
Web Application Developer
Nonprofit Connect
Kansas City, MO
Information Technology, Engineering
Are you a web developer who enjoys building reliable tools, fixing real-world problems, and learning what’s next? We’re looking for a Web Application Developer to join our team and help support and grow our internally built web applications.
In this role, you’ll work hands-on with our core web platform, improving features, fixing bugs, and keeping things running smoothly. You’ll collaborate closely with our team, learn modern integration patterns, and get direct exposure to AI-powered development as you grow.
This is a full-time, exempt, salaried position reporting to our Principal AI & Web Application Developer. We’re looking for someone local to Kansas City, MO. After a successful training period, there’s flexibility to work remotely.
What You’ll Be Doing
Building & Maintaining Our Platform
You’ll Likely Be a Great Fit If You Have:
In this role, you’ll work hands-on with our core web platform, improving features, fixing bugs, and keeping things running smoothly. You’ll collaborate closely with our team, learn modern integration patterns, and get direct exposure to AI-powered development as you grow.
This is a full-time, exempt, salaried position reporting to our Principal AI & Web Application Developer. We’re looking for someone local to Kansas City, MO. After a successful training period, there’s flexibility to work remotely.
What You’ll Be Doing
Building & Maintaining Our Platform
- Developing new features for internal web applications, workflows, and reporting tools using clean, secure Python/Django and JavaScript/React.
- Troubleshooting issues and fixing bugs reported by users while optimizing database queries, improving application performance, and creating up-to-date technical documentation.
- Building and maintaining RESTful APIs for integrations and ensuring our applications meet security, privacy, and compliance standards.
- Writing unit and integration tests and helping improve how we build, test, and release software
- Monitoring logs and maintaining error tracking tools.
- Helping with QA test efforts prior to release and supporting debugging and resolution of any production issues.
- Learning AI/ML integration patterns and best practices while working closely with the IT team to understand business needs.
- Staying current with trends in Python, Django, web development, and AI-assisted coding.
- Sharing ideas to make our platform better for users and maintainers alike.
You’ll Likely Be a Great Fit If You Have:
- A bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- 2–3 years of experience building web applications with Python/Django and JavaScript/React
- A solid understanding of relational databases and SQL, including PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server
- Experience with Docker and Docker Compose
- Familiarity with Git and team-based development workflows
- Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
- Experience using AI-powered developer tools like GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, or similar.
About the company
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Nonprofit Connect links the nonprofit community in Kansas City to education, resources and networking so organizations can more effectively achieve their missions. We serve more than 5,000 professional members from over 600 nonprofits of all sizes. How can we help you? Join today!









