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Backend / Fullstack Engineer

Uplift, Berkeley, California, United States, 94709

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Rise Digital Properties is seeking a versatile backend or fullstack engineer to join our small, high-velocity and mission-driven team. Most of your time will be spent building backend services and developing APIs for our data-rich web application. Ideally, you can also work up the stack on frontend data handling and components.

Rise Digital Properties builds cutting-edge software for Democratic campaigns and progressive political organizations. Our industry-leading tools, including competitive ad analysis, ballot return tracking and media planning systems, support some of the most critical Democratic campaigns of the 2026 midterms.

Responsibilities Backend Engineering (Main focus)

Design and maintain scalable APIs to support web applications and data tools

Develop backend features that transform large volumes of raw data into actionable insights

Expand and optimize ETL pipelines to process political data from varied external sources

Improve data validation, testing and monitoring systems to ensure data reliability and detect service failures

Collaborate closely with product, data science, and political strategists as part of a lean technical team to ship high-impact features quickly that support campaign decision-making

Frontend Engineering (As needed)

Enhance data models and core Vue/Nuxt components to support new features

Improve codebase organization by implementing shared components and simplifying patterns

Qualifications

Strong command of Python and SQL, with 5-10+ years of experience or equivalent depth

Experience with modern data-rich applications, ideally involving analytics, dashboards or large datasets

Comfort working in Google Cloud (especially Cloud Run, BigQuery and Firestore) or equivalent cloud services

Ability to maintain and debug ETL workflows that ingest, clean and transform large, messy data from diverse sources

Proficiency in modern frontend frameworks – particularly Vue, Nuxt, PrimeVue or similar JS frameworks

Comfort working across the stack and taking ownership of technical projects from concept to deployment

Adept at building greenfield services and features in an expanding codebase

Passion for political change and electing strong Democratic leaders

Why work at Rise?

Your work will directly impact Democratic victories during the 2026 midterm elections

Hybrid work schedule with two days each week in Berkeley and three days remote

Wellness stipend

Application To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume.

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Employment type: Full-time

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