Senior Software Engineer Backend

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As a leading property manager of single‑family rental homes nationwide, we take great pride in creating an enjoyable living experience for our residents – and an empowering, people‑first culture for our team members. That’s why, for two years in a row, our employees have voted Progress a certified Great Place to Work®.

As the demand for professionally managed rental homes continues to grow, so do the opportunities ’re looking for passionate professionals who are ready to grow with us, make a difference and be part of something meaningful.

The Sr Backend Developer will be responsible for designing, building, and delivering highly performant, scalable services and customer experiences using backend technologies on Amazon Web Services (AWS). The environment is fast paced and time to market of applications is critical to the success of the organization. This role is based in our Tempe, AZ office and offers a flexible hybrid schedule, giving you the best of both worlds: in‑office collaboration and remote work convenience.

• Hands‑on development across a variety of technologies and platforms
• Build highly performant, scalable, cloud‑native microservices‑based applications using technologies like AWS Serverless, Kubernetes, Docker, Node.js, Type Script, Key‑Value Stores, and MongoDB
• Evaluate new technology for inclusion in our stack
• Develop proof‑of‑concept projects to validate new architectures and solutions
• Support the refactoring and re‑architecting of existing software
• Work jointly with other developers to identify and create common reusable components
• Drive technical consolidation and reduction of duplicate effort across projects
• The candidate should have a strong understanding of agile software development and how that impacts the operations of software; and must participate in strategy discussion with all levels of management and business sponsors
• Work closely with architects, engineering manager and other senior developers to understand the technology roadmap and assist in enforcing the enterprise architecture standards
• Support testing & deployment cycles, including working with project managers to coordinate user acceptance testing (UAT) and gathering feedback from pre‑release testers.
• Log, track, and manage issues, bugs, and enhancement/feature requests logged in JIRA.
• Participate in software release and post‑release activities, including developing designs for proof of concepts.
• Capture, mitigate and/or escalation of risks & issues in a timely fashion
• Ensure development standards and consistency of specifications across sub‑systems
• Write and/or review deliverables, solution blueprints, and architecture documentation

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology or equivalent engineering field
• 6–8 years of solid development experience in building internet‑scale web / mobile applications and public APIs
• Expertise in designing highly‑scalable and performant micro‑services and storage layers using common frameworks, languages, and cloud infrastructure – using NodeJS frameworks, Type Script, AWS Serverless, MongoDB
• Experience in building Microservices & REST APIs with focus on System Design and Integration
• Good understanding of Public Cloud Services preferably AWS
• Good SQL and No
  
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• Prior experience in React, React Native, Graph
  
  QL or Salesforce platform is preferred
• Experience with entire software development lifecycle (Agile, SDLC, Iterative)
• Hands on experience with the different CICD tools – Jenkins, Github / Bit Bucket, Dockers, Containers, Build and Deploy tools
• Strong communication skills (both verbal and written) and ability to communicate effectively with business owners
• Strong analytical, problem‑solving skills and ability to abstract functional requirements
• Flexibility and positive attitude to achieve tight deadlines
• Rapidly adapt and respond to changes in environment and priorities
• Ability to work creatively, propose ideas and contribute to working groups