Instil.io is a mission-driven, compassionate and spirited team who wants to make the world better, smarter, and more giving. We are searching for engineers who are ready to help reimagine the nonprofit industry.

Who We Are

The Instil engineering team is responsible for building and maintaining all the features that power our product. We are a highly collaborative team who enjoys partnering with design and product to create delightful experiences for our customers.

We are looking for Backend Engineers to build features, design and implement APIs to power our applications, and iteratively improve the performance and reliability of our systems as we learn and grow. We value simplicity, we develop iteratively, and we support each other through clear and respectful communication.

Our team is growing, come grow with us!

Compensation for this role will be roughly 140-160 DOE, plus annual bonus, benefits, and equity.

What You Will Do

• You will work collaboratively with Product Design, Product Management, and Backend and Frontend Engineers in a cross-functional team on product features.
• You will translate product requirements to build, maintain, and improve APIs, services, and systems.
• You will be responsible for the health of your code in production.
• You will improve engineering standards, tooling, and processes.

What You Possess

• 3+ years experience building cloud based web applications.
• Proficiency in Python 3.6+.
• The ability to translate requirements into actionable technical tasks
• Proactive (over)communication
• The ability to create, maintain and improve technical documentation.
• Experience developing and operating applications in AWS.
• You take pride in your work and are responsible for operating and maintaining it.
• You write code that is maintainable and testable in a CI/CD environment.

Nice To Haves

• You have experience with Serverless infrastructure and frameworks.
• You have working knowledge of DynamoDB.
• You have familiarity with Elasticsearch/Aurora