Senior PHP Developer

WHO WE ARE

Founded in 2010, Ascend Fundraising Solutions online and in-venue fundraising platform and solutions have been used by some of the world’s most notable non-profit organizations such as United Way, Vancouver Canucks foundation, Canadian Olympic Foundation, Canadian Institute for the Blind, Kansas City Chiefs foundation, Boston Red Sox foundation, Big Brothers Big Sisters, Thunder Bay Regional Health Science Foundation, Arizona Humane Society and many others.

We are disrupting the fundraising model by helping charitable organizations, raise funds by using our electronic raffle solutions, raise recurring donations, build on their donor datasets, build deeper engagement from their donor databases, and achieve record donor revenues.

As a leading provide of strategy and technology for 50 / 50 raffles, sweepstakes, and Catch the Ace raffles, we’ve helped over 500 charitable organizations raise over $1 billion on our platform to date, and we’re only just getting started.

Reporting to Chief Technical Officer on our Technology team, the senior software developer will drive standardization of the most common parts of the product roadmap while pioneering new technologies and innovations.

What we do

• and execute using Scrum
• for rapid iteration
• control using Git
• with other departments
• the success of the organization first
• on AWS

What you’ll do

• product development standards
• on and contribute to policies and standards
• software based on requirements
• testing of software
• system architecture to align with product roadmap
• a leader by coaching and mentoring junior team members
• in team resolution of issues, communicates issues and solutions

What you bring

• years of experience as a full stack developer
• Degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering or equivalent
• to support teammates through mentoring and coaching
• with PHP
• with web development (e.g. Vue.js, Node.js, etc)
• of SQL
• with system design (e.g. monolith vs microservice)
• obsessed with learning about software development

WHY WORK AT ASCEND?

• is a market leader in the fundraising solutions sector and have a proven and highly regarded senior management team
• team that is intellectually curious, dedicated, and has a willingness to get the job done
• to get in at the ground level and have a significant direct impact to the business in the short and long term
• grow a company that helps charities and NPOs fund their charitable causes
• downtown Toronto office with lake views and close proximity to transit
• compensation package, including your preferred hardware
• work environment

AscendFS is committed to building and preserving an open, inclusive, and healthy work environment. We welcome all applicants to apply to join our team.

We accommodate people with disabilities throughout the recruitment and selection process and applicants are encouraged to advise Human Resources in advance if an accommodation is required.

We thank you for your interest in working at AscendFS and we will contact those qualified to continue in the recruitment process.