EA-Senior Software Engineer

Bonterra is a leading technology platform for democratic and progressive causes, seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Political, Fundraising, and Engagement Engineering team. The role involves owning complex features in voter/donor management platforms, proposing architectural improvements, and mentoring peers.

Responsibilities:

• Architecture & Technical Leadership. Participate in system design decisions for complex features. Propose approaches that balance performance, maintainability, scalability, and business needs. Identify opportunities to simplify scope, reduce code complexity, and eliminate technical debt
• Mentorship & Code Stewardship. Mentor junior and peer engineers through code reviews and design collaboration. Model best practices and drive technical excellence. Work closely with QA to ensure quality standards are met and maintained
• Feature Ownership. Design and implement complex features for voter/donor management, third-party integrations, and AI-powered enhancements. Deliver high-quality, maintainable code that meets performance, security, and scalability standards
• Product Health & Advocacy. Proactively identify anomalies, inefficiencies, and technical gaps. Propose and champion improvements that enhance product health. Partner with product and data teams to measure impact

Requirements:

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• Deep hands-on experience with both C# and JavaScript / ReactJS
• Strong foundation in SQL Server and relational database query design
• Experience building or maintaining APIs, third-party integrations, or distributed systems
• Understanding of web scalability challenges (caching strategies, data modeling, async patterns)
• Comfortable using AI development tools (Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, etc.) in your day-to-day workflow
• Comfort with mentoring and participating in architecture discussions
• Alignment to work with Democratic political campaigns and progressive nonprofits
• Worked on election technology, campaign tools, or mission-driven products
• Hands-on experience with Redis, ElasticSearch, or similar tools in production
• AWS or Azure cloud services experience
• Mobile integrations (iOS/Android/React Native)
• Experience building features that integrate AI/LLM capabilities