CTJ: Open Role for: Developer Lead

**Project Name**: Civic Tech Jobs

**Name of Role**: Developer Lead

**About the project**: Civic Tech Jobs will be a platform to help prospective volunteers find interdisciplinary projects that will be useful for their career development while contributing to positive civic impact.

**Volunteer Opportunity**: We are seeking a Lead Developer to help guide and steward the development of our web application, *Civic Tech Jobs*.

At minimum, we’re looking for a strong **back-end developer**. Ideally, this person also has experience in **backend data architecture and system-level thinking**, and can collaborate closely with DevOps when needed.

We are looking for volunteers with an **Intermediate level (or above)** background in full-stack development.

Responsibilities include:
- Lead weekly developer meetings (schedule flexible)
- Support ticket creation and GitHub management (agenda-setting, tracking, completion)
- Coordinate with the PM team on progress and updates
- Attend monthly CTJ Leads meetings and meetings with the Organizational Product Lead
- Review pull requests
- Review and maintain documentation

We are open to adjusting responsibilities based on your availability and strengths.

**Our Tech stack includes:**
**Frontend:**
React, JavaScript, TypeScript, SCSS, HTML, CSS, Tailwind

**Backend:**
Python, Django, SQL (Postgres), Docker, Shell

**Duration**: 12-24 months of commitment volunteering 6 hours a week

**Meeting Times**:
TBD based on team schedule

**Who to communicate your interest to**
- Slack channel link: [#civictechjobs](https://hackforla.slack.com/archives/C02509WHFQQ)
- Slack name of person to contact in the channel: see who this issue is assigned to and @ message them in the channel above (@JasonShi)

[Read more about the project](https://www.hackforla.org/projects/civic-tech-jobs)