Lead Software Developer, Marketing Orchestration

The Intersection of Calling & Career 

World Vision is now hiring for a Lead Software Developer, Marketing Orchestration.

At a Glance  

Role: Lead Software Developer, Marketing Orchestration

Reports To: Sr. Director of Strategy, Product, and Marketing Ops

Level: Senior (individual contributor, requires at least 7 years of experience)

Location: Prefer Seattle area (our USHQ is located in Federal Way, WA). Pacific Northwest region possible.

Office Culture: We call it “flexible remote.” Translation: This team has required onsite days 1-2 days per month, but outside of that we’re not requiring staff to come into the office a prescribed number of days or a percentage of time each week. Working closely with managers, employees may work virtually, work onsite or a blend of the two. 

Salary: $93,100 - $149,000 (job offers typically fall in the $115,000 - $130,000 range). DOE.

About Us

We’re on a mission to revolutionize supporter experiences through a multi-year set of transformations, making them highly personalized, tech-centric, and truly transformative. This is an opportunity to help reshape how World Vision engages with sponsors and others, using the latest in marketing automation and orchestration technology.

The Role

As the Lead Developer & Architect, you’ll be the driving force behind the business design of a new marketing automation and orchestration platform. You’ll play a pivotal role in the Child Sponsorship Experience project—a complete reimagining of our sponsorship journey for the first time in over a decade!

But this role is far from just strategic thinking. You’ll apply your technical skills by developing code for cutting-edge campaigns and mentoring a dedicated team of marketing campaign specialists and technologists. This unique blend of hands-on development and strategic leadership will allow you to refine and expand your technical and leadership expertise continuously.

What You'll Bring

• High-energy and a passion for innovation.
• Solid facilitation & listening skills to connect marketing and tech teams seamlessly.
• Technical leadership in coding and solution design.
• Deep understanding of marketing technology and automation tools.

Are you a software developer ready to take the next step in your career – an extraordinary step that truly transforms lives? If so, read-on and apply below. 

Responsibilities

• Lead along with others a Transformative Project: Join an 18-24 month project designed to redefine how we market and communicate with donors—digital-first, donor-centric, and leveraging artificial intelligence for maximum impact.
• Strategically Shape the Solution Design: Guide the technical and business design for a new Marketing Automation and Orchestration solution. Ensure each decision reflects the best technical answer, business alignment, and long-term sustainability. Strategic thinking is key!
• Hands-On Campaign Development: Stay close to the technology by writing and deploying code to bring campaigns to life in platforms like Iterable, Braze, and Adobe Journey Optimizer using JavaScript, Advanced HTML, CSS, Liquid Scripting and more.
• Collaborate in Scaled Agile Frameworks: Work with Program Teams to support a methodology that enables independent yet interdependent workstreams. Align with program objectives while achieving specific goals within Scaled Agile Release Trains and Program Increments.

Who We Are

You’ve never met an organization quite like World Vision. 

Welcome to World Vision, where passion meets purpose! As one of the largest faith-based nonprofits globally, we raise over $1B annually to combat poverty and injustice in nearly 100 countries. We tackle the root causes of poverty and injustice and are working in the places that are the most difficult for children, women and families to thrive. We're a dynamic team of marketing and tech pros who take our craft and faith seriously

Join us, and you'll bring your whole self to work—spiritually and professionally. You'll grow, you'll be challenged, and yes, you'll work hard – harder than you ever have in a for-profit career. But the reward? Transforming lives around the world with your unique gifts.

Requirements 

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Computer Science, Information Systems, Business or other related field (Or equivalent work experience)
• At least 7 years of relevant technical and business work experience with at least 2 years managing projects in a marketing organization
• Certifications in SAFe, Scrum, and/or related
• Must be currently authorized to work in the United States

Key Skills

• Software Development: Proven skills in software development including Advanced HTML, JavaScript, CSS, Liquid, SQL
• Technical Architecture Design: Proven aptitude to design technical architecture solutions tailored to business needs.
• Marketing Technology Expertise: Experienced with platforms such as CDPs, CRMs, and marketing automation tools.
• Agile Development Proficiency: Skilled in agile methodology, with experience breaking down complex problems, writing user stories, and using work-tracking tools like Jira.
• Change-Driven Project Experience: Familiarity with large-scale, transformative projects that influence mindsets and work approaches.
• Multitasking & Prioritization: Strong ability to manage multiple priorities, maintain focus on overarching goals, and work with minimal oversight, ability to self-manage, listening for actions and managing accordingly.
• Exceptional Communication: Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all levels.
• Marketing Insight: Background in marketing or close collaboration with marketing teams is highly desired.

Salary Range & Benefits 

Your compensation and benefits are important to you so they’re important to us. The full salary range for this role is $93,100 - $149,000. The typical hiring range is $115,000 - $130,000. Job offers within the range are based on relevant job qualifications and pay equity. World Vision employees see our Salary Administration Guidelines and My Life My Benefits pages on our organization intranet known as The Vine. Please indicate the range you're targeting when asked during the application process. In addition, we have a robust and comprehensive benefits package to round out our total compensation package. Click here to learn more (this position is a grade 227). Additionally, merit, auto allowance, and relocation are available to eligible employees based on existing plans.  

What happens next? 

Glad you asked. We owe you that and strive to not leave you wondering. We review applications nearly every day assessing candidates’ strength of fit for the role. Sometimes questions arise on our end so we message you to learn more. Short-listed candidates are contacted for an initial conversation with our recruiting staff. Moving deeper into our selection process you can expect to interview 1:1 with a hiring manager. Finalists normally participate in a panel interview where the opportunity to meet additional members of our staff lends itself to more of a 360-degree view of the role. You may be asked to share an artifact or work out an exercise with our teams. Our most valuable resource is our talented staff. Our goal is to fill this vacancy with the right person in the shortest amount of time, so we are fully staffed to move this important work forward.