About the Company
Fundraise Up is a global fundraising platform built to make donating to nonprofits fast, seamless, and accessible to all. Our technology powers tens of millions of dollars in donations every month. We are trusted by leading nonprofits including UNICEF and the Alzheimer's Association.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain clean, efficient, and scalable backend services in Node.js and TypeScript.
- Develop new product features from concept to deployment, collaborating closely with product managers and frontend engineers.
- Own key parts of our backend architecture, making critical decisions that enhance performance, reliability, and security.
- Write comprehensive unit tests and conduct thorough code reviews to maintain code quality.
- Proactively identify and implement system improvements, refactoring legacy code where necessary.
- Contribute to a culture of engineering excellence by mentoring others and sharing your expertise.
Requirements
- 7+ years of backend development experience, preferably in a product-driven environment.
- Strong, hands-on experience with Node.js and modern frameworks like Koa or NestJS.
- Deep expertise in TypeScript, including its advanced typing and module systems.
- Solid experience with MongoDB or other NoSQL databases.
- Familiarity with event-driven architecture using tools like Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Bull/Redis.
- Hands-on experience with ClickHouse (or similar analytics DBs) and Elasticsearch.
- A strong understanding of system design, clean architecture principles, and performance optimization.
- The ability to work independently, take ownership of your work, and see projects through to completion.
- Comfortable working within a Russian-speaking team.
Conditions
- Remote work with CET hours preferred.
- A strong, collaborative product team that owns what it builds.
- Clear product vision and access to real customer feedback from global nonprofit leaders.
- Flat structure: no politics, just great work with great people.
- Transparent company culture.