As a Senior Services Engineer, you’ll be embedded within the Lead Generation pod that delivers the content of our consumer-facing web products, 55places.com and neighborhoods.com. Services engineers utilize a microservices architecture, and in a senior role you’ll be responsible for leading a small team of engineers in maintaining, improving and developing those microservices. Day to day, you will modify existing systems, take on ownership of current systems, and troubleshoot issues as they arise, as well as mentor more junior engineers. The Lead Generation pod uses a number of technologies, including PHP, SQL, and Python, to drive several high-traffic APIs. Additionally, the company has invested in creating an enterprise-level deployment setup, to make shipping code a breeze for its engineers.

Neighborhoods.com operates on the belief that the neighborhood and community you are a part of is so much more important than the house you live in, and we’re excited to come to work every day because we get to build tools that help people find their perfect neighborhood and home.

This role can be performed fully remotely. For those that prefer an office setting, this role can be based out of our Chicago office.

How you’ll contribute:

• Work in multiple languages across different parts of the neighborhoods.com and 55places.com tech stack
• Develop code and technical designs for existing and new products, with a strong focus on quality, performance and maintainability
• Provide technical leadership for more junior members of the team, by both managing small project teams and providing general technical mentorship
• Engage in the peer code review process. Your code reviews will cover  functional completeness, performance, readability, and ease of change.
• Collaborate with designers, front-end developers, and product stakeholders to deliver technical solutions to complex problems
• Take ownership of microservices and lead your peers in continuous improvement

Basic requirements to do the job:

• 8+ years of back-end software engineering experience
• Extensive experience with PHP 7, Python, and SQL-based database management (Specifically MySQL and/or PostGreSQL)
• Experience with container-based development and deployment paradigms (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience with the following:
• Software design patterns
• Dependency injection
• Microservices
• High-traffic APIs (hourly/daily)
• Background Workers
• Unit and Integration testing tools and practices, and an understanding of their value.
• Experience with Amazon Web Services (AWS) tools and Jenkins CI
• Effective written and verbal communication skills

Bonus points if you have:

• Interest in or experience with modern PHP frameworks, such as Laravel or Symfony
• Interest in or experience with GraphQL
• A basic understanding of the real estate industry

Why Neighborhoods.com?

• The standards: insurance, FSA, 401k with match, and flexible PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Volunteer and charity opportunities
• Transparent and approachable leadership and management
• Help make a difference in the lives of homeowners across the country

Neighborhoods.com is an equal opportunity employer of people from all different backgrounds, ethnicities, races, colors, religions, sexual orientations, gender identities, and ages. We strive to foster an inclusive environment that is comfortable for everyone. We will not tolerate harassment or discrimination of any kind.

We encourage candidates from marginalized and/or underrepresented communities to apply, as we value the unique insight and experiences you bring to the table. Like many companies, we still have work to do in creating the diverse and equitable workplace we aspire to, but we are actively working toward this goal through policies and training that foster a workplace where everyone has the same opportunities to contribute and be successful. If you have any questions about whether or not you should apply and/or whether your work experience matches a particular requirement, please reach out to us at [email protected].  

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.