Cloud Infrastructure & Backend Engineer

Rise Digital Properties is looking for a versatile Cloud Infrastructure & Backend Engineer to join our small, high-velocity and mission-driven team. You will wear two hats: managing our cloud infrastructure (primarily Google Cloud and Firebase) and developing backend systems, including data pipelines and new features.

Rise Digital Properties builds cutting-edge software for Democratic campaigns and progressive political organizations. Our tools include competitive ad-tracking, political social listening, early ballot return tracking, and media planning systems. We are affiliated with Uplift Campaigns, a political services agency with over a decade of experience and 200+ campaigns per cycle.

In this role you will:

Cloud Infrastructure & DevOps

• Manage and optimize our infrastructure in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Firebase, ensuring high availability, security, and scalability
• Maintain and enhance CI/CD pipelines for backend and frontend deployments
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to catch data or service failures

Backend Engineering

• Design and maintain scalable APIs to support web applications and data tools
• Build and optimize ETL pipelines to process political data from varied external sources
• Develop features that transform large volumes of raw data into actionable insights for users
• Manage data validation, error handling, and testing frameworks to increase data reliability
• Collaborate closely with product, data, and political strategists, as part of a lean technical team, to deliver high-impact features that support campaign decision-making

Here’s what you’ll need to succeed at Rise:

• Experience with cloud infrastructure or DevOps, including configuring GCP (or AWS) environments for high availability, scalability, and cost-efficiency, with particular focus on Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, BigQuery and Firestore (or equivalent services)
• Strong command of Python and SQL, with a successful record of building and maintaining backend systems, APIs, and data processing pipelines
• Ability to design and debug ETL workflows and build systems that ingest, clean, and transform large, messy data from diverse sources
• Comfort juggling infrastructure and backend domains, balancing day-to-day DevOps work with longer-term feature development
• Self-directed mindset with ability to take ownership of technical projects
• Passion for political change and electing strong Democratic leaders

This is a full-time role with a competitive salary and benefits. The position is based in Berkeley, California with a hybrid work schedule and is open to different seniority levels.

To apply, please submit your cover letter and resume at https://www.upliftcampaigns.com/engineer