<div><strong>Front-End Software Engineer: Skills and Intangibles</strong><br><br></div><h3>YOUR DAY IN THE ROLE</h3><div>You would be doing front-end (HTML/CSS/JavaScript) engineering using Next.js and React to serve beautiful product experiences to our end users. You would help shape and sustain the front-end layer of our digital presence, working on both legacy and new web and apps projects that support Desiring God's mission and content delivery.<br><br>You’ll also work directly with our GraphQL API, which connects to a Ruby-based CMS, to query and render content throughout our front-end applications.<br><br></div><h3>WHO YOU ARE</h3><ul><li>A creative engineer that loves building beautiful interfaces, capable of building from scratch when needed, who holds themself to a high standard in all areas of work.</li><li>Deep familiarity with the usual suspects: JavaScript/TypeScript, CSS, and HTML, along with fluency in building modern user interfaces using React and Next.js.</li><li>Some familiarity with unusual suspects such as Ruby on Rails and file formats like epub, mp4, pdf, and more.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Culture:</strong></div><ul><li>Hungry to devote your time, talents, energies to bring to life DesiringGod.org’s teaching with the best product experiences and engineering designs.</li><li>Humble authenticity in heart posture, working with excellence but with others on the team in humility.</li><li>Smart with the skills of your domain expertise and engineering acumen, including interactions with the team, colleagues, and users.</li><li>Treasuring and embodying the truths of a Christian Hedonist.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>YOUR FUTURE TEAM</h3><ul><li>You would be joining an engineering team of four other engineers.</li><li>The Product team at Desiring God is responsible to deliver user experiences with our products, resources, and teachings with undistracted excellence. Product includes the Creative team, the Engineering team, and the video Production team.</li><li>As part of our current 10-year vision, we are developing a solid and healthy independent technical platform that enables ongoing, biblically faithful worldwide proclamation of truth.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>REQUIREMENTS FOR THE ROLE</h3><ul><li>Ability to adhere to our affirmation of faith.</li><li>Able to legally work in the United States without sponsorship.</li><li>Desiring God is a hybrid workplace, preference for this role is local to Minneapolis, MN.&nbsp;</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Interested to Learn More?</h3><div>Email us at <a href="mailto:careers@desiringgod.org?subject=Front%20End%20Engineer%20-%20Christian%20Tech%20Jobs">careers@desiringGod.org</a> for more details and a full job description and<br>application.</div>

Front-End Software Engineer

<div><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 85,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking a Full Stack Engineer for our Publishing product team, with significant experience (4+ years) in Ruby on Rails and a solid understanding of React. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data.</div><div><br></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications&nbsp;</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your designer and developer teammates&nbsp;</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another&nbsp;</li><li>Deploying to production with one click&nbsp;</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team&nbsp;</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools&nbsp;</li><li>Improving performance guided by Datadog and AWS Performance Insights&nbsp;</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from other developers</li></ul><h3><br>Who We Look For</h3><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><h3><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into development, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team</strong>.<br><br><em>Note: While we embrace the use of AI tools at Planning Center and see them as a valuable part of modern work, we kindly ask that you write your cover letter in your own voice. Whether or not you use tools to help get started, we're hoping the final result reflects your personal communication style and interest in the role. </em><br>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial phone screen with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers. During this time, we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, and you can ask any lingering questions you have for us.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Career Interview- We will thoroughly review your career history, exploring your past working experiences and leadership style.</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team&nbsp;</li><li><strong>4+ years of professional experience in Ruby on Rails</strong></li><li>Professional experience in React.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/about">core pillars</a> we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights, but you can find <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/careers">all our benefits here</a>.</div><div><br><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay competitive rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $146,600 - $175,000.</div><div><br><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><br><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a globally-focused non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div><div><br><strong>The pay range for this role is:</strong></div><div>146,600 - 175,000 USD per year (Remote)</div>

Full Stack Engineer, Publishing

<div><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 85,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking a Full Stack Engineer with strong experience in Ruby on Rails and optionally React. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data. As a member of the Trust &amp; Safety team, you will be heavily focused on protecting the experience of the platform from those who would misuse it. It’s a problem space filled with complex trade-offs and engineering challenges.</div><div><br></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications&nbsp;</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your designer and developer teammates&nbsp;</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another&nbsp;</li><li>Deploying to production with one click&nbsp;</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team&nbsp;</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools&nbsp;</li><li>Improving performance guided by Datadog and AWS Performance Insights&nbsp;</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from other developers</li></ul><h3><br>Who We Look For</h3><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><h3><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into development, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team. </strong>&nbsp;<br><br><em>Note: While we embrace the use of AI tools at Planning Center and see them as a valuable part of modern work, we kindly ask that you write your cover letter in your own voice. Whether or not you use tools to help get started, we're hoping the final result reflects your personal communication style and interest in the role. </em><br>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial phone screen with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers. During this time, we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, and you can ask any lingering questions you have for us.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Career Interview- We will thoroughly review your career history, exploring your past working experiences and leadership style.</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li><li><strong>4+ years of professional experience in Ruby on Rails</strong></li><li>Professional experience in React.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/about">core pillars</a> we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights, but you can find <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/careers">all our benefits here</a>.</div><div><br><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay competitive rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $146,600- $175,000.</div><div><br><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><br><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a globally-focused non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div><div><br><strong>The pay range for this role is:</strong></div><div>146,600 - 175,000 USD per year (Remote)</div>

Full Stack Engineer, Trust and Safety

<div><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 85,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking two Full Stack Engineers experienced in Ruby on Rails and React to join our Giving and Services teams. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature specs into technical specifications</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your fellow Full Stack Engineers and the teams UX Engineer</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another</li><li>Deploying to production with one click</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools</li><li>Improving overall product performance, including backend databases and frontend rendering</li><li>Maintain the stability of our products by keeping our tools and dependencies sharp and current</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from yours peers</li></ul><h3><br>Who We Look For</h3><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><h3><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into software engineering, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team. </strong>&nbsp;<br><br><em>Note: While we embrace the use of AI tools at Planning Center and see them as a valuable part of modern work, we kindly ask that you write your cover letter in your own voice. Whether or not you use tools to help get started, we're hoping the final result reflects your personal communication style and interest in the role. </em><br>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial phone screen with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers. During this time, we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, and you can ask any lingering questions you have for us.&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Career Interview- We will thoroughly review your career history, exploring your past working experiences and leadership style.</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li><li><strong>Three to five years of experience using Ruby on Rails and React</strong></li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/about">core pillars</a> we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights, but you can find <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/careers">all our benefits here</a>.</div><div><br><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay competitive rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $121,000 - $175,000.&nbsp;</div><div><br><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><br><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a globally-focused non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div><div><br><strong>The pay range for this role is:</strong></div><div>121,000 - 175,000 USD per year (Remote)</div>

Full Stack Engineer, Giving & Services

<div>The Senior Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><h3>Skills Needed to Succeed</h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul>

Senior Software Engineer

<div><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 80,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking several Full Stack Developers experienced in Ruby on Rails and React. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data.</div><div><br></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications&nbsp;</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your designer and developer teammates&nbsp;</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another&nbsp;</li><li>Deploying to production with one click&nbsp;</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team&nbsp;</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools&nbsp;</li><li>Improving performance guided by Datadog and AWS Performance Insights&nbsp;</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from other developers</li></ul><h3><br>Who We Look For</h3><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><h3><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>The teammates you’ll encounter along the way:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Our Talent Acquisition Specialist</li><li>A few of our Senior Engineering Managers</li><li>Several developers from the Engineering Department</li><li>The Engineering Manager you'll report to</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>For equitable reasons, we typically provide candidates with a timeline for hiring, so they can plan accordingly and determine early on in the process whether or not they can afford to wait on us; however, this particular round will stay open until </strong><strong><em>all</em></strong><strong> positions have been filled. Should you be offered a position here, the hiring team will discuss a start date that fits your schedule.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into development, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team. </strong>&nbsp;<br><br><em>(A word of caution for those using AI cover letters: When compared to the hundreds of other candidates who did the exact same thing, it becomes painfully obvious who took the AI first draft. If you're going to use these tools, we ask that you use them well. Please give our recruiter something a bit more human to read.)</em><br>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial phone screen with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Pairing Interview over Zoom with a few members of the team - this will be a bit more lighthearted&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers (<em>we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, </em>and you can<em> ask lingering questions you have about us</em>).</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li><li>Experience in Ruby on Rails and React.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/about">core pillars</a> we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights, but you can find <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/careers">all our benefits here</a>.</div><div><br><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay competitive rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $148,000 – $190,000.</div><div><br><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><br><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a globally-focused non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div><div>The pay range for this role is:</div><div>148,000 - 190,000 USD per year (Remote - United States)</div>

Full Stack Developer

<div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking several Full Stack Developers experienced in Ruby on Rails and React. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data.</div><div><br></div><h3>Responsibilities</h3><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications&nbsp;</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your designer and developer teammates&nbsp;</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another&nbsp;</li><li>Deploying to production with one click&nbsp;</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team&nbsp;</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools&nbsp;</li><li>Improving performance guided by Datadog and AWS Performance Insights&nbsp;</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from other developers</li></ul><h3><br>Who We Look For</h3><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><h3><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>The teammates you’ll encounter along the way:</div><ul><li>Our Talent Acquisition Specialist</li><li>A few of our Senior Engineering Managers</li><li>Several developers from the Engineering Department</li><li>The Engineering Manager you'll report to</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>For equitable reasons, we typically provide candidates with a timeline for hiring, so they can plan accordingly and determine early on in the process whether or not they can afford to wait on us; however, this particular round will stay open until </strong><strong><em>all</em></strong><strong> positions have been filled. Should you be offered a position here, the hiring team will discuss a start date that fits your schedule.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into development, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team. </strong>&nbsp;<br><br><em>(A word of caution for those using AI cover letters: When compared to the hundreds of other candidates who did the exact same thing, it becomes painfully obvious who took the AI first draft. If you're going to use these tools, we ask that you use them well. Please give our recruiter something a bit more human to read.)</em><br>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial phone screen with our Talent Acquisition Specialist to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Pairing Interview over Zoom with a few members of the team - this will be a bit more lighthearted&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers (<em>we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, </em>and you can<em> ask lingering questions you have about us</em>).</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li><li>Experience in Ruby on Rails and React.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the core pillars we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can.&nbsp;</div><div><br><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay competitive rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $148,000 – $190,000.</div><div><br><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><br><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a globally-focused non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div><div><br>The <strong>pay range</strong> for this role is:</div><div>148,000 - 190,000 USD per year (Remote - United States)</div><div><br><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 80,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.</div>

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br></div><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><div><br></div><h3>Skills Needed to Succeed</h3><ul><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits We Offer</strong></div><div>- Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.</div><div>- Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.&nbsp;</div><div>- Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.&nbsp;</div><div>- Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.&nbsp;</div><div>- Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.</div><div>- Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.</div><div>- Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!&nbsp;</div><div>-$160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.&nbsp;</div><div>- Casual dress and work environment.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Our Beliefs, Culture, and Commitment to Diversity</strong></div><div>At Life.Church, every staff member, and intern is a minister and is expected to engage in the church's ministry fully. We consider ministry readiness and an individual’s capacity to represent Life.Church’s beliefs as a minister during the selection process for all staff and intern positions. An essential function within every position held by a staff member or intern at Life.Church is to uphold and represent the beliefs of Life.Church.</div>

Frontend Staff Engineer

<div>As our <strong>Full Stack Developer </strong>at <span style="background-color: highlight;">Undershepherd</span>, you’ll be the ultimate jack-of-all-trades and work alongside the founder to continue to develop out the product. Whether you’re writing code, brainstorming product features, or troubleshooting bugs, you’ll be at the heart of it all. Bonus points if you’ve got React Native or Ruby on Rails skills—double bonus if you’ve got both!<br><br></div><div>🛠️ <strong>What You’ll Do</strong>:</div><ul><li>Build, test, and deploy awesome features using React Native or Ruby on Rails (or both!).</li><li>Collaborate with our tiny-but-mighty team to bring ideas to life.</li><li>Problem-solve like a champ and embrace the startup life.</li><li>Learn, adapt, and grow alongside the team as we figure things out together.<br><br></li></ul><div>💡 <strong>What We’re Looking For</strong>:</div><ul><li>A doer with a "figure it out" mentality.</li><li>Proficiency in React Native or Ruby on Rails (or the passion to learn one if you know the other).</li><li>Someone who thrives in the dynamic, ever-changing world of startups.</li><li>A love of creative problem-solving.<br><br></li></ul><div>✨ <strong>Why You’ll Love It Here</strong>:</div><ul><li>Flexible work environment where your ideas matter.</li><li>The chance to grow with a company that’s going places.</li><li>A supportive and encouraging work environment.<br><br></li></ul><div>Ready to take the leap? Let’s build something amazing together! 🎉</div>

Full Stack Developer - Contract

<div>Do you have a heart for serving the church and helping people?<br><br></div><div>The Igniter Company is looking to expand our software development team to include experienced individuals capable of “full-stack” ownership of our custom software solutions. We create and maintain leading church media platforms, including IgniterMedia.com and Lightstock.com.<br><br></div><h3><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li>Design, develop, and maintain company’s web applications, as specified by the leadership and development teams.</li><li>Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code.</li><li>Ensure engineering excellence through active participation in code reviews, automated testing, issue tracking, and change management.</li><li>Translate UX/UI designs from the creative team with pixel-perfect implementation.</li><li>Create a great user experience on our websites by evaluating existing UX and proposing changes as needed.</li><li>Use “best practice” standards in HTML, CSS, &amp; JavaScript and other languages; stay current with ongoing changes in these best practices.</li><li>Act as the “de facto” webmaster for the company’s websites.</li><li>Operate as a full stack engineer, developing and maintaining code on the front and back end.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>Proven work experience (3+ years) as a Software Engineer or Software Developer.</li><li>Experience with server-side web development, in a team or solo environment. Experience with the Ruby on Rails framework is preferred.</li><li>Experience developing responsive web applications using front-end technologies such as JavaScript, TypeScript, React, etc.</li><li>Proficiency in software engineering tools, such as git, CI/CD, docker, terraform, etc.</li><li>Ability to gather and refine project requirements and deliver technical solutions to fit.</li><li>Foundational understanding of web applications and relational databases.</li><li>Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, especially AWS services.</li><li>A genuine interest in using software to solve real-world challenges and support people.</li><li>Intellectual curiosity and a desire to learn and grow.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Benefits</strong></div><ul><li>Competitive compensation</li><li>Excellent paid-time-off allowance w/generous Holiday Schedule</li><li>401(k) plan w/Company Match</li><li>Medical, Dental and Vision insurance</li><li>Life and Long &amp; Short Term Disability Insurance</li><li>Casual work environment and excellent work/life balance</li></ul><div><br><strong>While our preference is to find someone able to work in-office in Richardson, TX, we are open to hybrid or full-remote candidates.</strong></div>

Software Engineer

<div>As a <strong>Senior Web Developer </strong>you will be joining our web team to assist in the development and maintenance of new and existing systems that enable customers to purchase and use our software with ease.</div><div><br><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Help provide technical leadership and guidance to the development team</li><li>Architect solutions that balance functionality, performance, and scalability</li><li>Identify and address technical debt and architectural deficiencies</li><li>Evaluate and recommend new technologies and tools to improve development processes</li><li>Collaborate with stakeholders to define project scope, requirements, and timelines</li><li>Create, review, and approve technical designs and implementations</li><li>Act as a subject matter expert, providing insights and recommendations on web development best practices</li></ul><div><br><strong>Minimum Requirements</strong></div><ul><li>Comfortable taking on technical ownership of projects, or large features on highly complex projects.</li><li>5+ years professional experience as a software engineer in a work environment</li><li>3+ years Laravel/Django/Rails professional experience in a work environment</li><li>2+ years application design/architecture experience</li><li>Advanced knowledge of React/JavaScript/TypeScript/HTML/CSS</li><li>Advanced knowledge of database architecture and design</li><li>Excellent verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail</li><li>Must be able to work Eastern Standard Time hours of 9am to 5pm</li></ul><div><br><strong>Nice to Haves</strong></div><ul><li>Experience working in an agile environment, with a deep knowledge and understanding of how Renewed Vision Products (ProPresenter, PVP, ProVideoServer, Scoreboard) are used in production environments.</li><li>DevOps experience</li></ul>

Senior Web Developer

<div><strong>About Planning Center</strong></div><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 80,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><div><strong>About the Work</strong></div><div>We’re seeking several Full Stack Developers experienced in Ruby on Rails and React. You’ll work on building out new features from start to finish, refining existing features, improving performance, and ensuring the security of our customer’s data.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities</strong></div><ul><li>Translating the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications&nbsp;</li><li>Implementing those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request</li><li>Pairing with your designer and developer teammates&nbsp;</li><li>Reviewing your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another&nbsp;</li><li>Deploying to production with one click&nbsp;</li><li>Investigating customer-reported bugs that have been triaged and researched by our fantastic support team&nbsp;</li><li>Diagnosing errors that come in through our error monitoring tools&nbsp;</li><li>Improving performance guided by Datadog and AWS Performance Insights&nbsp;</li><li>Participating in book and code clubs to learn with/from other developers</li></ul><div><br><strong>Who We Look For</strong></div><div>The best fits for any role on the Planning Center team are people embodying our <strong>Core Values:</strong></div><ul><li>&nbsp;<strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customer’s best interests in our decision-making—we can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li>&nbsp;<strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br></div><div>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>The Hiring Process</strong></div><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several members of our team. We strongly encourage you to bring any questions to anybody you interact with. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.</div><div><br></div><div>The teammates you’ll encounter along the way:</div><div><br></div><ul><li>Our Recruiting and Growth Strategist</li><li>A few of our Senior Engineering Managers</li><li>Several developers from the Product Department</li><li>The Engineering Manager you'll report to</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>For equitable reasons, we typically provide candidates with a timeline for hiring, so they can plan accordingly and determine early on in the process whether or not they can afford to wait on us; however, this particular round will stay open until </strong><strong><em>all</em></strong><strong> positions have been filled. Should you be offered a position here, the hiring team will discuss a start date that fits your schedule.</strong></div><div><br></div><div>Below is an outline of the steps in our hiring process.</div><div><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter should speak directly to your interest in this position. We want to know what got you into development, how your experience has set you up for success in this role, and why you want to join our team. </strong>&nbsp;<br><br><em>(A word of caution for those using AI cover letters: When compared to the hundreds of other candidates who did the exact same thing, it becomes painfully obvious who took the AI first draft. If you're going to use these tools, we ask that you use them well. Please give our recruiter something a bit more human to read.)<br></em>&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: If selected to move forward, an invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your developer prowess</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: Initial "blind screen" with our recruiter to get to know one another and discuss work and culture</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Pairing Interview over Zoom with a few members of the team - this will be a bit more lighthearted&nbsp;</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Technical Interview with a few developers (<em>we'll discuss your work experience, methodologies, and you can ask lingering questions you have about us</em>).</li><li><strong>Step Six:</strong> Pending all goes well, we'll extend an offer</li></ul><div><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li><li>Experience in <strong>Ruby on Rails</strong> and <strong>React</strong>, with strong competency in at least one.</li></ol><div><br></div><div><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/about">core pillars</a> we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can. Here are a few highlights, but you can find <a href="https://www.planningcenter.com/careers">all our benefits here</a>.</div><div><strong><br>Get paid:</strong> We pay in the top 10% of the New York City rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $148,292 – $190,661.</div><div><strong><br>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.</div><div><strong><br>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.<br><br></div><div><strong>The pay range for this role is:</strong></div><div>148,292 - 190,661 USD per year (Remote - United States)</div>

<div>The Staff Engineer is primarily responsible for developing software for each platform and product they support and will approve code created by junior or mid-level engineers. This role will partner with other engineers to offer guidance on best practices, ensure that tasks are well thought out and documented and that the team has the same technical strategy. The Staff Engineer utilizes their skills to deliver technical outcomes that align with the direction of their team to further Life.Church’s mission and to reach people for Christ.</div><div><br></div><div>At Life.Church, we exist to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ. It’s been our mission since 1996 and has guided us every day. Leading people isn’t just an expectation; it’s a necessity.&nbsp; It’s a cornerstone of our culture. That's why we’re always seeking leaders—leaders like you—to bring your skills to life. We are one church meeting in multiple locations, and we want to help you become the person God made you to be.</div><div><br></div><div>The Digital Product Team leverages technology to reach people worldwide, connecting them to our ministry and each other through our website, apps, and all Life.Church locations. Our apps serve our attenders by connecting them with our church and helping facilitate their growth as a fully devoted follower of Christ. It doesn't get much better than that!</div><div><br><strong>What You'll Do</strong></div><ul><li>Develop organizational software by using the appropriate tools and techniques for each platform in span of care.</li><li>Collaborate with various teams and team members to determine the technical approach and to organize development plans.</li><li>Evaluate complexity of tasks and provide realistic estimates on level of effort and completion time.</li><li>Manage the release process of any software changes.</li><li>Oversee contractors, vendors, and/or volunteers who are working within the domain of Life.Church products.</li><li>Provide support to other Interactive engineers through code and architectural reviews.</li><li>Partner with junior and mid-level engineers to offer training and guidance on best practices.</li><li>Help ensure that other engineers are moving in the same technical direction.</li><li>Maintain strategic outlook to plan for future development of processes and team.</li><li>Provide technical support on escalated software issues.</li><li>Research industry best practices and new technologies or tools that could be implemented at <a href="http://life.church/">Life.Church</a>.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Skills Needed to Succeed</strong></div><ul><li>Proficient in web technologies, such as Ruby, Ruby on Rails framework, Active Record, CRUD architecture, MVC architecture, background/worker systems such as sidekiq</li><li>Also experienced in Javascript, Coffeescript, and CSS frameworks such as SASS, SCSS, or <a href="http://tailwind.js/">Tailwind.js</a></li><li>Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills to maintain relationships and partnerships.</li><li>Maintain a systematic and organized approach to completing assignments accurately, thoroughly, and timely.</li><li>Clearly explain complicated and detailed processes in a concise and simple way.</li><li>Ability to self-motivate, take initiative, make independent decisions, and problem-solve.</li><li>Ability to collaborate in a team environment and work independently.</li><li>Ability to maintain composure during stressful situations.</li><li>Own technical design for projects and understands, and articulates, the tradeoffs in creating high-quality software.</li><li>Bachelor’s degree, Computer Science, or related field preferred.</li><li>3+ years of related work experience.</li></ul>

Frontend Staff Engineer 

<h3>About Planning Center</h3><div>Planning Center, established in 2006, has grown to support over 80,000 churches worldwide. As an independent company, we pride ourselves on being debt-free with no outside investors. Churches use our tools to communicate and connect with their congregations, organize information, and coordinate events. We’re committed to building great products that solve real problems using web and mobile products.<br><br></div><div>Our team enjoys the flexibility of remote work, utilizing tools like Asana, Slack, Notion, and Zoom for collaboration. We gather quarterly at our main office in Carlsbad, CA, fostering our work relationships.<br><br></div><h3>About the Work</h3><div>You’ll be responsible for maintaining and improving our infrastructure, development tools, and automated services as we grow to support 100,000 churches and beyond. Our Platform team is heavily invested in the AWS ecosystem, so you'll work with Aurora MySQL, Elastic Container Service (ECS), Lambda, S3, SNS, DynamoDB, CloudFormation, and EC2. Other key parts of our stack include Ruby on Rails, OpenSearch, and Datadog.<br><br></div><div><strong>What a typical week might look like</strong>:</div><ul><li>Increasing our alert coverage and creating informative dashboards in Datadog</li><li>Analyzing query performance in MySQL, validating and running database migrations, or restoring a table from a backup</li><li>Architect and write a new internal tool or automation for a product team</li><li>Deploy a service to ECS or Lambda</li><li>Produce and maintain documentation on installations, incidents, and procedures</li><li>Help with log collection and analysis</li><li>Troubleshoot application performance issues</li><li>Implement or update a security requirement for compliance</li></ul><div><br>We run an on-call rotation so you will have to feel comfortable with participating in the rotation on a schedule.<br><br></div><h3>Who We Look For</h3><div>We offer a culture that emphasizes continuous learning, work-life balance, and a meaningful impact on our customer community. Our <strong>Core Values</strong> shape our work:</div><ul><li><strong>Engage with Humility -</strong> We actively participate with openness and receptiveness. We are ready to listen, learn, and speak thoughtfully and kindly—regardless of skill level, expertise, or place on the org chart.</li><li><strong>Invest in our team -</strong> We give our time and energy to our team’s success—improving collaboration with effective communication, making space for diverse perspectives, sharing knowledge, and asking questions.</li><li><strong>Do Our Best Work -</strong> We aspire to do our best possible work—continually looking for ways to improve the quality of our individual output and contribute to our team's overall success and growth.</li><li><strong>Focus on Customer Impact -</strong> We advocate for our customers' best interests in our decision-making. We can trace the goal of every project back to creating positive value for our customers.</li><li><strong>Think Holistically, Work Iteratively -</strong> We focus on taking practical steps towards our goals with an awareness of the broader context—thinking big, working small.</li></ul><div><br>We believe the strongest teams comprise people with diverse backgrounds and experiences, and we are committed to cultivating that diversity here at Planning Center. We're building an inclusive, supportive place for you to do your best work. You'll join a company where your contributions are valued and your well-being matters.<br><br></div><h3>The Hiring Process</h3><div>During the hiring process, you’ll have a chance to interact with several team members. We strongly encourage you to bring questions to each stage of the interview process. You’re interviewing us as much as we’re interviewing you.<br><br></div><div><strong>Due to the nature of this position, applications will be accepted until we fill this role. If applying, please note that we will do our best to move candidates through the interview process quickly, but we intend to hire the right person, which will likely take time. We appreciate your patience.</strong></div><div><br>Below is an outline of our hiring process.<br><br></div><ul><li><strong>Step One</strong>: Apply with a resume and cover letter. <strong>Your cover letter </strong><strong><em>should speak directly to your interest in this position</em></strong><strong>. We want to know how your experience has set you up for success in this role and why you want to join our team.<br></strong><em><br>(A word of caution for those using AI cover letters: When compared to the hundreds of other candidates who did the exact same thing, it becomes painfully obvious who took the AI first draft. If you're going to use these tools, we ask that you use them well. Give our recruiter something a bit more human to read.)<br></em><br></li><li><strong>Step Two</strong>: Initial blind screen with our recruiter to get to know one another and discuss work and culture.</li><li><strong>Step Three</strong>: An invitation to an online coding assessment to get a rough understanding of your skills.</li><li><strong>Step Four</strong>: Technical interview with a few engineers (<em>We'll discuss your coding submission, work experience, methodologies, and ask lingering questions you have about us</em>).</li><li><strong>Step Five</strong>: Team Interview with our Platform Team so each member can get to know you.</li><li><strong>Step Six</strong>: Pending all goes well, an offer will be extended.</li></ul><div><br><em>* Research shows that while men apply to jobs when they meet ~60% of the criteria, women and those in underrepresented groups in tech, tend to apply only when they check every box. If you’re unsure if your experience qualifies strong competency, we’d still love to hear from you and see if you're a good fit!<br></em><br></div><div><strong>Requirements</strong></div><ol><li>Reside in the United States</li><li>Eligible to work in the United States (<em>we are currently </em><strong><em>unable</em></strong><em> to offer employment to those with H-1B visas</em>)</li><li>Be willing to travel four times each year to connect with the rest of the team (not during a pandemic)</li></ol><div><br><strong>Benefits</strong></div><div>We love our team. It’s one of the core pillars&nbsp;we work off of every day, which is why we take care of you as best we can.<br><br></div><div><strong>Get paid:</strong> We pay in the top 10% of the New York City rates no matter where you live, contribute to your 401k, provide a charitable giving match of up to $2,000 a year, have a generous allowance for continued education, and offer a co-working stipend. The annual salary range for this position is $169,751 – $194,002.<br><br></div><div><strong>Be healthy:</strong> Generous paid sick time and vacation time, $200 a month for physical fitness and mental health, 95% medical &amp; 100% dental premium health coverage.<br><br></div><div><strong>Get out:</strong> Paid Fridays off in the summer, every other Friday off the rest of the year, a month-long sabbatical every five years, one week off between Christmas &amp; New Year, one week off a year to serve with a non-profit, and two weeks paid vacation a year increasing to three over time.</div>

Platform Engineer

<div><strong>Your role, in a nutshell</strong></div><div>We are on the lookout for a Senior Software Developer who combines a clear understanding of user-focused design with the technical know-how to turn complex challenges into reliable software. In this role, you’ll be expected to write code that is as understandable as it is efficient, prioritize maintainable and scalable solutions, and navigate through the full development cycle with a degree of independence and initiative.<br><br></div><div>Your ability to work autonomously and drive projects to completion, paired with your readiness to step in as a mentor and collaborator, will make you an integral part of our mission. If you’re a developer who takes pride in crafting seamless digital experiences and is always eager to engage with new technologies, we’re eager to meet you.<br><br></div><div><strong>The Product</strong></div><div>Founded in 2011, our mission is to form resilient disciples by connecting and empowering every part of the Church. We integrate digital tools, ministry partnerships, data, and strategy consulting to equip the Church to reinvigorate the faithful and foster deep spiritual community.<br><br></div><div>At the heart of Glass Canvas, we are about unlocking the ministry potential of our customers through equipping them with unified infrastructure, formation resources, and ongoing mission support. We believe in the power of unity and resilience, shaping the Church of today and tomorrow.<br><br></div><div><strong>Ministry Tools</strong></div><div><strong>‍</strong>Our technology helps you network your subsidiaries together, and amplify your ministry effort. Designed specifically for the Church from the ground up with a ministry focus so that you can better know and serve your people.<br><br></div><div>‍<strong>Ministry Services</strong></div><div><strong>‍</strong>Designed to support busy diocesan directors reach specific mission-focused objectives. We curate the best content, create thematic series, craft email templates, and package everything in easy to use formats to save you time and make it feel like you’ve got an agency working behind you.<br><br></div><div>‍<strong>Ministry Success</strong></div><div><strong>‍</strong>Our team is dedicated to ensuring that every facet of the Tilma platform is leveraged to achieve your unique goals and priorities. We foster a collaborative community, to enrich the Tilma experience and empower diocesan success.</div><div><br></div><div><strong>Responsibilities<br></strong><br></div><div><strong>Collaboration and Leadership</strong></div><ul><li>Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align development with company goals.</li><li>Mentor junior developers, fostering a culture of technical excellence.</li><li>Lead key development projects, overseeing the full lifecycle from planning and building to deployment and maintenance.</li><li>Helping to plan, build, deploy, and manage new and existing systems, infrastructure, and features.</li><li>Foster innovation by proposing and implementing scalable and maintainable code improvements.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Product Strategy Contribution</strong></div><ul><li>Influence product roadmap and strategy with technical insights.</li><li>Evaluate the feasibility of new features or changes.</li><li>Balance technical debt with new development.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Technical Execution</strong></div><ul><li>Rapidly adapt to new technologies and changing project scopes.</li><li>Innovate and improve code practices for scalability and maintainability.</li><li>Develop clean, efficient code that meets architectural standards.</li><li>Maintain high standards for code quality through regular reviews and refactoring.</li><li>Solving complex problems with scalable and maintainable solutions.</li><li>Optimizing application performance.</li><li>Write and maintain automated tests in a pragmatic way - identifying the right tests for the right purposes.</li></ul><div><br><strong>​​Training and Development</strong></div><ul><li>Pursue ongoing professional development to stay at the forefront of industry innovations and best practices.</li><li>Share knowledge with team members.</li><li>Contribute to internal documentation and educational resources.</li></ul><div><br><strong>Project Management</strong></div><ul><li>Estimate and implement solutions including the interplay between the database, backend, and frontend technologies in a clean, robust way.</li><li>Break down complex projects into manageable phases and tasks.</li><li>Keep work prioritized, meeting deadlines and adapting to new developments.<br>‍</li></ul><div><strong>Required Qualifications</strong></div><ul><li>Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in software development, with a proven track record of successful projects.</li><li>Proven autonomy in taking ownership of new projects and driving them forward, displaying a capacity for self-direction and initiative.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to independently manage complex technical projects while effectively collaborating with cross-functional teams to integrate diverse perspectives and expertise.</li><li>Demonstrated experience with leading project teams and mentoring junior developers.</li><li>Strong proficiency in multiple programming languages and frameworks such as Ruby on Rails, Node, React, Svelte, or equivalent.</li><li>Experience with database design, management, and optimization for complex data models in relational databases, knowledge of other database architectures and their applications is a plus.</li><li>Solid understanding of RESTful API integration and experience with GraphQL is a plus.</li><li>Advanced knowledge of version control systems, specifically Git, and workflow management tools such as JIRA or Asana.</li><li>Expertise in front-end technologies, including HTML, CSS, Typescript, JavaScript, and bundlers such as webpack or vite.</li><li>Strong analytical skills and the ability to solve complex problems with innovative and scalable solutions.</li><li>Familiarity with agile development methodologies and the ability to adapt technical strategies to changing priorities and deadlines.</li></ul>

Senior Developer

<div><strong>HOW YOU WILL IMPACT THE BIG PICTURE:</strong></div><div>As an EWTN Full Stack Developer, you will be responsible for EWTN’s frontend and backend development for its various sites and web applications ensuring seamless integration and efficient performance across the entire software stack.<br><br></div><div><strong>WHAT YOU WILL DO:</strong></div><ul><li>You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including designers and other internal and external developers, to understand project requirements and translate them into technical specifications.</li><li>You will develop user-friendly, responsive web applications using the latest frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and modern frameworks like React, Angular, or Vue.js.</li><li>You will implement robust, scalable backend solutions using server-side technologies like Ruby/Rails, Node.js, Next.js, Python.</li><li>You will design and optimize database schemas, ensuring efficient data storage and retrieval.</li><li>You will create and consume RESTful APIs to integrate frontend and backend systems.</li><li>You will conduct thorough testing and debugging to ensure the quality and performance of applications; collaborate with the DevOps team to ensure smooth deployment and continuous integration of applications.</li><li>You will perform code reviews and provide constructive feedback to maintain code quality and adherence to best practices.</li><li>You will assist in troubleshooting and resolving technical issues in production environments.</li></ul><div><br><strong>ABOUT YOU:</strong></div><ul><li>You have proven experience as a Full Stack Developer or similar role, with a solid understanding of web development technologies and frameworks and a solid portfolio of completed projects.</li><li>You are extremely proficient in frontend technologies such as HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, and popular frameworks/libraries like React, Angular, or Vue.js), and responsive design principles.</li><li>You possess strong back-end development skills with solid understanding of server-side technologies such as Ruby/Rails, Node.js, Python, or Next.js.</li><li>You have experience with database systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, or similar.</li><li>You have experience with version control systems (in particular, Git).</li><li>You are familiar with agile development methodologies.</li><li>Knowledge of software testing and debugging techniques to ensure high-quality code and experience with testing frameworks.</li><li>You are able to work independently and as part of a team, with excellent communication, collaboration and problem-solving skills to effectively communicate complex ideas and technical concepts.</li><li>You are able to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.</li><li>Practicing Catholic with an understanding of the faith and EWTN’s mission is preferred.</li></ul><div><br><strong>WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE:</strong></div><ul><li>We offer a career with purpose! Apply your God-given talents, knowing your contributions help advance EWTN’s mission of sharing the Gospel with the world.</li><li>Family-oriented working environment. We value the importance of work/life balance, and welcome you as an EWTN family member, not just an employee.</li><li>Worship at work! Freedom to participate in daily Mass, Adoration, and prayer throughout your workday.</li><li>Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, Vision, Life/Disability insurance and Retirement Savings Plan.</li><li>11 Paid Holidays and generous Paid Time Off program.</li><li>Tuition reimbursement for online continuing education and degree programs through our partnership with Catholic Distance University.</li><li>Potential for flexible hours and telecommuting may be possible dependent upon the position and department needs.</li><li>Ability to learn alongside legacy employees while bringing new ideas to the growing team!</li></ul>

<div><strong>Onsite Work Only:</strong> Franklin, TN - Flex Hours Options Available<br>Relocation Assistance Available<br><br><strong>About the Team:</strong><br>Our Front-end, Back-end, and Full Stack Developers are building real-world digital products like Financial Peace, SmartDollar, EntreLeadership, and so much more.&nbsp; Our applications serve millions of users in life-changing ways.&nbsp;<br><br>Our tech stack is constantly evolving to include new languages and frameworks on the front-end and back-end. Our primary tech stack for web development is Spring Boot (utilizing Java or Kotlin), Ruby on Rails, and JavaScript frontends (using either React or VueJS) backed by RESTful microservices written in Java or Kotlin. For our mobile development we are using C# with Xamarin and React Native.<br><br>We follow Agile methodologies, specifically Kanban. We're leveraging CI/CD, TDD, and cloud (AWS) infrastructure.<br><br></div><div><strong>What winning in this role looks like:</strong></div><ul><li>Building world-class, highly responsive consumer web applications and websites that reach MILLIONS of people in front-end or back-end languages</li><li>Collaborating with team members to create technical solutions and solving problems</li><li>Developing prototypes as well as industrial-strength products with ease and flexibility</li><li>Practicing test-driven development (unit testing, integration testing)</li></ul><div><br><strong>The skills you need to win:</strong></div><ul><li>3-10+ years of web development experience in any OOP language</li><li>Experience building custom interface components and clean, portable code; design systems knowledge is a plus</li><li>Experience building applications that scale and in accordance with industry best practices</li><li>Experience working on Agile teams (SCRUM or Kanban preferred)</li><li>A willingness to learn new technologies or languages as our tech stack changes</li></ul><div><br>$65,000 - $114,000/year* + profit sharing + benefits<br>*Range depends on level of skill and overall experience<br><br>It's a calling, and we're on a mission to change lives. Join the crusade! Apply now.<br><br>Are you an experienced developer who isn't ready to apply but is interested in hearing more?&nbsp; <a href="https://jobs.jobvite.com/j?aj=oF79ffwU&amp;s=Virtual_Coffee_Job_Description"><strong>Click Here</strong></a> to request an informal virtual coffee meeting with one of our developers!<br><br></div><div><strong>EOE, including disability/vets</strong></div>

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