Part-Time Contract Developer (GiveWise)

Effective Altruism Hong Kong is looking for a part-time contract developer to join the team for the GiveWise project. You will be the primary software developer owning all technical aspects end-to-end and responsible for keeping the site up and running. This role can evolve into a CTO/Tech Lead position depending on your initiative, proficiency, and experience.

• Build and ship features across React/TypeScript frontend and FastAPI/Python backend
• Extend and maintain Stripe payment flows (checkout sessions, subscriptions, webhooks)
• Write and optimize database queries (PostgreSQL, async SQLAlchemy)
• Improve test coverage
• Participate in code review and collaborate via GitHub
• Keep the site up and running and resolve any issues

• Significant experience building modern websites with React, TypeScript, Python, SQL
• Independent and willing to take ownership of the project
• Responsive to resolving any issues with the site
• Comfortable with primarily async communication but willing to regularly do video calls
• Knowledge and willingness to heavily use AI tools like Claude Code to speed up implementation
• Nice-to-haves: Interest in effective altruism or the nonprofit sector, Stripe or payment gateway experience, Familiarity with async Python (asyncio), SQLAlchemy, FastAPI

Submit the application form on the website at https://www.eahongkong.org/join-our-team. If you have any queries, reach out to info@eahongkong.org