Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack (Social Impact)

About the Role

Maleda Tech is hiring two experienced full stack engineers, passionate about social impact, to help build the vision of a nimble global emergency response program. This role supports an independent 501(c)(3) nonprofit — affiliated with a major consumer platform — that has helped provide safe housing for more than 260,000 people to date, responding to hundreds of emergency events worldwide, including hurricanes, wildfires, refugee crises, and a global pandemic.

The team builds tools that enable impactful individual generosity at scale, in support of the belief that everyone should have a safe place to call home. You'll bring strong technical knowledge, hands-on software development, and the ability to collaborate seamlessly across many functions. This is a small team working in an evolving space, so engineers here thrive in a fluid environment where priorities can shift quickly in response to world events or changes in government policy.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners on all aspects of product development.
• Envision and develop capabilities that help NGO partners book housing on the platform, build a global supply of free or discounted housing, and raise donations.
• Work with the engineering and data teams to break longer-term projects into deliverable milestones.
• Identify and advocate for areas of improvement through data insights and research.
• Quickly build context in unfamiliar codebases across a large product ecosystem to enable mission-specific capabilities.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• 8+ years of industry experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, and deploying long-term initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional partners.
• Full stack development experience, ideally React/TypeScript and Java/Kotlin.
• Solid understanding of engineering best practices, continuous integration, and incremental delivery.
• Expertise designing and scaling APIs and their backing services.
• Comfortable advocating for product improvements using data insights and user research.

Nice to Haves

• Demonstrable interest in the social impact field.
• Familiarity with GraphQL.
• Fluency in HTML, CSS, and related web technologies.
• Demonstrated design and UX sensibilities.

Key Details

• Start Date: September 1, 2026
• Duration: Contract through July 1, 2027 (approx. 10 months)
• Openings: 2 positions
• Location: Remote, within the US
• Schedule: Full-time — 40 hours/week, 8 hours/day, 5 days/week
• Pay Rate: Up to $105.00/hour, commensurate with experience
• Engagement: Contract role through Maleda Tech