Velora are hiring a Software Engineer

About the Role

We're hiring a Software Engineer to help build Velora's AI-native software platform, giving nonprofit teams more time for their mission and less time spent on administration. You'll join the team that builds the CRM, data and integrations at the core of the platform, supporting donor management, communications, automation and reporting as a mature product moves into newer services.

This is a full-stack role where you'll own well-scoped features end to end, from a Product prototype through build, release and verification in production. You'll work across frontend, backend, infrastructure and data, own the testing and quality of your own work, and keep an eye on what you ship after it goes live. You'll grow your design and scoping skills with guidance from senior engineers and partner closely with Product along the way.

AI is central to how we work. You'll direct coding agents on your own features, review every output critically and stay accountable for what ships. You'll also take part in code reviews, giving thoughtful feedback and using what you learn to raise the quality of your own work.

What will you be doing?

• Own well-scoped features end to end, from a PM's prototype through build and release, engaging Product early and growing with guidance on scope and trade-offs.
• Work across the full stack—frontend, backend, infrastructure and data—on your own features, rather than a single layer.
• Work AI-native by default: direct approved agents in Cursor on your own work, review every output critically, and stay accountable for everything you ship.
• Own quality for your features with no QA handoff: write unit, integration and end-to-end (E2E) tests that prove the work, and flag higher-risk work so the team can decide whether to pull in central QA.
• Ship small changes to production continuously, often behind feature flags. Work is done when it's verified in production, not when it's merged.
• Own what you ship after release: monitoring, triage and fixes.
• Build securely from design onward, with particular care for donor data, and review for security in code review.
• Contribute to design on your features, learning how a mature core application is moving into newer services, and making code improvements with guidance.
• Participate in code reviews, giving timely, constructive feedback and using feedback to raise the quality of your own work.

How we build:

• We deploy to production many times a day; feature flags separate deploying from releasing.
• AI increases individual leverage; it doesn't replace pairing or peer judgment.
• Meeting-light: short daily standups, retros every two weeks and meeting-free Fridays.

What we're looking for:

• 2–3 years as a software engineer; SaaS product experience preferred.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• You've delivered well-scoped features from build to production, broken them into small pieces and landed them with minimal supervision.
• You've shipped full-stack features that held up in production, and can explain your work clearly.
• You use AI agents in your daily engineering work and can show how you direct and verify them, including times you caught an agent getting it wrong.
• You've owned quality for your features—tests included—without a QA team behind you.
• You build secure by default and treat sensitive data with care.
• You give and receive constructive feedback in code review.
• You communicate clearly with your team, raise trade-offs early, and stay pragmatic about business needs.

What we value

• Autonomously outcome-focused: you act like an owner and own results, not just tasks.
• Relentlessly curious: you question assumptions and keep looking for better ways to work.
• AI-native: you turn to AI first while applying the judgment needed to verify what it produces.

Further detail

Technical expertise

Familiarity with some of the following—we don't expect all of it:

• TypeScript/JavaScript and Node.js; Python is a plus.
• React, Vue, or similar modern front-end frameworks.
• PostgreSQL and MongoDB, including schema design and versioned migrations.
• Kafka, change data capture, or other event-driven systems.
• Cloud and serverless platforms, containers, feature flags, and production observability.
• Cursor, coding agents, and reusable agent workflows.

Additional qualifications

• Proficiency in English (written and spoken).
• Experience with Linear, Notion, GitHub and Slack.
• Experience with nonprofit, CRM or fundraising software is a plus.

Why work with us?

If you need more convincing, here’s the rest of it:

• 💵 Salary – Compensation band $160K - $180K CAD. Your base salary compensation will be determined based on factors such as skills, education, experience, and geographic location.
• 🏝️ Paid Time Off – Canada: Everyone gets 4 weeks paid leave plus 11 days of public holidays, as well as an ‘end of year shutdown’ which is an extra 2 week company holiday. Plus, you are entitled to generous paid sick leave.
• 🌴 Work remotely – We’re a remote-first company - live and work wherever you’re happiest (within approved hire locations).
• 🤷 Training – We’ll support you when you want to learn new skills or pay for conference or course tickets.
• ❤️ Health Coverage & Retirement – Canada & US: We offer robust medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance coverages and have a 4% match on Retirement.