Staff Software Engineer

• Be a driver: Decide on key architecture changes and features that help us design, build, and maintain components that build user trust. Your systems thinking will help us make smart long-term decisions and mitigate risks
• Be a teacher: Share your technical expertise by helping us evolve our engineering best practices for code reviews, design, and development execution
• Be a mentor: Share your approach to fostering an engineering culture that helps us all grow as technical and inclusive leaders
• Be a collaborator: Work closely with our cross-functional teams such as Product, Design, and Data Engineering, to align technical work with product requirements that thoughtfully address user pain points and make our product more accessible for all (WCAG compliance)
• Be a technical steward: Lead release planning and operational readiness by helping the team build confidence in managing builds, deployments, and maintenance for mission-critical features. Your guidance will ensure reliability, stability, and shared ownership of our systems
• Be an advocate: Champion changes that matter such as continuous improvement, infrastructure upgrades that serve us at scale, performance optimizations, and technical debt reduction

You'll help build the future of our Organizer app platform that empowers communities nationwide, creating scalable, resilient systems that make a real impact on people's lives by strengthening civic engagement and community power.

• Proven experience building modern JavaScript/TypeScript solutions (Angular, React, or similar)
• Proven experience designing APIs and relational data models (GraphQL or equivalent)
• Proven experience leading feature delivery and managing releases in production systems
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to explain complex trade-offs clearly to technical and non-technical partners
• Demonstrated mentorship and technical leadership in team settings
• Familiarity with accessible web standards (WCAG compliance)

The Staff Software Engineer is a full-time, salaried position with a comprehensive benefits package. Our Culture of Care includes: Health, vision, and dental insurance with 100% of premiums covered for you and qualifying family members; Retirement benefits with a 5% employer match; A flexible unlimited PTO plan; Generous paid parental leave; Pre-tax commuter benefits; A company laptop; A flexible remote work environment; A home office setup stipend for all new employees; Monthly reimbursement for remote work expenses; A yearly professional development fund; Mental health and wellness benefits through Calm and Better Help; Yearly in-person staff retreats; A welcoming culture that celebrates diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging.

Murmuration helps organizations build power in their communities by organizing a network of values-aligned partners, providing data-driven insights, developing tools for organizing and engagement, and offering services to strengthen partners' capacity. They envision an America where every community has what it needs for healthy, free, and dignified lives, working to redesign systems to be just, equitable, and resilient.