WHO WE ARE:

ActBlue is a nonprofit that builds tech and infrastructure for Democratic campaigns, progressive-aligned causes, and people trying to make an impact in order to fuel long-term, people-powered change. If you’ve ever given online to a Democrat or progressive organization, chances are you’ve used our powerful online fundraising platform.

We put power in the hands of small-dollar donors and help thousands of groups — from presidential candidates to environmental organizations — build grassroots movements. We envision a democracy where everyone looking to make progressive people-powered change can easily and effectively deploy their resources, energy, and creativity to shape our country and futures. Each and every one of us, from the political activists to the tech innovators to the customer service pros, is fully committed to our mission.

THE OPPORTUNITY: 

We are looking for a Senior Data Engineer to join ActBlue’s Data Engineering Team and support the growth of our platform.

The Data Engineering Team’s mission is to build the systems to process the data that drives organizational insights. We build products that use our data to magnify the impact and improve the experience of small-dollar donors.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

• Design, develop, optimize, and test data systems, services, and tooling to evolve the capacity and accessibility of our high-volume data platform.
• Identify our end users’ data needs and build efficient and scalable data pipelines to enable data-driven decisions.
• Create frameworks and services that will be used by other ActBlue engineers and data scientists.
• Work with other engineering teams to create and optimize our data infrastructure and tooling.

WHAT YOU BRING:

• Experience maintaining and deploying server-side web applications.
• A track record of effective collaboration with other engineers to identify and resolve pain points in the software development process.
• A team player mentality: you keep the end user in mind and enjoy hearing feedback from your teammates, but you 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 mentor, collaborate, and elevate your team by supporting your peers.
• Excitement for the learning and growth of yourself and your teammates.
• An understanding of performance, scalability, and security concerns.

WHAT YOU'LL BE WORKING WITH:

• Stack: Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, SQL, Ruby
• Tooling: Looker, dbt, Jenkins, Github, PagerDuty, DataDog, Fivetran
• Hosting: AWS
• Databases:  Redshift, PostgreSQL

OUR ENGINEERING VALUES: 

• We believe that ideas are more important than technologies.
• We understand that the tools we build have real-world consequences for millions of people and take that responsibility seriously.
• Security is at the center of everything we do. We are always on the lookout for ways to further harden our platform.
• We know that code isn’t just a set of instructions for machines, but communication with other humans; style, elegance, and respect are important.
• We believe that an ability to balance paying off technical debt and rapidly completing a project contributes to the health of the codebase, engineering team, and organization.
• We believe that being correct isn’t enough; respect for your colleagues and users is fundamental.

LOCATION AND COMPENSATION:

This posting is for a full-time, remote, salaried position. ActBlue is currently authorized to support remote work employees in California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Washington D.C., and Wisconsin. 

​​Salary Range: We offer a competitive salary and a generous compensation package, which includes the benefits listed below:

BENEFITS:

• Flexible work schedules and an unlimited time-off policy
• Fully paid and trans-inclusive health, dental, and vision insurance for employees and their families
• Automatic 2% 401K contribution, plus up to 6% match
• Three months paid parental leave for all new parents, adoptions included; 4 weeks of a fully paid flexible work schedule; plus an additional one week of paid leave and an additional one week of flexible work schedule for every full year the employee has worked for ActBlue
• Commuter or home-office benefits, including a $1,000 home-office setup allowance for all new full-time remote employees
• Additional perks including quarterly snack deliveries and digital subscriptions to the Boston Globe & New York Times

ActBlue is unable to sponsor work visas at this time.

INCLUSION STATEMENT:

Women, people of color, LGBTQIA2S+ individuals, and members of other minority or marginalized groups are strongly encouraged to apply. ActBlue is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against candidates on the basis of race, ethnicity, religion, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. 

ActBlue is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities throughout the interview and employment process, including using our online system to apply for a position.