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You'll ship features end to end, shape technical decisions, set a high bar for code quality, and mentor other engineers. You'll work closely with our CTO, product manager, and program teams to turn real-world civic engagement needs into reliable, thoughtfully designed software.\nAbout Unify AmericaWe’re on a mission to replace political fighting with collaborative problem-solving. Yeah, we know it sounds audacious. It is. But we’re doing it—by creating civic experiences that reduce polarization, teaching essential civic skills, and inviting Americans to use their differences to better solve common problems together.\nWhere we work:\nHigher Education (Civic Gym): Over 50,000 college students have engaged in meaningful cross-partisan conversations. Think of it as training for democracy—reps, sweat, and all.\n\nCities (Democracy Leagues): We partner with communities to run Civic Assemblies, where residents—across the ideological spectrum—solve shared problems together. Our first pilot is in Akron, with more locations to come.\n\nWe're a small, mission-driven team of about 30 people, and our engineering team is small enough that every engineer has a real voice in how we build. Civic Gym has a more mature technical product that our existing Dev Team is in the process of re-factoring. Democracy Leagues is just at the beginning of building a product suite to prepare us to scale our deliberative democracy work in Ohio and beyond. This role will anchor the Democracy Leagues Dev Team under the guidance of our CTO.\nAbout the RoleYou'll ship features end to end, shape technical decisions, set a high bar for code quality, and mentor other engineers. You'll work closely with our CTO, product manager, and program teams to turn real-world civic engagement needs into reliable, thoughtfully designed software. More specifically, you’ll:\n\nDesign, build, and maintain full-stack features across our Django and TypeScript/Node.js backends and Vue.js front end\n\nDesign and evolve data models in both MongoDB and PostgreSQL, making sound tradeoffs about structure, indexing, and performance\n\nWork with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, and IAM to build, deploy, and operate our applications\n\nContribute to the architecture of our new civic assembly platform, including a modular, plugin-based design\n\nWrite clean, well-tested, maintainable code, and hold a high bar in code review\n\nMentor mid-level and contract engineers through pairing, review, and clear technical guidance\n\nHelp keep our production systems reliable, especially during high-traffic program windows\n\nCommunicate clearly with non-technical colleagues about scope, tradeoffs, and timelines\n\nRequired Skills & Experience\n5+ years of professional software engineering experience, including time in medium- to large-sized engineering organizations\n\nDeep expertise in the JavaScript ecosystem, including TypeScript and \n\nStrong experience with Vue.js (preferred) or React\n\nHands-on experience in Python and Django\n\nHands-on experience with relational and NoSQL databases, specifically PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including the ability to design schemas and data models from first principles\n\nPractical experience working with AWS services such as Lambda, S3, Aurora, DynamoDB, and IAM roles and policies\n\nExperience using AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Claude, GitHub Copilot, ChatGPT) judiciously. You use them to move faster, but you understand, verify, and take ownership of every line you ship, and you're fully capable of designing, debugging, and reasoning through problems without them\n\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, and comfort working with both technical and non-technical teammates\n\nA track record of taking initiative, owning outcomes, and valuing quality over volume\n\nA bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field is preferred. 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Given our mission, we especially value people who can engage respectfully with a wide range of perspectives.\nCompensation & Benefits\nAnnual salary of $135,000 to $150,000 depending on relevant experience.\n\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance.\n\n401k match up to 5%.\n\nInternet and phone reimbursement.\n\nA healthy, appreciative, feedback-driven workplace.\n\nFlexible, self-managed PTO.\n\nReady to Apply?Great, we look forward to hearing from you! 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