Software Engineer

Summary

YouVersion is a technology company dedicated to helping people connect with God through innovative software solutions. The Software Engineer role focuses on developing software for various YouVersion projects, including backend API, mobile, and web applications, while collaborating with teams to ensure high-quality deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to building and maintaining software across the YouVersion platform
• Take tasks from idea to implementation with support from your team
• Write clean, maintainable code and participate in code reviews
• Build and run tests to ensure features are reliable and user-friendly
• Debug issues and help keep systems running smoothly
• Collaborate with designers, product managers, and engineers to deliver meaningful features

Skills

• Foundational experience in software development (e.g., Dart, Swift, JavaScript, Python)
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to work through challenges
• Clear communication and ability to collaborate well on a team
• Initiative to take ownership of your work and follow through
• Desire to learn, grow, and improve across different platforms
• Alignment with Life.Church's mission and a desire to build things that help people grow in their faith
• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, or a related field
• 1-3 years of related work experience
• Eagerness to learn and contribute to real-world systems
• Motivation to build software that has meaningful impact
• Experience with Python or Golang
• Basic understanding of APIs and scalable systems
• Flutter/Dart, iOS (Swift), or Android experience
• Familiarity with mobile development and testing practices
• Experience with React, Node.js, or similar frameworks
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript
• Basic experience querying data (e.g., BigQuery)
• Familiarity with core data concepts

Qualifications

Must Haves

• Foundational experience in software development (e.g., Dart, Swift, JavaScript, Python)
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to work through challenges
• Clear communication and ability to collaborate well on a team
• Initiative to take ownership of your work and follow through
• Desire to learn, grow, and improve across different platforms
• Alignment with Life.Church's mission and a desire to build things that help people grow in their faith
• High School Diploma or GED
• Bachelor's degree, Computer Science, or a related field
• 1-3 years of related work experience
• Eagerness to learn and contribute to real-world systems
• Motivation to build software that has meaningful impact

Nice to Haves

• Experience with Python or Golang
• Basic understanding of APIs and scalable systems
• Flutter/Dart, iOS (Swift), or Android experience
• Familiarity with mobile development and testing practices
• Experience with React, Node.js, or similar frameworks
• Working knowledge of JavaScript or TypeScript
• Basic experience querying data (e.g., BigQuery)
• Familiarity with core data concepts

Benefits

• Paid parental leave, including maternity, paternity, and adoption leave.
• Generous employer-paid leave for the use of vacation, sick time, and other qualifying reasons.
• Innovative and comprehensive Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance that provides team members with useful resources and savings to navigate their holistic health.
• Life insurance policy provided for all staff members at 2x annual salary at no cost. Additional life insurance coverage is available to purchase.
• Short-Term and Long-Term disability is covered at 100% for full-time qualified staff members.
• Comprehensive wellness and mental health benefits allow staff to proactively invest in their physical and emotional health.
• Generous 401(k) retirement plan allowing a team member to have up to 12.5% (including employee contribution, employer match, and employer discretionary contribution) contributed into their account in their first year. It doesn’t stop there—the more years on staff, the greater the investment!
• $160 annually in development dollars for team members to invest in their professional growth.
• Casual dress and work environment.
• And much more!