Associate Full-Stack Developer

Gen-Z for Change; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Union-eligible

Job summary

Gen-Z for Change is seeking a part-time developer to build and maintain user-friendly applications that empower our audience, using Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. You will work with the Strategy Department to design interactive tools and ensure accessibility while aligning with our civic engagement mission.

The role emphasizes developing back-end or full-stack solutions, integrating APIs, and maintaining documentation.

Qualifications

• Portfolio of creative & technical projects.
• Experience developing back-end or full-stack applications.
• Experience in Python, including common libraries (numpy, pandas, etc.).
• Experience with GitHub.
• Experience building & incorporating APIs into projects.
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform.
• Familiarity with cloud computing & containerization.
• Willingness to pick up new technologies to expand digital organizing.
• Understanding of grassroots organizing and social issues.
• Understanding of ongoing fights in youth, labor, reproductive, climate, immigration, or tech spaces preferred.
• Curiosity, creative problem-solving, and a can-do attitude.

Responsibilities

• Ideate, design, and develop interactive, responsive, accessible applications with the Strategy Department’s development team.
• Maintain and update existing digital tools, address issues promptly.
• Maintain written documentation of new digital tools.
• Participate in brainstorming sessions and feedback reviews to improve tools.
• Experiment with new technologies to enhance tools’ effectiveness and efficiency.
• Attend weekly All Hands meetings and Strategy Department meetings.
• Initiate meetings and communicate with the Senior Director of Strategy to keep projects moving.

Skills

Portfolio

Back-end & full-stack

Python

GitHub

APIs

Google Cloud Platform

Cloud & containers

Learning mindset

Grassroots organizing

Youth/tech issues

Curiosity & problem solving

Tools

GitHub

Google Cloud Platform

APIs

Job description

Application closes 11:59 PM PT on Sunday, October 4th

Term: Part-time, 15 hours per week

Rate: $40/hour

Reports to: Senior Director of Strategy

Location: Remote

This is a Union-eligible position.

About us:

Gen-Z for Change is a collective of Gen-Z organizers that leverage the power of social media, code, and creators to educate our generation, mobilize civic participation, and make a tangible difference on the ground. We have direct, trusted relationships with Gen-Z content creators and have a front-row seat to the misinformation and disinformation pumped into social media platforms.

Through our 501(c)(4) Gen-Z For Change and 501(c)(3) entity Gen-Z For Civic Engagement, we will be able to effectively fulfill our mission of educating and engaging the Gen-Z audience on multiple platforms, inspiring them to take action both in their own communities and at the ballot box.

Job Overview:

• Our developers play a pivotal role in crafting tools that enhance digital civic engagement and support our mission to drive progressive change. This role will be responsible for developing and maintaining user-friendly applications that empower our audience, primarily using Python, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

NOTE: This is the stack we currently use, but we’re always open to technologists with different competencies who are eager to creatively use technology to challenge the status quo.

Responsibilities:

• Ideate, design, and develop interactive, responsive, and accessible applications with the Strategy Department’s development team.
• Maintain and update existing digital tools, incorporating feedback and addressing any issues promptly.
• Maintain written documentation of new digital tools.
• Actively participate in brainstorming sessions and feedback reviews to contribute to continuous improvement.
• Experiment with new technologies and approaches to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of our digital tools.
• Attending Gen-Z for Change’s weekly All Hands meeting and the Strategy Department’s weekly meetings.
• Initiate meetings and communicate consistently and proactively with the Senior Director of Strategy as needed to maintain projects.

Skills & Qualifications:

• Portfolio of creative & technical projects
• Experience developing back-end or full-stack applications
• Experience in Python, including common libraries (e.g. numpy, requests, pandas, scrapy, selenium, etc.)
• Experience with GitHub
• Experience building & incorporating APIs into technical projects
• Familiarity with Google Cloud Platform
• Familiarity with cloud computing & containerization
• Willingness to pick up new technologies to expand the scope of digital organizing
• Understanding and familiarity with grassroots organizing and social issues
• Understanding of ongoing fights in the youth, labor, reproductive, climate, immigration, and/or tech spaces preferred
• Curiosity, creative problem-solving skills, and a can-do attitude