About us
CallHub provides cloud based communication software for nonprofits, political parties, advocacy organizations and businesses. We have delivered over 200 millions messages and calls for thousands of customers. We help political candidates during their campaigns in getting their message across to their voters, conduct surveys, manage event/town-hall invites and with recruiting volunteers for election campaigns. We are profitable with 8000+ paying customers from North America, Australia and Europe. Our customers include Uber, the Democratic Party, major political parties in the US, Canada, UK, France and Australia.
About the Role
As a Senior/Lead Software Engineer at CallHub, you will play a critical role in leading the development and enhancement of our cloud-based communication and telephony platform (SaaS). You will be responsible for designing, building, and optimizing scalable, high-performance backend systems that support the rapid growth of our global user base, ensuring reliability, security, and customer satisfaction at every step. In this role, you will collaborate with cross-functional teams of highly skilled software engineers, operations engineers, and product managers to drive innovation and create products that delight customers by exceeding their expectations. You will lead technical decision-making, mentor engineers, and be responsible for building robust systems that are always available, while also contributing to the development of automation tools to streamline processes and improve efficiency. We are seeking experienced engineers with a deep understanding of software engineering principles, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for leading teams to deliver impactful, customer-focused solutions. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, love solving complex technical challenges, and are excited about mentoring and guiding the next generation of engineers, we’d love to hear from you!
Your Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and deployment of complex, scalable, reliable, and highly available features for world-class SaaS products and services.
- Guide the engineering team in adopting best practices for software development, code quality, and architecture.
- Make strategic architectural and technical decisions, ensuring the scalability, security, and performance of software applications.
- Proactively identify, prioritize, and address technical debt to improve system performance, maintainability, and long-term scalability, ensuring a solid foundation for future development.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (product managers, designers, and stakeholders) to define project scope, requirements, and timelines.
- Mentor and coach team members, providing technical guidance and fostering professional development.
- Oversee code reviews, ensuring adherence to best practices and maintaining high code quality standards.
- Drive continuous improvement in development processes, tools, and technologies to increase team productivity and product quality.
- Stay updated with the latest industry trends and emerging technologies to drive innovation and keep the team at the cutting edge.
- Ensure project timelines and goals are met, managing risks and resolving any technical challenges that arise during development.
- Foster a collaborative and inclusive team culture, promoting open communication and problem-solving.
- Imbibe and maintain a strong customer delight attitude while designing and building products.
What we’re looking for
- 6+ years of experience in software engineering, with a proven track record of leading engineering teams and mentoring junior developers.
- Strong expertise in designing and developing scalable backend systems, web services, and REST APIs using Python/Django or similar frameworks.
- Solid understanding of cloud-based architectures and microservices, with experience in deploying and maintaining SaaS applications.
- Solid experience in software engineering principles, including CI/CD pipelines, unit testing, code reviews, and version control (e.g., Git).
- Proficiency in working with databases like PostgreSQL, and experience in optimizing queries and ensuring high availability.
- Deep knowledge of computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and software design principles.
- Experience with frontend technologies such as React, JavaScript, HTML, and CSS, and an understanding of how they integrate with backend services.
- Ability to quickly adapt to new technologies and make informed technical decisions in dynamic environments.
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to empathize with customer needs and translate them into impactful software solutions.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate technical concepts to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
- Collaborative team player, willing to support and work closely with cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering or Computer Science from a reputable institution.
What you can look forward to
- Leadership and Ownership: Lead and oversee the entire software development lifecycle, from system design and development (backend and frontend) to QA and DevOps, with a focus on driving high-impact projects.
- Strategic Impact: Witness the direct impact of your work on our users and the overall success of the company, shaping products and solutions that make a significant difference.
- Innovative Technologies: Stay at the forefront of technology by working with the latest tools and frameworks, as we continuously innovate to deliver reliable and scalable solutions for our customers.
- Collaborative Culture: Engage in a culture of openness and collaboration, where your insights and leadership help drive the company’s success and delight our customers.
About CallHub
Founded in 2011, CallHub is an easy to use and award winning voice broadcasting, phone banking and SMS broadcast software that seamlessly integrates with users' existing systems. They are used across 200 countries and world renowned campaigns run by Uber, Greenpeace, Harvard University, Princeton University, Change.org, Save the Children, United Workers Union, among many others.
Check out the video below for a sneak peek into the product!
CallHub, headquartered in Washington DC, is the leading digital organizing platform for political campaigns, nonprofits, advocacy groups, and businesses seamlessly interact with their audiences worldwide.
The product
Their call center software enables unlimited agents to connect with people over a call to have personalized one-on-one conversations. The range of automated dialers (which include Power, Preview, Predictive, and Fast Click dialers) gives clients complete control over their dialing speed based on your needs while maintaining compliance. With features like answering machine detection, voicemail drop, phone number verification, and many more, the software ensures you spend maximum time having quality conversations. CallHub's mass texting solution lets users connect with people over SMS with solutions like Bulk SMS, MMS, SMS Opt-in and peer-to-peer texting.
Connecting people and enabling conversations was always the core idea. In 2011, Augustus Franklin created a chat tool that allowed visitors to a webpage to communicate with each other. This concept evolved initially into an engagement tool for online marketplaces and eventually into the foundation of what it is today – a comprehensive campaigning platform, one that empowers changemakers, organizations, and businesses to reach millions of constituents and facilitates change, one message, one call, one campaign at a time!
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Strong design capabilities with SOLID principles using C#.
Working knowledge in WCF.
Database knowledge in SQL
Design, and deliver innovative software solutions in collaboration with Technology teams.
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- Conduct UI tests and optimize performance.
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- Capability to integrate multiple data sources and databases into one system.
- Proven experience managing the hosting environment, including database administration and scaling an application to support load changes.
- Ability to set up and administer backups, data migration, transformation, and scripting.
Skills
- Coding (HTML/CSS3)
- Debugging
- Programming (JavaScript, PHP, Magento, OOPs,)
- PHP Framework
- Analytical Skills
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● Familiarity with event-driven programming in Python
● Understanding of the differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform
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● Strong unit test and debugging skills
● Proficient understanding of code versioning tools
● Knowledge of application deployment process and server set up
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the quality attributes of a system. The fitness of the application is measured against
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About the Backend Developer
We are looking at a diligent, driven, passionate person for our efforts on engagement and retention of our customers (schools) in a high growth environment. Backend Developer will be the face of the organisation for the schools that are using the platform on a day to day basis. The Developer will interact with the schools via the chat support and email requests and resolve any issues that the schools might be facing in using the platform or extend any support they might be needing to use the platform to its fullest.
- As a Backend Developer, you will play a major role in, developing and deploying high-quality web platforms. In this multifaceted role, you will get the opportunity to work along curriculum experts, teachers, and students, and user-test the product in real school settings.
Preferred Qualifications/Skills
* Frameworks & Technologies: Node.js
* Database: PostgreSQL, SQL
* Tools: Git basics, Scripting basics
* Soft Skills: Having a bias towards action, a good sense of design, empathy, and good communication skills
* Excellent written and oral communication skills
* Great interpersonal skills
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