Vice President of Engineering, Givebutter
Non-profit fundraising platform
Open for applications
Non-profit fundraising platform
21-100 employees
Open for applications
21-100 employees
Company mission
Givebutter's mission is to empower the Changemaker in all of us.
Role
Who you are
- Passionate about leading engineering for a disruptive, category-defining, mission-driven brand
- Action-oriented self-starter who can set strategy and business plans with a “roll up the sleeves” approach
- Continuously learning and challenging the status quo; you are highly strategic with intellectual horsepower
- Articulate and clear communicator with highly developed interpersonal skills, with a transparent and direct communication style to build trust with executive-level relationships
- Capable of working with minimal direction and exercises diligence in determining objectives in pursuit of goals; strong sense of personal responsibility and ownership of outcomes
- A proven engineering leader with experience within ambiguous, high growth start-up environments
- Exceptional technical capability, with deep knowledge of and experience with modern software development practices and technologies
- Ability to make technical decisions with the lens of what is best for a fast-growing startup
- Experienced in building complex technical solutions with deep knowledge of key architectural principles found in highly scalable systems
- Experience building technical strategy and understand technical tradeoffs and risks
- An outstanding builder of engineering teams, and a track record of hiring, retaining, and motivating top talent
- Player-coach engineering leader with the ability to commit production code
- Excellent communication skills and ability to create alignment with other leaders and decision-makers in a fast-moving environment
- Tenure within a high-growth B2B SaaS business in a team-management position
- Experience building high-functioning teams with a “roll up the sleeves” mentality
- Experience collaborating closely with business leadership, product, and operations teams to hone product and approach to market
- Modern coding philosophy, preferably with experience building in React (frontend), Laravel (backend), on AWS cloud services using PHP (language)
What the job involves
- As Givebutter enters its next phase of growth, the company seeks a seasoned Vice President of Engineering to lead and scale the engineering organization
- Reporting to CTO and co-founder Liran Cohen, this highly visible hire will leverage their broad range of leadership and growth stage experience to manage the current team's engineering roadmap, expansion, and maturation and enhance product scalability
- As a business-minded technical leader, they will directly shape and grow the teams that deliver products, empowering nonprofits to achieve their most pressing fundraising priorities at scale
- Lead the development and delivery of the technology roadmap that is capable of scale and supports the product and overall business strategy
- Recruit, develop and retain top technical talent; define a world-class engineering culture of excellence, positivity, and high energy where engineers can do their best work
- Be a champion of engineering and product excellence, establishing KPIs and processes for regular assessment and improvement for the engineering team and technology
- Diving into code review when needed (but not coding yourself day-to-day) and contributing to the overall engineering organization from a player-coach perspective
- Establish, execute, and achieve the company’s vision and scaling milestones in strategic alignment with business objectives, timeline, user experience, and revenue goals
Our take
The rise of crowdfunding has helped democratize fundraising for for-profit companies, but the infrastructure for non-profits has lagged behind. Givebutter sets out to change this, supplying a feature-rich, easy to use fundraising platform for the "changemakers of today", which has been used to raise millions of dollars for good causes.
Crucially, unlike other crowdfunding platforms, 100% of the donation typically goes to the campaign, with Givebutter making its money entirely through tips and occasional but transparent transaction fees. In 2022, the company raised capital that has been put to work developing the product to be fit for all types of fundraising.
Having already seen impressive success in certain segments, these new development efforts will help expand Givebutter's reach. For example, it launched a CRM to help it reach more small, local nonprofits, and has released the industry's first donor-advised fund (DAF) donate button, through which donors can recommend a nonprofit for a donation in just three clicks.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
21% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
Jun 2022
$7m
SEED
Total funding: $7m
Company benefits
- We offer Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance covered 100% for employees
- Up to 15 days of paid vacation time per year plus additional days per year with the company (we take off all 10+ Federal Holidays and provide 2 floating holidays)
- 12 weeks paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers
- Participate in team trips each year to meet, hang, and work in person
- Home office stipend
- Charitable giving - employees are encouraged to donate up to $50/month to any verified nonprofit they wish to support on Givebutter
- Learning and development reimbursement opportunities
Company values
- Be Awesome - We go above and beyond to surprise and delight our customers. We raise the bar by setting ambitious goals and striving to exceed them. We hold ourselves to a high standard. We consistently push ourselves to level up and expect the same from others. We foster a culture of high performance and believe in mentorship both in and outside of the workplace.
- Be Butter - We view diversity as an asset. Having diverse voices at the table drives innovation, strengthens decision-making, improves collaboration, and fosters empathy for our users. We lead with kindness and empathy. We build trust with transparency & reliability. We ask for feedback and assume positive intent. We default to overcommunication. We like to have fun! And bring the puns. Seriously, we’re always bready.
- Be Changemakers - We seek out and embrace change. It’s what we do! We make our impact felt – globally, locally, personally, and professionally. We move fast and believe in progress over perfection. Done is better than perfect. We leverage collective genius and let the best ideas win. 1+1=3 🚀
Company HQ
Penn Quarter, Washington, DC
Articles
Leadership
Max Friedman
(CEO)Co-founded Givebutter on graduating from George Washington University in Computer Science and Finance.
Liran Cohen
(CTO)Co-founded Givebutter on graduating from George Washington University with an MS in Computer Science.
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