Senior Software Engineer

Overview

Avalon Bay Communities, Inc., an equity REIT, has a long-term track record of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing distinctive apartment homes in some of the best U.S. markets, and delivering outsized, risk-adjusted returns to shareholders. With equal parts experience and vision, we’ve established a leadership position rooted in our purpose of creating a better way to live and that is always focused on building value for the long term.

Creating a better way to live is the purpose that binds Avalon Bay associates. We take that purpose seriously and expect you will as well. By focusing on collaboration, innovation, and taking ownership of our choices and actions, we act in ways that focus on creating value for our customers, investors and associates. Your positive, professional, and consistent personal interactions make Avalon Bay a great place to work.

What You’ll Do

• Collaborate across Agile teams to design, build, test, deploy, and support cloud-native, serverless applications
• Deliver full-stack solutions across Type Script-based backend services and modern web applications, partnering with tech leads, senior engineers, and product managers
• Build and maintain AWS Lambda and API Gateway services, infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, and secure integrations using AWS Secrets Manager and configuration services
• Develop and evolve frontend experiences using Next.js and React, with shared component and package patterns in a workspace-driven architecture
• Design and implement reliable data access patterns with Postgre
  
  SQL, typed SQL tooling, and safe schema evolution/migration workflows
• Contribute to event-driven and asynchronous workflows (for example orchestration and domain events) to improve scalability and resilience
• Own engineering quality through automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, type safety, linting/formatting standards, and production observability
• Mentor engineers, contribute to architecture discussions, and stay current on evolving cloud-native and Type Script ecosystem practices

• Bachelor’s Degree
• At least 6 years of software engineering experience
• 5+ years of experience building backend services with Node.js and Type Script/Java Script
• 3+ years of hands‑on experience with AWS cloud services in production, including serverless patterns
• 2+ years of experience with SQL and relational data modeling (Postgre
  
  SQL preferred)
• 2+ years of experience working in Agile delivery environments

• 3+ years of experience with React in production web applications
• 2+ years of experience with Next.js and modern frontend architecture patterns
• Experience building and operating AWS Lambda/API Gateway systems and infrastructure as code with AWS CDK
• Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing patterns (for example Event Bridge, SQS, or workflow orchestration)
• Experience with modern testing practices (unit, integration, and end-to-end) and Git Hub Actions‑based CI/CD
• Experience with API contract/code-generation and strong type-safety tooling
• Experience supporting modernization or migration programs from legacy platforms to serverless Type Script stacks

We know that our teams are the beating heart of our success and we’re committed to showing our appreciation.

We Offer

Comprehensive benefits — health, dental and vision, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an employee stock purchase plan and more. Click on Benefits () for information.

Growth based on achievement and promotion from within.

Associate recognition (a company-wide recognition program that celebrates associate efforts and successes in contributing to the overall success of the organization – including destination awards, ‘Avalon Bay’s Very Best’ recognition program and others!).

A 20% discount on our incredible apartment homes.

A culture built on purpose and our core values - A Commitment to Integrity, A Spirit of Caring, and A Focus on Continuous Improvement.

Avalon Bay is proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and is committed to an inclusive and diverse work environment free of discrimination and…