Software Engineer, Front End Developer, Full Stack Developer

Position Summary

Candid is a nonprofit that provides the most comprehensive data and insights about the social sector. We get you the information you need to do good. Candid currently has an opportunity for a Software Engineer. As a Mid-Level Software Engineer on the Pathfinders team, you will build engaging, accessible user interfaces and dynamic web applications using React, complemented by developing the C#/.NET

web APIs that power them. This is a full stack role with a front‑end emphasis with responsibilities spanning both the UI and its supporting services. You will collaborate with a cross‑functional product team to integrate diverse systems and deliver robust, secure data interactions, primarily in AWS with some workloads in Microsoft Azure. We are looking for someone who can come up to speed quickly, contribute to delivery from early on, and grow their skills alongside the team.

Software Engineer

Software Engineering Manager

35‑hour work week, Monday through Friday

$75,000 – $120,000 (NYC area and adjusted for other localities; factors such as skills and experience will also be considered).

Remote. In‑person attendance is expected twice per year during our annual, weeklong all‑staff summits. Additional in‑person meeting participation is expected at least once per quarter for senior leaders and at least once per month for the executive team. Staff not located in the NYC area are expected to travel for these meetings.

Health insurance (medical, dental, vision), retirement contribution with an option for a match, paid life insurance and AD&D, paid leave time (PTO, compassionate leave, volunteer, holiday, parental), short‑term and long‑term disability, pre‑tax transit, flexible spending accounts, supplemental insurance, summer hours, and PSLF‑eligible employer.

• Design and build high‑quality, accessible user interfaces and dynamic web applications using React, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, applying web accessibility standards.
• Develop and maintain the C#/.NET web APIs that power those front‑end experiences, ensuring code quality, security, and scalability.
• Own combined work that spans both the UI and its supporting APIs, delivering features end to end.
• Test your work for functionality, accessibility, and SEO, writing clean, cohesive, semantic, well‑tested code and applying object‑oriented principles to improve application architecture and design.
• Work primarily within AWS (and occasionally Microsoft Azure) to deploy, manage, and troubleshoot solutions.
• Participate in all phases of the software development lifecycle: requirement analysis, design, implementation, testing, and deployment.
• Use AI tools such as Claude (claude.ai, Cowork, and Claude Code) to accelerate development, improve code quality, and work more efficiently as part of your day‑to‑day engineering practice.
• Support continuous improvement by investigating alternative approaches and technologies across the full stack.
• Work within a cross‑functional product team operating under the Product Operating Model, collaborating with product management and design to deliver outcomes that solve real customer problems.
• Participate in an on‑call rotation to support production system reliability and respond to critical incidents as needed.
• Travel to the all‑staff gatherings that happen up to twice per year; attendance is expected unless an unavoidable situation arises.
• Perform other duties and special projects as assigned.

• 3+ years of professional software development experience building full stack web applications.
• Strong front‑end skills with React, including HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, and a solid grasp of web accessibility standards.
• Hands‑on experience building and maintaining web APIs with C#/.NET or another web API framework.
• Ability to work end to end across both the UI and its supporting APIs.
• Proficiency with Git and version control workflows.
  
  Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines and automated build and deployment practices.
• Tests work for functionality, accessibility, and SEO; writes well‑designed, testable, efficient code and applies object‑oriented principles.
• Ability to…