Senior Software Engineer, Signature Growth

Position Overview

• Location Type: Remote
• Employment Type: Full-time
• Salary: Not specified

Change.org is seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Engineer to join its Signature Growth team. This team is dedicated to increasing petition signatures by optimizing sharing behavior and engagement across the platform. The role involves working on projects that directly impact key business metrics through improvements in how users share and spread petitions.

Change.org is a social impact business (a public benefit company) and the world's largest social change platform, serving 100 million monthly users. The platform hosts over 40,000 campaigns monthly and operates on a 100% user-generated, profitable revenue model. Campaigns for change are won by users hourly. Notable past successes include movements in Mexico, such as the campaign against the Maya train and initiatives to increase vacation days, alongside numerous local, national, and international victories driven by user power.

Requirements

• Strong full-stack development experience, with a focus on scalable and high-performance systems.
• Expertise in frontend technologies including React, JavaScript, and TypeScript, ensuring seamless user experiences.
• Proficiency in backend development using Node.js and TypeScript, with a solid understanding of database design and query optimization.
• Experience working with RESTful APIs and GraphQL to create efficient, data-driven applications.
• Familiarity with cloud-based infrastructure (AWS, GCP) and CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of growth engineering principles, including A/B testing, experimentation frameworks, and analytics tracking.

Responsibilities

• Growth Optimization: Develop and optimize features that encourage more shares and more effective shares, increasing Change.org’s virality factor.
• Share Experience Enhancement: Improve share surfaces across multiple user touchpoints, including post-sign flows, supporter engagement flows, and account views.
• New Engagement Opportunities: Contribute to new sharing experiences, such as new roles, personalization, and expanded share channels (e.g., TikTok, YouTube, Discord).
• Supporter Engagement: Enhance supporter communication channels, including email, notifications, and pages, to increase engagement and repeat visits.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create a cohesive, scalable system for petition sharing and engagement.
• Deconstruct projects and problems into a well-defined action plan, and be responsible for delivering seamless integration of the solutions with the current systems.
• Identify and fill gaps in system requirements so they align with team goals and business objectives.
• Maintain own priorities and make appropriate progress proactively, balancing technical debt and immediate business need.

Application Instructions

• Not specified

Company Information

• Change.org: A social impact business and the world’s largest social change platform.
• User Base: 100 million monthly users.
• Campaign Volume: Over 40,000 campaigns launched every month.
• Revenue Model: 100% user-generated and profitable.
• Impact: Users win campaigns for change once every hour. Significant impact in Mexico, including movements against the Maya train and campaigns for increased vacation days.