Software Engineer II

WHO WE ARE

Act Blue is a nonprofit organization dedicated to creating cutting-edge technology that fuels Democratic victories and enables progressive causes to thrive.

Our vision is simple: building change through the power of people. Since our founding, we’ve been building innovative solutions to revolutionize grassroots fundraising – if you’ve donated to a Democratic campaign or a progressive organization online, you’ve probably used our platform! We believe in putting power in the hands of small-dollar donors by helping thousands of groups — from local candidates to national movements — mobilize their communities and create a lasting impact.

Every member of our team is deeply committed to advancing our shared mission and core values. Together, we are shaping the future of democracy.

Act Blue Technical Services is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Payments team and help build the technology that powers Act Blue's significant daily transaction volume. This role will focus on Growth initiatives ensuring that entities onboarding onto the Act Blue platform have the smoothest experience possible. The Payments Team's critical areas include payment processing, recurring contributions, fraud mitigation, and internal tools that help teams within Act Blue with their payment-related workflows.

As a member of the Payments team, you will work closely with product teams, platform teams, ops teams, and the security team to develop and maintain our payments infrastructure while contributing to our inclusive environment and fostering a culture that brings out the best in yourself and your colleagues.

• Develop, enhance, and maintain payments systems to ensure secure, scalable, and reliable feature delivery across the payment life cycle from initial authorization to payout
• Contribute to the design, testing, monitoring, and rollout of our payments system
• Collaborate with other engineers to implement technical solutions while balancing effort, scope, and trade-offs specific to payment processing challenges
• Participate in identifying and addressing security, scalability, and reliability concerns in our payments infrastructure
• Debug issues throughout the stack and identify root causes or viable workarounds
• Contribute to creating and maintaining defensive testing practices within Engineering, particularly around payment processing workflows
• Write maintainable code that follows established best practices and design patterns
• Document your work effectively and support clear communication within the team
• Engage with your manager as a thought partner on core work and personal development to increase your impact on the team and the organization
• May support supplementary projects as assigned, ensuring timely and efficient completion in line with organizational objectives and standards

• 2-4 years of relevant professional experience working with teams and delivering projects
• Professional experience with server-side web application development, preferably with Ruby on Rails
• Some experience working with or building ETL pipelines to ingest and transform data from one system to another
• A track record of delivering features while collaborating with product and design to resolve ambiguity and prioritize the highest impact work
• An aptitude for reasoning about and troubleshooting complex systems
• Proficiency in relational databases, preferably Postgres
• Understanding of performance, scalability, and security concerns, particularly as they relate to payment processing
• Eagerness to explore and refactor legacy code
• A team player mentality. You keep the end user in mind and enjoy hearing feedback from your teammates, yet know when and how to defend your own ideas in a respectful manner
• Comfort collaborating with a distributed team of many remote colleagues
• An inclusive, generous working style:
  You like to collaborate and support your peers
• An eagerness to learn and grow your skills as an engineer
• Proactiveness, communication skills, and the ability to learn quickly

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. Travel may be required on a limited basis to attend all-staff and…