About the company
Our client is a fast-growing real estate company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Design and build dependable, scalable backend services and APIs for a software platform. Partner with frontend, design and product colleagues on fast-moving challenges that must hold up at scale. Suited to an engineer who writes clean, readable code and enjoys performance work.
What you'll do
- Create dependable application interfaces and server-side services that scale well.
- Write clean, minimal code that others can easily follow.
- Partner with frontend, design and product colleagues on shared features.
- Tackle hard scaling challenges as they come up.
- Work through core business problems the software must solve.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Solid command of data structures and algorithms.
- Track record of debugging, problem solving and removing performance bottlenecks.
- Hands-on backend experience with Java on AWS.
- Experience working at a fast-paced, high-growth startup.
- Willingness to work alongside intelligence-assisted coding tools in everyday engineering.
- Strong work ethic and the ability to contribute quickly.
- Located in a U.S. time zone (Pacific, Mountain, Central or Eastern).
Bonus points
- Experience writing concurrent code for multi-core servers.
- Self-taught engineers are welcome.
- Interest in the real estate industry.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Salary: $130K to $170K
- Equity
- Health, dental and vision coverage
- Retirement plan
Location and work model
- Remote (US)
- Full-time
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