Software Engineer

Be Part of a Mission-Driven Team

At Foundry for Good, we don't just build businesses—we build businesses that do good. Across our family of brands, we support nonprofits, trade associations, and mission-driven organizations with innovative software, impactful marketing strategies, and tools that empower positive change.

Here's why you'll love working with us:

• Stability & Growth: We're 100% self-funded, with no outside investors or debt, meaning long-term stability and thoughtful growth.

• People-First Culture: Our 95%+ employee retention rate reflects our commitment to competitive pay, respect, and career development.

• Global Collaboration: Work with talented team members in the US and the Philippines who share your drive for excellence and impact.

• Mission-Focused Work: Every role here supports organizations making the world a better place.

If you're ready to grow your career while making a difference, we'd love to hear from you

Watch Our "Meet the Team" Video

We are looking to hire individuals based in the Philippines to help us better serve our clients from the nonprofit and mission-driven space. 

As a Tech Team Developer, you will be:

• Implementing features in our core application

• Researching bug requests and quickly resolving issues

• Participating in our bi-weekly sprint planning

• Handling advanced troubleshooting on the tech support side when our Client Success and Support teams need assistance for clients

With 50+ Filipino team members already thriving in our company, we are excited to expand this growing team with new talent

If you're in the Philippines, have a knack software development, and are eager to drive growth for nonprofits, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and be a part of a team where your contributions have a lasting impact.

• Provide technical support on the side

• Help clean, maintain, and document clojure code

• Collaborate with our tech team identify, define, and implement software features

• Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality

• Troubleshoot and debug complex technical issues

• Help build and maintain a robust testing infrastructure

• Contribute to the overall technical direction of the product

• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Google Cloud Platform, etc.)

• Experience with DevOps practices and tools (CI/CD pipelines, infrastructure automation)

• Experience with data analysis libraries

• DevOps Support

• Deployment to Production

Our core application is built in Clojure. Experience with Clojure or a Functional Programming Language is a nice-to-have, but not necessary to start.

• There are some features / parts of our application where individuals can contribute on Day 1 without Clojure knowledge.

• We expect team members to grow their Clojure skills rapidly, and part of your long-term compensation is based on becoming a strong contributing team member across our full codebase.

Additional Tech Stack Details:

• Our systems run on Microsoft Azure Cloud computing platform.

• Postgres is our primary data store.

• Elasticsearch powers our search experience.

• We utilize Azure Blob storage for file uploads and miscellaneous object storage.

• We leverage Github Actions for CI/CD process automation.

• We use Capistrano for deployment orchestration.

• We rely on Sendgrid for email delivery.

• Our app is a Single-page web application (SPA) built atop React.

• Bootstrap for CSS for styling

• We use Playwright for end-to-end testing and browser automation.

• Datadog for monitoring and observability

• Zoho (crucially: not Jira) for issue tracking

Wages

• Hourly compensation is in $USD.

• We offer a competitive salary range with the exact amount reflecting your experience and skills

• Aside from the base salary, there will also be an additional company contribution to go towards health insurance and additional benefits that you buy on your own

• Target 42.5 billable hours per week

• Additionally, you accrue Life Leave which can optionally be cashed in each year adding to your earnings

• We currently have 50+ team members who live in the Philippines who have been fantastic team members and we're excited to add new team members to this new role  Meet our PH Team Members.

• You'll be working with our product, tech, and design teams that are split between the US & Philippines.

Work Schedule

This role follows a consistent daily rhythm that aligns with US Eastern business hours while giving you time for rest, personal tasks, and balance throughout your day.

Here's what a typical day looks like:

• Start your day with a 4.5-hour work block: 9:30am–2:00pm (PHT)

• Enjoy your afternoon free: 2:00pm–8:00pm (PHT)

• Finish your workday with another 4.5-hour block: 8:00pm–12:30am (PHT)

• Sleep/rest: 12:30am–9:30am (PHT)

This structure offers a long midday break while supporting strong collaboration with US-based teams during their business hours.

What Your Typical Day May Look Like

Note: All of these times would shift 1 hour later when the time difference switches to 13 hour differences from 12 hour differences

What Makes a Strong Candidate

• Based in the Philippines with consistent availability for a long-term role.

• Consistent availability and looking for a long-term position

• Highly organized and outstanding organizational ability

• Exceptional English verbal and written communication skills

• Strong academic background from someone who graduated with an outstanding General Weighted Average (often honors graduates) from one of the Big 4 universities in the Philippines (UP, Ateneo, DLSU, or UST)

• Individuals who graduate with a major in Computer Science, Information Technology, Software Engineering, and other related fields

• Solid understanding of functional programming concepts

• Experience with web development frameworks

• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills

As a small growing business, there are a few traits unique to our business that individuals should consider before applying.

• You must love the idea of giving back to the community and nonprofits. There are thousands of jobs. If being involved in the success of nonprofits is something you're truly passionate about, this could be a great role.

• You must be extremely comfortable with change. As a small growing company, decisions can be made over a weekend and fully implemented by early the next week. Whether that's new systems, new processes, or new approaches, we look for individuals who can adapt and thrive.

• You must believe that the best contributors should get better rewards. As a company, we believe in paying people based on the value they generate at the business.

• You must be willing to disagree and commit. As a growing business, there will be lots of decisions that get made and changes that occur during your time at the company. Some of which you'll agree with and some you won't, we strongly believe that the best team members have the ability to disagree and commit (i.e., going with a decision after it has been made regardless of whether or not you agree).

• You must believe the status quo is unacceptable. As a growing company and as individuals, we believe the status quo is unacceptable. Everyone should be relentless in striving to be the best version of themselves and figure out ways to create more value at the company, enhance our client's results, and grow professionally. The question should always be "How can I be better" rather than "How can expectations be adjusted".

We also need you to:

• Be able to work independently and have a proven ability to work in a fast-paced environment

• Have excellent written & verbal communication skills

• Have a demonstrated ability to learn new things quickly and think on your feet

• Can work through obstacles and challenges

• Be highly organized with strong time management skills

• Be results driven and goal-oriented

Paid vacation time

• 20 days accrued annually

• These paid days off each equate to 8.0 hours of billable time.

• Expect to use 5 of the days during the Christmas – New Year's period.

Paid sick time

• 5 sick days off annually

Paid life leave*

• 15 days accrued annually.

• Once per year, you can cash out any accrued life leave time. Every 5 days you cash out is worth about $600.

*Life Leave allows team members to use their holidays as it's meant to be – a break – whilst knowing they've got the breathing space to tap into extra leave for the planned and unplanned life moments. 

Paid holidays

• You have 7 paid US holidays.

Additional benefits

• Bereavement Policy

• Employee Giving Programs (Matching Gift Program, Volunteer Grant Program, etc)