MyEffect believes in creating communities where people and impact come first.

As a rapidly growing social tech-startup, the impact is at our core. Our SaaS solutions emphasize the value of skills-based volunteering and social responsibility, helping nonprofit organizations and employers manage community programs and report on their social impact. Our solutions include community development, talent tracking, fundraising and impact measurement.

Keywords/Topic Interests: nonprofit/volunteer management, corporate social responsibility, employee development, experiential learning, Big Data, Blockchain, and Sustainable Development Goals (aka Global Goals). 

We have big plans, believing that meaningful community connections come from empowering the passions of people, and big data can be used to drive social good.

Job Description

MyEffect is an app and online platform that connects people and organizations to take action
for a shared cause, tracking and recognizing the impact everyone involved.
Our real-time reporting solutions track and validate the completion of specific calls-to-action
and create verified records of achievement to share results. We are a new kind of a community that celebrates purpose and impact–enabling people to visualize the value of their contributions while organizations can monitor and evaluate the return on investments with trusted, transparent data. Organizations are moving to react/node so our position will benefit you to gain additional hands-on experience.

Position Summary:
We are looking for a passionate developer intern to join our team of engineers at our scaling
social startup company.
Candidates must have a solid understanding of javascript and be able to handle front-end
development tasks with either react.js and/or angular.js.
Only if you fit this need read on!
This role will support back-end development work for our social networking platform and
contribute to the implementation of an improved UX/UI and accessibility design.
The successful candidate will be an enthusiastic problem-solver who loves to tackle new
challenges and stay current on evolving technologies, standards, and practices.
Work will take place at our head office in Waterloo Region.
Why Join Our Team?
✓ Flexibility and Growth - We are a small team, a relaxed and fun startup with lots of
opportunities to shape your role and career growth
✓ Purpose Driven - Our team believes in harnessing the power of technology to solve social
and economic challenges. Whether its helping businesses measure their social impact or
motivating young leaders to take action to care for our planet–your work will have a positive
effect on creating opportunities for the next generation to thrive.

Requirements:
• Strong knowledge of Javascript with proficiency in React.js and/or Angular.js
• Strength in User-experience (UX), User-interface (UI) design
• Proficiency in Node.js, MEAN stack and MySQL databases
• Experiences on Web services and Mashups
• Good communication skills, both verbally and in writing
• Knowledge of database design, Application Programming Interface (API) service integration,
web service programming and mobile app programming is of benefit
• Experience designing information storage and retrieval systems (optional but of benefit)
• Team player used to work autonomously with the ability to drive its own initiatives in fastpaced
environments

Please send a cover letter and resume.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. 

Only those selected for an interview will be contacted candidates.