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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Staff Software Engineer, Extensibility and Integration New - **Company:** ActBlue - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $191,679.0 - $241,452.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Data Analysis, Software as a Service, Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Data Integration, Data Retrieval, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Monitoring of Systems, PostgreSQL, Node.Js, Ruby on Rails, Mixpanel, SQL Databases, Systems Integration, TypeScript, Web Applications, Eslint, Datadog, Apache Yarn, ReactJS, System Availability, Database Performance, Backend, Heroku, Webpack, Kubernetes, Data Analytics, Graphql, Data Management, Tools for Reporting, Looker Analytics, Data Pipelines - **Published:** May 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=b008bf80d96b1a47 ## About the Role Do you have experience in Zoom?, * 6-8 years of relevant professional experience, with demonstrated ability to provide technical leadership for multi-quarter initiatives involving complex requirements, strategic thinking, and cross-team collaboration. * Significant experience in developing and maintaining large monolithic server-side web applications, including making changes to APIs to carry features to completion. * Broad understanding of a spectrum of stacks; expert understanding of dependencies, needs, impacts, and risks across technical areas within a domain. Our team focuses primarily on the back end, but a candidate for this role would ideally have experience with and an understanding of the entire technological ecosystem. * Deep understanding of performance, scalability, and security best practices, with the ability to recommend system-level improvements to mitigate concerns for broad systems. Known as a go-to consultant that engineers turn to for guidance in these areas. * Experience designing and integrating with third-party APIs and building extensible systems that support diverse downstream toolsets and data consumers. * Experience designing frameworks to enable a culture of defensive testing; consistently debugging the toughest issues throughout the stack regardless of environment, finding root cause or viable workarounds. * A track record of effective collaboration with engineers to develop abstractions and patterns that make it easy to build reliable software. * Eagerness to explore and refactor legacy code - we've been doing this for a while now and could use an engineer who brings an empathetic but forward-thinking approach to working in an older codebase. * Ability to communicate effectively with non-technical stakeholders and to collaboratively translate business requirements and strategic goals into technical solutions, modifying communication style to fit the audience. * Experience coaching engineers on coaching and mentoring others; fostering a culture of delivering specific praise and constructive feedback. * Can provide support and stability during times of urgency; contributes holistic solutions in post-mortems. * An inclusive, generous working style: you like to mentor, collaborate, and elevate your team by supporting your peers, providing coaching and guidance to multiple team members, and anticipating where your intervention would be helpful. ## Description We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Extensibility and Integrations team. In this pivotal role, you'll provide technical leadership for multi-quarter initiatives in the dynamic world of digital fundraising - enabling fundraising administrators to seamlessly integrate and manage contribution data across their diverse toolsets. You'll be instrumental in developing an intuitive, self-managed suite of tools, advancing our reporting and integration capabilities, and crafting a seamless experience for fundraising administrators across our platform. Working full-stack with Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, React, and TypeScript, you'll architect systems and establish technical foundations that power sophisticated integrations and data exchange. You'll partner closely with product, design, and cross-functional teams to identify and execute key improvements that boost product performance while solidifying the reliability, scalability, and maintainability of our systems. Your innovative approach to extensible solutions will enhance ActBlue's data and reporting tools - meeting the immediate needs of our users while paving the way for future advancements. By joining our team, you will play a critical part in reinforcing the technological infrastructure that powers progressive movements. Our engineering and product organization is made up of empathetic and passionate people. We're organized into cross-functional teams that operate independently in alignment with ActBlue's broader organizational goals., * Architect and lead database modernization efforts, optimizing large-scale systems for efficiency and reliability while safeguarding sensitive donor information through advanced data management and retention strategies. * Lead the design and implementation of scalable data solutions and robust APIs, ensuring seamless data integration, high availability, and alignment with business goals for peak performance during critical fundraising moments. * Lead the technical execution of large, cross-team initiatives, working with multiple engineers to design and implement solutions that balance high-impact opportunities with effort, scope, and technical tradeoffs. * Break down initiative-level work across multiple epics and contribute technical expertise to shape the team's roadmap prioritization. * Proactively tackle database performance, refining schemas and enhancing data retrieval processes while creating strategic integrations for vendor APIs for improved system interconnectivity. * Serve as a technical consultant and go-to resource for engineers across teams on complex architectural decisions, system design, and best practices - particularly around extensibility, integrations, and data exchange. * Advocate for comprehensive monitoring systems and software quality standards, implementing best practices that anticipate and accommodate future scalability and maintenance needs. * Recognize the importance of addressing tech debt head-on. Your proactive approach will ensure our systems remain agile and adaptable, setting us up for future success. * Demonstrate technical leadership through writing documentation, establishing effective testing and monitoring, and fostering clear and audience-oriented communication. * Coach and mentor engineers on your team, creating professional development opportunities and partnering with engineering managers to find sponsorship and growth opportunities for your colleagues. * Model effective feedback in code reviews, explaining the "why" in a way that's easily understood, and create spaces for individuals to be engaged, valued, and heard., * Backend Development: Ruby on Rails, with SQL via PostgreSQL for database management, Node.js. * Data Management: REST and GraphQL for API queries, Sidekiq for background job processing. * Development Tools: TypeScript for static type checking, Yarn + Webpack for managing dependencies and builds, ESLint/Prettier for code quality control. * Infrastructure and Monitoring: * + Application Hosting: Heroku for deploying, Kubernetes for container orchestration. + Monitoring and Error Tracking: Datadog for system monitoring, Bugsnag for error detection. * Data Analytics and Reporting: Mixpanel for tracking user interactions, Looker for data analysis powered by SQL/PSQL for in-depth PostgreSQL querying. ## Related Videos - [Coffee with Developers - Adam Wiggins](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/919-coffee-with-developers-adam-wiggins) - [The two trees of React](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100180-the-two-trees-of-react) - [Debugging in the Dark](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1658-debugging-in-the-dark) - [Psychological Safety in Software Engineering - Jenny-Margrethe Vej & Alexandra Hou Aldershaab](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2142-psychological-safety-in-software-engineering-jenny-margrethe-vej-alexandra-hou-aldershaab) - [Recruitment Reinvented: Bold strategies and the $10K signing incentive](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1068-recruitment-reinvented-bold-strategies-and-the-10k-signing-incentive) - [What I learned as a developer from accidents in space](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/642-what-i-learned-as-a-developer-from-accidents-in-space) ## Related Articles - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Is Software Engineering Over-Saturated?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/418-is-software-engineering-over-saturated) - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How to Answer the Interview Question: “Why Do You Want to Be a Software Engineer?”](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/392-how-to-answer-the-interview-question-why-do-you-want-to-be-a-software-engineer)