Principal Engineer

You’ll join a small, collaborative team and drive the development of key backend features. Your work will directly impact our nonprofit partners and shape the future of our platform, with much of our roadmap ahead centered on greenfield projects. You'll lead critical engineering initiatives and play a pivotal role in our growth and success in 2025 and beyond! 
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If our mission speaks to you, and the work sounds interesting, and you are based in (or around) LA, we’d love to hear from you. Apply today!

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• Build a Membership Management solution to help nonprofits more effectively manage and support their members, with a focus on serving professional associations, religious organizations, zoos, libraries and performing arts nonprofits.
• Build a Volunteer Management system to activate community members to support organizations with their skills, which supports many schools and community-based organizations, amongst others.
• Implement a zero downtime deployment strategy in order to allow for production updates at any time.
• Support SDLC best practices and ensure effective monitoring of system performance and security.

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• About 7-10 years of experience designing, architecting, building, and scaling SaaS applications. 
• Experience as a lead developer on multiple projects. 
• Possess experience with (ideally Python/Django), Strawberry-GraphQL, PostgreSQL, AWS, Terraform, GitHub. Happy to consider Ruby, Node, or Java engineers as well.
• A highly collaborative, team-first oriented approach to work. 
• Experience creating cohesion and alignment across multiple teams.

• Ideally, experience in both enterprise and startup environments, with a skew toward startups.
• Ideally, a strong interest in, and passion for, the nonprofit sector.

• Opportunity to make a meaningful impact in the world
• Remote first work culture, with some in-person meetings 
• Collaborative and innovative work environment
• Competitive salary, benefits package and 401K
• Flexible vacation time 
• Team building offsites (Mexico in 2024)  
• Professional development and growth opportunities
• Company laptop provided, plus an equipment budget
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Compensation: $180,000 - $220,000, 10% bonus, equity incentives
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‍How to Apply
‍Interested candidates are invited to submit their resume to careers@instil.io. Instil is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age, disability, national or ethnic origin, military service status, citizenship, or other protected characteristic.

Instil will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable law. If you are in need of an accommodation in order to submit your application, please message us here: careers@instil.io. 
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Interview Process
‍Our interview processes may differ slightly from role-to-role; however, most interviews for our engineering roles will follow a similar pattern: 

1. Recruiter Interview
2. Hiring Manager Review
3. Technical Interview 
4. Team Interview 
5. Final Interview 
6. Decision    

We are an early-stage company, and our interview process will continue to evolve over time. However, our goal is to ensure that everyone who interviews with us has a positive experience, regardless of whether an offer is extended.