Technical Lead​/Head of Engineering; Mission-Driven Rideshare Platform

Overview

The Loop Roots Foundation is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization dedicated to supporting justice-impacted families through transportation, therapy, and technology-driven programs. Our mission is to remove the physical, financial, and emotional barriers that prevent families from maintaining meaningful connections with incarcerated loved ones, accessing mental health care, or navigating reentry. Founded in 2025, the Loop Roots Foundation operates nationally, with an initial focus on underserved communities in Maryland, Arizona, Pennsylvania, New Mexico, California, and Virginia.

Our key initiatives include:

• Loop Connect: A ride credit sponsorship platform that provides free or subsidized rides to prison visitation facilities, allowing families to stay in contact during incarceration.
• Loop Talk: A HIPAA-compliant virtual therapy program offering trauma-informed mental health care to justice-impacted individuals and caregivers, including children.
• Loop Troop Rideshare Partnership:
  We collaborate with the Loop Troop Rideshare platform to ensure families have access to safe, reliable, and culturally competent transportation services.

The Loop Roots Foundation is committed to using community-based, technology-enabled tools to restore dignity, promote healing, and reduce generational harm. All of our programs are offered without discrimination to build a truly supportive ecosystem for families across the U.S.

Remote (U.S. preferred)

20–25 hours per week

Volunteer / Training & Experience-Based

Loop Roots Foundation is a nonprofit organization focused on reentry support for individuals and families impacted by incarceration. Our work includes transportation access, housing stabilization, workforce reintegration, and community-based technology solutions. We are currently building a mission-driven rideshare and service platform designed to address transportation barriers for reentering citizens and underserved communities.

Loop Roots Foundation is seeking a Technical Lead to help guide the early-stage development and deployment of our nonprofit rideshare application and supporting digital infrastructure. This role is ideal for someone looking to gain real-world leadership experience, nonprofit tech exposure, and hands-on involvement in building a platform from the ground up.

The Technical Lead will help translate vision into execution by coordinating development efforts, advising on architecture decisions, and helping prepare the platform for proof of concept and pilot launch.

This is a training-based, unpaid role intended for individuals seeking experience, leadership development, portfolio work, and nonprofit impact.

• Provide technical leadership and guidance for the rideshare app and foundation technology initiatives
• Help define the technical roadmap, MVP scope, and deployment phases
• Coordinate with volunteer developers, designers, and product contributors
• Review technical decisions related to architecture, security, scalability, and integrations
• Support setup of development workflows, documentation, and version control
• Assist leadership in preparing the platform for proof of concept, waitlist launch, and pilot testing
• Ensure technology decisions align with nonprofit compliance, privacy, and data protection standards

• Experience with software development, engineering, or technical project leadership
• Familiarity with mobile app development, web platforms, or SaaS products
• Understanding of APIs, databases, cloud infrastructure, or Dev Ops is a plus
• Strong communication skills and ability to work with non-technical stakeholders
• Interest in social impact, nonprofit technology, or civic tech
• Ability to commit 20–25 hours per week consistently

• Hands-on experience leading a real nonprofit technology initiative
• Opportunity to shape a platform focused on social justice and reentry support
• Leadership and project management experience
• Portfolio-building work and professional references
• Training, mentorship, and exposure to nonprofit startup operations