Software Engineer (Full Stack)

Donorbox; United States; Remote; USD 52,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee equity plan (stock options)

Home office reimbursement up to $1,500

21 days paid time off, 8 holidays, 2 +

Wellness program with fitness and mind

Job summary

Donorbox is seeking an Engineer II – The Task Finder to own end-to-end features in Rails within a fully remote, Latin America–based team. You will write idiomatic Ruby on Rails code, leveraging PostgreSQL, and actively consider edge cases and error states while collaborating to ship high-quality deliverables.

You will review PRs, communicate blockers asynchronously, and contribute to maintaining clear documentation and commit histories to support scalable product development.

Qualifications

• Experience shipping Rails features with limited supervision.
• Strong testing habit using Minitest to catch bugs.
• Ability to analyze requirements through a Jobs-to-be-Done lens.
• Proficient in Ruby on Rails backend development and SQL databases.

Responsibilities

• Write idiomatic Ruby on Rails code using ActiveRecord, controllers, and ViewComponents.
• Analyze requirements through a Jobs-to-be-Done lens and consider edge cases.
• Review peers' pull requests and communicate blockers in async channels.
• Write clear PR descriptions and update internal docs.

Skills

Independent problem solving

Testing (Minitest)

MVC & OOP mindset

Jobs-to-be-Done thinking

Tools

Ruby

Ruby on Rails

PostgreSQL

SQL

Job description

Donorbox is a leading fundraising platform and donor management system for nonprofit organizations. Our mission is to accelerate positive impact worldwide by helping nonprofits become highly effective at raising funds and managing their supporter base. Since 2014, we have powered more than 100,000 global organizations to raise over $4 billion in donations.

Our fast-growing company is profitable and bootstrapped with a healthy run rate. We have a fully distributed and diverse 150-person team based in 16+ states and 23+ countries. In 2026, Donorbox was named by Built In as one of the Best Places to Work in Washington, DC.

Donorbox is rated the #1 software for fundraising, donor management, and nonprofit payment on G2 based on hundreds of verified customer reviews — a reflection of the care our team puts into building products that nonprofits trust.

The Team

The Role: Engineer II — The "Task Finder"

At Donorbox, our engineers in this role are what we call "Task Finders." At the Engineer II level, you own a feature end-to-end under review, surfacing the work the ticket didn't spell out — as we put it internally: "Given I was asked to do this, I'll also need to do that." We don't just hand you a ticket and expect you to act as a pure order-taker — you directly contribute to our team's goals for the year.

What You Will Do

Apply the "Omakase" Mindset: Solve problems with the framework rather than around it. You will write idiomatic Ruby on Rails code using ActiveRecord, controllers, and ViewComponents.

Champion Product Sense: Analyze requirements through a "Jobs-to-be-Done" lens. Before writing new code, you will ask, "Can the user already do this?" and actively consider edge cases and error states.

Collaborate and Ship: Balance the desire to ship quickly with the need to ship quality. You will review peers' pull requests with care, communicate blockers proactively in async channels, and default to safely shipping value to users.

Steward our Knowledge: Help maintain our institutional memory by writing clear PR descriptions, logging non-obvious decisions in commit messages, and updating internal documentation when you spot something stale.

What We Are Looking For

Rails & PostgreSQL Proficiency: Ability to ship features in Rails without close supervision, including writing SQL beyond simple queries (joins, aggregations, and catching N+1 problems in PostgreSQL).

Quality & Testing: A strong habit of writing useful automated tests (we use Minitest) by default, including tests that would catch the specific bugs you just fixed.

Independent Problem Solving: A track record of taking a well-scoped feature and driving it to completion, surfacing the adjacent work needed for a polished final product.

Backend: Ruby, Ruby on Rails

Database: PostgreSQL, Relational Databases, SQL

Testing: Minitest, Fixtures

Mindset: "Omakase" Rails, MVC, Object-Oriented Programming

Details

• Fully remote based in Latin America
• Salary: $52,200-$58,000 USD, depending on experience and location
• This is an Engineer II role on our internal career framework — leveling here reflects scope and impact, not tenure
• Fully remote work from the comfort of your home
• Eligibility for employee equity plan (stock options)
• Reimbursement package for home office expenses and professional development, up to $1.5k
• Generous time off policy of 21 days (birthday included), 8 holidays of your choice, and 2 paid volunteer days
• Wellness program with fitness and mindfulness classes
• Love your work and our mission of serving nonprofits!