Senior Full Stack Engineer

Goodstack; City Of London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A forward-thinking social impact startup in London is seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. You will contribute to high-level product and technical decision-making while building robust systems and ensuring a product-driven mindset. Ideal candidates will have 4 years of software development experience and strong skills in React and Node.js. This role offers competitive perks including flexible working hours and health insurance.

Benefits

Salary reviews and share options

Private health insurance

Learning & development annual budget

Paid days to volunteer for non-profit causes

25 days annual leave

Flexible working hours

Pension

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in Software Development.
• Strong understanding of databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
• Experience with frontend optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to product and technical decision-making.
• Build and contribute to our product and technical best practices.
• Balance empathy for customer needs with a visionary perspective.

Skills

React

Node.js

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

AWS

CI/CD

Automated testing

Frontend optimisation

Job description

Overview

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If you've been looking to join a fast-growing startup with a bold vision of a world where doing good is baked into everything we do, then you've found the right place!

Backed by General Catalyst, the same investors behind Stripe and Airbnb, we're building something truly extraordinary!

Our Mission

Our mission at Goodstack is to revolutionize how the world does good.

As a Series A social impact startup, we power global change through technology. We enable companies to seamlessly integrate positive impact into what they do through a unified platform while supporting nonprofits in gaining access to cutting-edge technology and finding new funding streams.

Global brands, including Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, HSBC, OpenAI, Atlassian and Twilio - as well as thousands of nonprofits, including the Red Cross, Cancer Research, and Oxfam - use Goodstack to make a difference.

We are on a rapid growth trajectory. Just in 2024, we facilitated $3 billion in donations to good causes. But this is just the beginning. We want to become the world's leading platform that facilitates donations to the most individual nonprofits in the world.

To achieve this, we need incredible people to help us on our journey - we need you

Join our hyper-growth startup and make a difference as Senior Full Stack Software Engineer:

Responsibilities

• Be happy to contribute to all areas of our system and be involved in high-level product and technical decision-making
• Be passionate about building out and contributing to our product and technical best practices.
• Balance empathy for customer needs with a visionary perspective that goes beyond simply delivering a faster horse

Qualifications

• 4 years of experience in Software Development.
• Experience with React and Node.js, and TypeScript (or JavaScript).
• Strong understanding of databases, particularly PostgreSQL.
• Familiarity with monitoring systems, AWS, CI/CD pipelines, and automated testing.
• Experience with frontend optimisation.
• A product-driven mindset.
• Working on a large or complex production codebase, developing secure, scalable, resilient systems.
• Contributing towards product thinking.

Bonus

• Working in a startup environment (we value your ability to deal with and adapt to fast-paced decision-making, change, and the need to deliver at scale and speed).
• Micro front-end experience.
• Domain-Driven Development.
• Tea drinking.

What you can expect upon joining our team

• Salary reviews and share options becoming an integral part of our growth and share in the company's success
• Goodstack\'s Workplace Giving
• Vitality Plus - Private health insurance
• £250 Brighten your day annual budget
• £1000 Learning & development annual budget
• Goodstack library
• Tasty Tuesday! Office lunch is on the company
• Slow run club (Wednesdays)
• Paid days off to volunteer for non-profit causes
• Paid days to attend conferences
• Paid day off on your birthday
• 25 days annual leave, plus paid public holidays
• Paid sick leave
• Paid wellness leave
• Parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• WFH budget upon joining
• Pension
• UK cycle-to-work scheme
• Ecologi Carbon Offsetting
• You're always welcome to pop in more often if you enjoy the buzz of being in the office. It's a warm, friendly space right in the heart of London

... and so much more

About us

Since 2017, Goodstack has been at the forefront of creating a future where good will be built into everything we do. From daily commutes to weekend activities or grocery shopping, we envision a world where creating positive change is seamlessly integrated into our everyday lives. In this future, the depth and breadth of impact we can make through everyday actions will expand dramatically - benefiting both businesses and the world.

Businesses are expected to deliver on both profit and purpose and those that don't are falling behind. We're here to make it easy for any company, anywhere in the world, to integrate good into what they do. Doing this empowers everyone - companies, employees, consumers, and communities - to contribute to positive change and take meaningful action.

Let's do this!

Our pledge to Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

We take pride in our diverse and growing team representing 20+ nationalities across 5 continents! Our continued expansion provides us with opportunities to embrace and celebrate different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences, essential to our success. We actively seek and welcome applicants from all walks of life, regardless of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

A team that represents the world that we are trying to support is a wiser, more knowledgeable and stronger one. We\'re excited for you to bring your experience, yourself and your special lemon twist to Goodstack to propel us forward in striving to create a better world for us all.

Check out our Careers Page for more details!