Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation (www.dell.org) is dedicated to transforming the lives of children living in urban poverty around the world. With offices in Austin, TX, New Delhi, India, and Cape Town, South Africa, the Dell Foundation funds programs that foster high-quality public education and childhood health and improve the economic stability of the families we serve. To date, the foundation has committed over $2.4 billion to global children’s issues and community initiatives to accelerate opportunity for families. The foundation is expanding its work into Israel.

Current Opportunity: Software Developer – Austin, TX

The Michael and Susan Dell Foundation is seeking a full stack Software Developer to join their Giving Management Product team to build and support elegant solutions to manage our charitable giving. The Giving Management platform is used to manage over $160 million in giving each year and supports our Program Officers in managing their grants/investments. This role requires that the person is based in Austin, TX.

Our business partners leverage a strong technology platform to enable them to manage and efficiently run their programs and processes. As a Software Developer on the team, you will collaborate with the other members of the product team as well as business to understand the domain and tackle problems through innovative solutions as we continue to push technology forward. This is a unique opportunity at the intersection of latest technology and mission-oriented development. Your work will have an impact on the lives of children living in urban poverty.

As a Software Developer your primary responsibilities include:

Using your technical leadership to design, develop, test and deploy web solutions that meet our business needs.
Timely delivery of scalable, high quality reliable and innovative solutions
Ongoing support and maintenance of these products. Troubleshoot and support applications in production in case of any issues.
Develop and maintain our suite of automated test cases
Development and support of automated build and deployment processes
Management of our development/test environments as well as tool/build environments

The ideal candidate should have a BS in Computer Science or equivalent degree/industry experience and has spent at least 3-5 years directly responsible for developing .NET web-based software applications. The candidate should have experience with architecture and development of n-tier Web applications and demonstrate knowledge/skills in most of the following areas:

A solid understanding of the .NET framework, including ASP.NET, C#, and related web technologies. This includes knowledge of key concepts, design patterns, and best practices.
Development using an ORM (nHibernate or Entity Framework)
Proficiency in working with SQL Server includes designing efficient database schemas, writing complex SQL queries, and optimizing database performance.
Experience developing software on cloud infrastructure (Azure strongly preferred)
Software configuration best practices including experience building software with CI/CD, DevOps pipelines, Source Control (git)
Experience successfully completing/delivering multiple projects utilizing an Agile methodology
Experience with Test Driven Development (TDD) using nUnit (or similar testing tools) is preferred

The ideal candidate also demonstrates the following qualities:

Strong analytical, problem solving skills and technical troubleshooting
You take pride in your work and always leave the code cleaner than you found it
Commitment to clean, maintainable, testable and readable code is a must
You work collaboratively with both your business partners and technology team to build solutions that work. You are deeply inquisitive of the big picture and embrace feedback in the effort to build the best solutions possible.

About the Michael & Susan Dell Foundation

We are a diverse team with unique perspectives. We are united in our mission, our purpose, and our culture. We are driven by our ambition to identify, build, and enhance opportunities for the people we serve, and we are unwavering in our commitment to trust and uplift one another. The foundation is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. We are committed to building a team and workplace that is enhanced by the breadth, depth, diversity, and capabilities of our teammates.

The Michael & Susan Dell Foundation has adopted a hybrid working model combining in-office and virtual work.

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