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Senior Software Engineer (Remote)

GiveDirectly · Remote

Posted about 3 months ago

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Is this posting real?

This role has been open
81 days
GiveDirectly's roles stay open a median of 62 days
Reposted
No
Salary listed
No
4% of GiveDirectly's roles list one
Ghost-job risk at GiveDirectly
high
27 stale, 0 reposted of 28 open
Hiring momentum
52 roles opened in the last 90 days
↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
Last confirmed on the employer's board
2026-10-23

Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from GiveDirectly's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for GiveDirectly.

About this role

As a Senior Software Engineer at GiveDirectly, you'll be responsible for designing and building scalable systems that support cash transfer operations. This hands-on role involves end-to-end development of features, improving developer workflows, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to address real-world challenges. You'll have the opportunity to shape the tech roadmap while advocating for sustainable engineering practices in a mission-driven environment.

Our read on this posting2.6out of 5
benefits
3/5
freshness
1/5
career value
4/5
role clarity
5/5
pay transparency
0/5

Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of GiveDirectly as an employer.

What you need

  • 4+ years of industry experience creating production-caliber software and systems
  • Experience with backend architecture: databases, cloud services, APIs
  • Experience building infrastructure to deploy software
  • Experience with strongly-typed, object-oriented programming such as Java, C#, Go, etc. and scripting languages such as Python, Ruby, etc.
  • High degree of ownership and autonomy
  • Strong analytical skills and communication

Nice to have

  • Experience using Python and AWS in a production environment
  • Experience with payments/financial software and/or experience with microservice/serverless architecture

What you get

  • Competitive salary, including bonus
  • Annual Benefits Stipend
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Desk allowance and flexible work location
  • Robust health benefits plan

Worth weighing

  • Must overlap with East Africa Time and US Eastern Time by at least 3 hours
  • Only certain countries are eligible for employment
  • No sponsorship for employment Visas in the U.S. or U.K. at this time
  • Travel requirement of 1-2 times per year to countries of operation

Summarised from GiveDirectly's posting. Read the full original.

Listed by GiveDirectly on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.

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