Planning Center
FullStackEngineer,RubyonRailsandReact
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“Full Stack Engineer, Ruby on Rails and React at Planning Center. Skills: Ruby on Rails, React. Translate feature pitches. Implement technical specifications”
What You'll Achieve.
meaningfully reduce friction for church staff; strengthen how churches care for their people; increase the quality of what we build
Industry & Context.
A thoughtful approach to problem-solving
travel three times each year, US-based candidates must reside in and be authorized to work in the United States
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
3+ years of professional experience with Ruby on Rails, 3+ years of professional experience with React, Experience working on collaborative, cross-functional teams, A thoughtful approach to problem-solving and building maintainable systems, A willingness to learn, ask questions, and grow alongside your team, Interest in using AI-assisted development tools thoughtfully
Nice to Have
Experience with front-end/UX engineering, Experience with Stripe APIs
What You'll Do.
Translate feature pitches
Implement technical specifications
Refine existing features
Maintain security of customer data
Investigate customer-reported bugs
Improve performance guided by Datadog
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborate with a cross-functional team; Pair with your designer and developer teammates; Review your teammates’ pull requests; learn from one another; Invest in our team; collaborating well; making space for diverse perspectives; sharing knowledge freely
Communication Scope
speak thoughtfully and kindly
Full Job Description
About Planning Center Planning Center exists to help churches build stronger, more connected communities. Since 2006, over 80,000 churches have trusted our tools to care for their people—whether that’s communicating with their congregation, organizing important information, or coordinating the details that make ministry happen. We’re an independent, profitable company with no outside investors. That means we get to focus on building products thoughtfully, caring for our team well, and making decisions for the long term. Our team is fully remote, working together daily through tools like Slack, Asana, Notion, and Zoom. Three times a year, we gather in Carlsbad, CA to connect in person, strengthen relationships, and align on where we’re headed. About the Work We're growing and hiring a Full Stack Engineer for the Giving Team. This role exists to help us ship reliable, secure improvements that meaningfully reduce friction for church staff and strengthen how churches care for their people. This team is focused on building additional features and improving our Giving product, including a top-notch donor experience, donation migration tooling, and admin reporting. Ideal candidates will have strong (3+ years) experience in both Ruby on Rails and React. Particular inclination towards front-end engineering and experience with Stripe are both pluses. You’ll collaborate with a cross-functional team to deliver new features, refine existing ones, improve performance, and maintain the security of customer data. Responsibilities Translate the product manager’s feature pitches into technical specifications Implement those technical specifications as a series of small, descriptive, and well-tested GitHub pull request Pair with your designer and developer teammates Review your teammates’ pull requests to increase the quality of what we build and learn from one another Deploy to production with one click Use AI-assisted development tools, and develop judgment for when to apply them In
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