We’re Hiring!

Senior Fullstack Developer
(Contract-to-Hire, REMOTE)

Impact Upgrade focuses on mission-driven businesses and nonprofits that serve people. We’re looking for a new team member to position as a lead fullstack developer, serving multiple client projects and internal tools. We do have specialties and stacks we often reach for, but we strive to be flexible generalists. So although there are a few areas that you need to have in your background, we otherwise bend over backwards to keep things simple.

Must-haves:

• Development experience with Django/Python.
• Expertise with vanilla Javascript and jQuery, HTML, and CSS.
• Exposure to Bootstrap (we typically use Material Design for Bootstrap).
• An emphasis on mobile-first, responsive design with digital accessibility as a high priority.
• Experience with any RDBMS (we’re typically on postgres or mysql/mariadb).
• Experience with API integration and automation.
• A consultant’s mindset. Assume nothing you find has to be the way it is. Ability to keep eyes open for better/easier/simpler/cheaper ways of doing things, recommend them, and oversee improvements.
• Ability to work independently in ambiguous and dynamic environments.
• Understand that some projects demand enterprise/hardened development, others a looser get-it-done approach, and others a mix — and know when each is appropriate.
• Previous experience as a remote team member.
• Fun, easy going, and service-centered heart. Our primary focus is serving missions as well as helping organizations’ staff in any tech-centric way we can.

Nice-to-haves:

• Experience working on client projects as a consultant.
• Exposure to other full-stack ecosystems. PHP, Ruby on Rails, .NET, and others periodically come up.
• Exposure to Stripe and/or Square.
• Exposure to communication platforms, like Twilio and SendGrid.
• Exposure to WordPress.

If that describes you, we’d love to chat and move quickly! Email brett@impactupgrade.com with an intro and resume. PLEASE INCLUDE YOUR HOURLY RATE FOR THE CONTRACT PERIOD!

Nitty-gritty details:

• Must be in North America, South America, or Western Europe and willing to overlap with the US eastern timezone.
• Individual, direct-hire, or direct-contract only. No agencies or groups.
• Short-term, start on a contract on an hourly rate and an as-needed basis (but we have lots of work available).
• Long-term, open to discussing both FTE and contract options.
• We’re fully-remote!
• If FTE:
  • 4 day work weeks! We work around 9ish hours a day, Mon-Thu. Fill your bucket on Fri.
  • Paid holidays, Christmas-week break, and 4 weeks PTO.
  • 401(k) with 3% match.
  • Monthly wellness reimbursement.
  • Bi-annual profit sharing bonuses (eligible after 6 months).
  • Transparently, we’re not currently at a size where group insurance is in the cards. But, we’d love to chat about some alternate ideas.