NLSenior Software Engineer (Fundraising)
GiveDirectlyRemoteGlobal health and wellbeingGlobal health and infectious diseaseSoftware engineering
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Why this is on the board
GiveDirectly gives money with no conditions directly to people in extreme poverty, and several independent charity evaluators recommend it. You build the systems donors use to give that money: a glitchy payment page or an outage on the busiest giving day costs money that would otherwise have reached a household in East Africa.
About the role
Engineer supporting fundraising operations through donor platforms, payment systems, and public-facing tools. - Build and maintain fundraising infrastructure: donor portals, payment processing, donation tracking, and impact reporting systems. - Work autonomously on full-stack tasks: define requirements, develop, test, deploy, and debug across legacy and modern systems. - Support fundraisers and non-technical stakeholders on messy, rapidly evolving projects; own incidents during peak donation…
Requirements
| Language | English is enough |
|---|---|
| Work authorisation | Sponsorship available |
| Screening | Not mentioned |
| Where you work | Remote · Remote |
| Level | Mid level |
| Salary | USD 181.130 |
| Posted | 28 September 2026 |
| Closes | No closing date given |
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