Senior Manager of Software Engineering, GoFundMe
Admin Experiences
$225-306k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
Social fundraising platform
Open for applications
Social fundraising platform
501-1000 employees
Open for applications
$225-306k
+ Equity
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To help people fundraise for the personal, business, and charitable causes that matter most to them.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of delivering backend heavy systems
- 3+ years of engineering management experience leading high-performing teams
- Strong understanding of APIs
- Hands-on expertise in at least two of: Node.js, Python, Java, Kotlin, PHP
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Proven ability to hire, retain, and develop engineering talent
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience)
Desirable
- Strong understanding of, APIs, and efficient integration design patterns
- Experience working with AWS services (esp. around data integration, e.g., AWS Glue, Lambda, API Gateway, Step Functions)
- Demonstrated use of AI-assisted development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT, etc.) to improve code quality, engineering velocity, and team productivity
- Salesforce certifications or related (e.g., Platform Developer II, Integration Architect)
What the job involves
- GoFundMe is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Admin Experiences team at GoFundMe Pro, a platform dedicated to empowering non-profits
- The team focuses on building and enhancing the tools that enable non-profit administrators to create, customize, and manage fundraising campaigns
- The Admin Experiences team develops solutions that allow administrators to track campaign performance, generate insights, and share results with key stakeholders
- This is a high-impact leadership role that will drive seamless connectivity between internal systems and external platforms enabling GoFundMe to deliver exceptional user experiences with operational efficiency
- You’ll lead a talented group of engineers, contribute technically when needed
- Lead and scale the Integrations team, providing both technical direction and people leadership
- Drive best practices for scalable, secure, and efficient integration architecture
- Act as the technical subject matter expert for overall B2B integrations, ensuring robust solutions align with GoFundMe’s objectives
- Drive technical excellence and delivery across a stack that includes AWS-hosted infrastructure and modern backend languages (Node.js, Python, Java)
- Bring strong people leadership skills to coach, mentor, and grow engineers, while fostering a high-performing, inclusive team culture
- Be hands-on when needed, diving into architecture reviews, code, and incident resolution as a player-coach
- Contribute significantly to system reliability and operational excellence by participating in on-call rotations and leading the troubleshooting and resolution of urgent production incidents
- Comfortable with jumping on calls with customers to triage/solution problems or configuration challenges
- Partner cross-functionally with Product, Design, GTM teams, and external partners to deliver seamless integration experiences
- Contribute to engineering-wide initiatives and foster best practices in system design, integration architecture, and operational excellence
Our take
One of the most well-known fundraising platforms in the world, GoFundMe makes raising money online exceptionally easy. The platform started initially with a focus on charity and good causes, but its scope has now expanded to include start-up business funding. What makes the platform attractive is its ability to democratize fundraising through the medium of online.
GoFundMe's rapid rise in popularity has been helped by its social media integrations and the speed at which individuals can start funds. With strategic foresight, the company launched its GoFundMe Guarantee in 2016, a pledge to protect donors from fraud or platform misuse - knowing that its continued growth could only be hampered by security issues or donor deception.
This guarantee is what has enabled the company to remain the largest crowdfunding platform in the world. Notably, it stands amongst the likes of Airbnb, Facebook, and Netflix in being backed by tech investors TCV.
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Insights
-6% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Wide range of health insurance options, including medical, dental, and vision (GoFundMe covers 100% of employee premiums, and 80% of spouse and dependents)
- $600 annual fitness and wellness reimbursement
- Weekly massages
- Standing desks
- Fully-stocked kitchens & daily lunches
- Team off-sites & monthly social events
- Many of our offices are dog friendly
- 10 paid holidays, 17 days of accrued vacation per year, unlimited sick time & three volunteer days
- Enhanced parental leaves
- $50/month for employees commuting to and from work (public transit and/or parking)
- Caltrain GoPasses for our Bay Area commuters
- "Gives Back" program, where employees nominate fundraisers weekly for donations from GoFundMe
- Quarterly volunteer events in each office to give back to our local communities
- 401(k) retirement plan with company matching
- Access to learning tools and resources, including a subscription to Udemy, guest speakers, and internal brown bag sessions
Company HQ
Centennial, Redwood City, CA
Leadership
Margaret Richardson
(Chief Corporate Affairs Officer, not founder)Formerly worked at Airbnb as Vice President of Trust and Director of Global Policy. They worked in Trust & Safety at Apple prior to becoming a Member of Pipeline Angels.
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