over $1.8B in payment volume through Chariot. Tens of thousands of nonprofits already onboarded including American Cancer Society, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and University of Pennsylvania.

• Impact: That money services nonprofits working in homelessness, health, education, the environment, and so much more.

• Market opportunity: Billion dollar revenue opportunity. Fintech company operating in an untapped $600B market

• The Team. >30% of Charioteers are former founders. NYC office, in‑person Monday through Thursday, WFH Friday. The public handbook shows how we operate.

Employee Benefits

• Healthcare: Comprehensive healthcare, including options that are 100% covered by Chariot for you

• Time‑Off: 18 days PTO and 13 holidays - take the time off that you want and need to relax and recharge

• Parental Leave: 100% paid parental leave, including 12 weeks for primary caregivers

• Team Lunches: Weekly team lunches

• Dinner on Chariot: Free dinner every day at office past 8pm

• Team Events: Monthly team building events

• Employee-friendly equity: 2 year exercise window and double‑trigger acceleration

• Company Retreats: To get away - we all convene 2-3x / year company retreats

• Matching Gifts: Matching DAFs and daily charitable giving through GoodToday