Use Your Powers for Good

Causes.com is a revolutionary tech start-up headquartered in San Francisco and the planet's largest social platform for do-gooders of every stripe. Ready to change the world? Join us.

We’re a for-profit tech company changing the face of online activism and philanthropy by bringing the best of Silicon Valley engineering and product design to the cause community. We think that a lively start-up culture, life-changing issues, and an inspiring mission go hand-in-hand. We believe that people working together can make a difference, and that giving back to your community should be fun and easy.

In addition, we offer highly competitive salaries, and catered lunches and dinners in a great working environment in downtown San Francisco.

Meet the engineering squad.

Causes.com engineers are an elite, close-knit A-Team of big thinkers, night owls, and weekend rock climbers. Every day our programmers take on a series of tech challenges together; walk around the Causes.com office and you’ll see developers pairing together and sharing tips. To unwind, you’ll find them playing ping-pong, enjoying a cold beer or two from the Keg-a-rator, giving quick tech talks, and releasing their own open-source projects. If you’re wildly talented with a desire to do meaningful work, we want to hear from you. Have a look at our current openings:

Systems Engineer

Are STONITH and shebangs your thing? Do you sweat that if you do your job right, you’ll end up with a perpetual motion machine? Can you teach us any new “man page” jokes?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Master of Puppets in the subject line.

Front-end Engineer

Is your code so elegant there should be a more elegant way to describe it? Can you make things look amazing in browsers that don’t technically exist, or should have died years ago? Do you have a slightly unhealthy obsession with CSS attribute ordering?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Delightful Code in the subject line.

Back-end Engineer

Are you a non-evil genius? Do you enjoy solving hard problems fast and well? When you need a break from coding, do you code something else?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Non-Evil Genius in the subject line.

Data Engineer

Are you two sigmas above the mean? Do you appreciate http://xkcd.com/552/ on a deep, fundamental level? Have you ever been tempted to write your own file system/storage engine? Do you like OK Cupid blog posts, but not their lack of rigor?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Glowing Patterns in the subject line.

Email Engineer

Can you show mass comm infrastructure who’s boss? Do you troubleshoot from the hip? Are you a spam musubi aficionado?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Email MacGyver in the subject line.

Performance Engineer

Could you speed up Google’s multi-millisecond response times? Do you think “performant” should be an adjective in the OED? Is a 1GB L1 cache a good idea or a bad idea?

Apply: Email your resume (.txt or .pdf) to jobs@causes.com with Speed Racer in the subject line.

Psst…don’t see your position listed? Don’t despair: We've listed a few specific engineering positions here, but we’re always looking for talented folks. If you think you have something to offer, email your resume to jobs@causes.com with Special Ops in the subject line.

More a product wiz? We need you too.

Product Manager

We need stellar communicators who dream big and have years of experience taking a product from concept through launch. Qualified PMs should have a strong CS or other technical background along with a scrappy “get it done” attitude. Can you bounce seamlessly between engineering and design teams? Do you wake up in the morning eager to create feature lists? Can you thrive in a team atmosphere and drive everyone towards a common goal?

Apply: Email your resume to jobs@causes.com with Dream Bigger in the subject line.

Jr. Visual Designer

We are looking for a talented junior-level designer to join our team.

This is a rare opportunity for a designer who wants to help make an impact. The work you do here directly affects whether a village is able to get access to clean water, or whether kids have access to education and food.

Primary responsibilities include designing visual support for our weekly action campaigns, and creating mockups and presentations for potential clients.

Even though this is a junior position, there’s nothing small about it; you'll be playing a major role by producing materials that will be seen by Fortune 500 companies, the biggest nonprofits around, and our large userbase.

Ideal cadidates will have:

1-2 years of ad agency/design firm experience
A strong eye for detail
Proficiency in Adobe CS Suite
Ability to follow brand guidelines
Be experienced with Keynote/PowerPoint
Communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical teammates

Bonus points for…

HTML/CSS skills
Print design experience

Apply: Email a link to your digital portfolio, along with text or PDF resume, to mark@causes.com with "Jr. Visual Designer" in the subject line.

Campaigns Manager

We are seeking a Campaigns Manager to join our team. The Campaigns Manager will support the Campaigns Director in sourcing and designing campaigns to be featured on causes.com.

The Campaigns Manager will:

Identify leads from within the Causes platform and research external opportunities for campaigns that have a significant chance for offline impact across issue areas
Develop strategic communications plans for promoting promising campaigns through Causes distribution channels, including email to Causes users, homepage promotion, and Causes social media assets
Manage external organizers to execute campaigns by providing strategic guidance on how to best use the Causes platform to drive action taking
Identify and develop best practices through close project management of campaigns on Causes

A strong candidate will possess the following attributes:

Strategic vision for using campaigns to solve complex social issues
Experience in the development of grassroots campaigns
Project management capabilities and ability to execute multiple fast-paced projects at a given time
Ability to identify timely, relevant content and distill in a consumable way for broad audiences
Superb writing skills with an ability to master the Causes voice
Experience in running social media campaigns
Strong analytical skills
A can-do attitude and a history of getting things done
Patience and a sense of humor are required…seriously

We are looking for a Campaigns Manager to start as soon as possible. S/he will work out of our San Francisco office and will report to the company’s Campaigns Director.

Apply: Email a cover letter and resume to jessica@causes.com with "Campaigns Manager" in the subject line.

Account Manager

We are seeking an Account Manager to join our team. The Account Manager will implement and manage corporate initiatives that are of strategic importance to the company’s dual mission of enabling positive social impact and generating revenue. These initiatives will span the areas of Marketing and Sales, and will focus on work with corporate clients. The Account Manager will be responsible for implementing integrated cause marketing campaigns and products to brands and brand agencies that are sold by Account Executives to be run on the Causes platform. S/he will work collaboratively with Account Executive/s, Engineers and Sales Support team to execute these campaigns, assist in the ongoing management of client relationships, and the creation of sales materials.

A strong candidate will possess the following attributes:

Experience in marketing, sales and relationship building and management
Strong passion for and knowledge of social media
Experience in implementing advertising and marketing campaigns, and producing post-campaign materials
Knowledge of brands, agencies and the sales landscape
Experience in using CRM tools (like Salesforce) and Keynote/Powerpoint
Past success in working collaboratively to reach a goal
Excellent communication and presentation skills
A strong work ethic

Apply: Email a cover letter and resume to james@causes.com with "Account Manager" in the subject line.

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.