Use your powers for good

We believe that the only way to create change is for people to work together; it's the principle that guides how we run our company. From deep-dive product debates to catered lunch chats, every great idea gets its day at Causes. We encourage each other's interests just as much as we foster professional growth, and here those two tend to be one and the same.

Whether helping members reverse their town's ban on front yard gardens or launch a tea company that prevents slavery in the Amazon, it's a great feeling to know your job makes a difference daily. Our company is the sum of the people that pour their passion into it — and we're always searching for talented new voices to join our team.

Engineering

DevOps Engineer

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with software engineers to design a robust, consistent and scalable server infrastructure
  
• Developing tools and systems to manage and monitor our production environment
• Participating in on-call rotation
• Reporting directly to the VP, Engineering

Ideal candidates will have:

• 5+ years of experience in operations and/or programming in a Linux environment
• Deep knowledge of shell scripting, and unix philosophy
• Deep knowledge of networking  (switches, routers, firewalls, load balancers, etc.)
• Knowledge of Linux system internals
• Passion for automated, scalable, and repeatable infrastructure
• Experience scripting in perl, ruby, or python, or similar
• Proficiency in SQL (MySQL preferred)
• Proficiency in various network protocols (SMTP, HTTP, etc)
• Exceptional communication skills and work well with a team
• The ability to prioritize tasks and work independently

Bonus points for:

• Past startup experience
  
• Any open sourced side projects that display your passion and prowess
  
• Being an automation ninja with ample experience running Chef
  

To apply: Send us your resume (plain-text preferred), code samples and relevant links to past work.

 

iOS Developer

Responsibilities will include:

• A major role in designing and building of our first iOS app – this means you’ll be essential in laying down the groundwork, infrastructure and product discussion from start to finish
  
• Collaborating with a small team of engineers, designers and key individuals across the company to provide the most empowering user experience possible
  
• Communicating your ideas across teams effectively and quickly problem-solving complications as they develop
  
• Reporting directly to the VP, Engineering

Ideal candidates will have:

• 3+ years of experience building iOS apps
• 3+ years of experience building web apps
• Built an iOS app currently on sale in Apple's App Store
• A natural aptitude for both teaching and learning from others in a collaborative team environment
• Fluency in a *nix development environment

Bonus points for:

• Finding fulfillment in building great products
• Past startup experience
  

To apply: Send us your resume, code samples and relevant links to past work.

 

Software Engineer(s)

Responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating in small teams of 3-5 engineers as well as designers and project managers to rapidly develop compelling new features and maintain existing ones
• Rapid iteration of these features that keep in mind the user experience
• Working quickly and efficiently on Rails for a growing user base

Ideal candidates will have:

• 5+ years of web development experience in a Linux environment
• Workflow flexibility and strong teamwork skills – we rotate teams every 3-6 months to keep ideas fresh and help engineers discover the parts of the product that interest them most
• The ability to also work independently, and communicate your work back to the team effectively
• Proficiency in Rails and Javascript (though our focus is on general talent that can adapt quickly – one of the core Django contributors is on our team)
• A knack for teaching what you know and learning what you don’t
• A passion for social activism; we want you to find fulfillment in your work

Bonus points for:

• A CS degree, though it’s not mandatory – we’re more interested in your general programming skills
• Any open sourced side projects that display your passion and prowess

To apply: 

• Send us your resume, code samples and relevant links to past work.
  

 

Data Engineer

At Causes, we’re building a platform for social progress – cleaner air, fewer homeless, greater equality, healthier politics – by empowering people and organizations to develop compelling campaigns that quickly gather the support needed to take action. As a Dashboard Engineer, you’ll build the tools for large non-profits, political candidates and grassroots organizers to more effectively create the change they seek.

Responsibilities will include:

• Identifying and implementing effective Big Data technologies to help solve the biggest problems facing campaigners today
• Creating beautiful and effective front-end data visualizations that drive campaign insight and understanding
• Developing and deploying code and infrastructure that collects, stores and processes up to hundreds of millions of events per day
• Working closely with product managers and designers to gather user feedback on new designs and products
• Participating in weekly planning and estimation of all new Dashboard user stories
• Communicating progress, dependencies and issues both within the Dashboard team and across the Causes’ engineering team
• Creating technical design and architecture specs for Dashboard projects
• Writing unit tests, participating in code review processes, and ensuring overall quality of shipped code
• Discovering, evaluating and implementing new tech that keeps the Causes Dashboard innovative and effective
  

• 5+ years of experience building analytics-oriented production applications
• A high degree of personal drive and work well within an agile development team
• Great team and interpersonal skills
• A passion for building great products
• Effective time management to move quickly and  release small batches frequently
• A love of learning new things and the ability to share them
• An ability to think strategically and communicate the big picture while still enjoying the dive into the details
• A passion for information visualization and Tufte’s books within arm's reach
• Expert knowledge in the application of advanced web frameworks and object-oriented languages
• Experience and knowledge of HBase or large scale data processing systems
• Experience and strong knowledge of front end languages including JS, HTML, and CSS
• Solid architectural and data modeling skills
  

Product

Product Designer

Causes.com has an opportunity for a skilled product designer seeking meaningful work. Vision and ambition is key – you’ll be reshaping a product that will reshape the world. Your efforts will empower people to connect and organize major social change, from funding life-saving solutions for third world countries to getting US bills passed by holding elected officials accountable – and everything in between.

Responsibilities will include:

• Taking designs from conception to implementation, in close partnership with product managers and engineers
• Rapid prototyping of new features and products
• Building quality interfaces quickly and flexibly
• Solving the user problems posed by our research process

Ideal candidates will have:

• 3+ years of experience in product design, with an emphasis in interaction, UI, and visual design
• Mobile design experience (both native and mobile web)
• Speed: Be it CS6 or pen, you explore and test ideas quickly
• Clear communication skills
• A strong portfolio that exemplifies both your process and your professional growth
• Past experience as a product designer at a consumer internet company with lots of users

Bonus points for:

• Interest and practice in related areas: Copywriting, information architecture and typography
• Ability to prototype with HTML and CSS
• Past startup experience

To apply

Mobile Product Designer

Causes.com has an opportunity for a skilled product designer seeking meaningful work. Vision and ambition is key – you’ll be reshaping a product that will reshape the world. Your efforts will empower people to connect and organize major social change, from funding life-saving solutions for third world countries to getting US bills passed by holding elected officials accountable – and everything in between.

Responsibilities will include

• Taking designs from conception to implementation, in close partnership with product managers and engineers
• Rapid prototyping of new features and products
• Building quality interfaces quickly and flexibly
• Solving the user problems posed by our research process

Ideal candidates will have

• 3+ years of experience in product design, with an emphasis in interaction, UI, and visual design
• Mobile design experience (both native and mobile web)
• Speed: Be it CS6 or pen, you explore and test ideas quickly
• Clear communication skills
• A strong portfolio that exemplifies both your process and your professional growth
• Past experience as a product designer at a consumer internet company with lots of users

Bonus points for

• Interest and practice in related areas: Copywriting, information architecture and typography
• Ability to prototype with HTML and CSS
• Past startup experience

To apply

Send us link(s) to mobile products you've built, along with your resume, and cover letter telling us why you want to work with us
If no working products are publicly available, please send a screencast or other deliverable that will show us the interactions you've built

Communications Designer

Causes.com has an opportunity for a skilled communications designer seeking meaningful work. You will tell the story of Causes – both where we are and where we're going – to people, nonprofits and brands. When you succeed, it means more than a job well done – trees are planted, children in Rwanda get bikes and lives are changed forever.

Responsibilities will include:

• Developing presentations for a variety of audiences, including internal, BD, marketing and nonprofit partners
• Quickly producing assets for the BD and Impact Partnerships teams, including web ads, marketing collateral, posters, infographics and other materials as neededActing as a liaison between the BD, marketing, and product teams to ensure design consistency between the product and promotional materials
• Creating original assets for BD campaigns, including backgrounds, email and social media materials, and wrap reports
• Designing and updating parts of the site that relate to marketing and BD, including causes.com, campaign guides and the blog
• Producing user flow mocks based on product designs for branded pitches and RFPs
• Working with the research team to gather and interpret usability feedback on BD campaigns and marketing materials
• Collaborating with a copywriter to develop and edit marketing, BD and community-facing copy

• A strong portfolio that exemplifies both your process and your professional growth as a visual designer
• 3-5 years of agency experience
• Speed: Be it CS6 or pen, you explore and test ideas quickly
• Clear communication skills
• The ability to collaborate, incorporating multiple viewpoints into a singular vision

Bonus points for:

• Experience in illustration
• Past startup experience

Marketing

Marketing Manager

Causes.com is looking for a marketing manager to join our growing marketing team. Your work will expose our community’s achievements to the world, and will be key in inspiring an ever-expanding audience to act on what they care about.

Responsibilities will include:

• Executing our social media strategy and effectively sharing campaign success stories
• Executing regular posts on Facebook, Twitter, Google+ and Linkedin platforms to maintain and expand our social audience reach
• Identifying new platforms to drive brand awareness
• Reporting on social media efforts and audience growth
• Collaborating across teams on key marketing priorities such as as branding efforts, product launches and community outreach
• Providing media relations team with materials, content and social support
• Supporting the VP, Marketing on daily tasks
• Sharing competitive insights and industry news
• Being a resource for offline events with our partners and the Causes community

Ideal candidates will have:

• 3+ years of experience in social marketing or consumer marketing
• Successfully run a social media account on a leading platform such as Twitter, Facebook, Pinterest, etc. and be able to demonstrate substantial audience growth
• Intimate knowledge of social media landscape, as well as staying on top of emerging social tools
• The ability to get creative within social spaces and provide meaningful content
• Excellent copywriting skills

Bonus points for:

• Previous experience in a fast-paced startup environment
• Connections to key social influencers online
• A deeply established personal social presence

To apply: Send us your cover letter, resume and relevant writing samples.

Campaigns

Grassroots Organizer

As the world’s largest community for doing good, millions of people come to Causes every month to take action around the issues they care about. We’re looking for a Grassroots Organizer to build and support strong communities around Conservative Societal Benefit and Public Advocacy, helping some of our most active leaders build coalitions and run successful campaigns that focus on individual freedom, limited government, veterans/military, Republican politics and faith-based issues. 

Responsibilities will include: 

• Building and maintaining deep relationships with conservative leaders and activists 
• Forming coalitions that bring together like-minded leaders across Causes to share and promote campaigns
• Personally assisting campaign leaders throughout their entire campaign lifecycle
• Creating and executing rapid-response campaigns around Conservative Societal Benefit and Public Advocacy issues
• Distributing great campaigns across Causes through well-maintained communities and our marketing assets
• Creating press opportunities through mass mobilization and success stories
• Reporting directing to the Campaigns Director on a daily basis
  

Psst…don't see your position listed? Don't despair: We've listed a few specific positions above, but we're always looking for talented folks. If you think you have something to offer, let us know at jobs@causes.com.