Sr. Software Engineer, Lister

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As a Senior Software Engineer on the Lister team
, you’ll work on the services and user experiences that power how partners list, manage, and succeed on Apartment List. You’ll collaborate with teammates across engineering, product, and design to build high-quality features, improve system reliability, and deliver meaningful impact for renters and partners alike.

Here’s what you’ll do as part of the team:

• Build, test, and maintain backend services and user-facing applications that support lister workflows
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and analysts to translate requirements into working software
• Contribute across the stack — from backend APIs and services in Kotlin and Ruby to frontend applications in Typescript and React
• Write clean, production-ready code that is testable, understandable, and accounts for edge cases
• Work with databases and cloud-based infrastructure to ensure our systems are scalable and reliable
• Use CI/CD pipelines to deliver timely, automated, and repeatable deployments
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to help raise code quality and share knowledge within the team

Here are the skills and experience you’ll need to be successful:

• 3–5 years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Experience building full-stack product experiences and backend services
• Proficiency in at least one of Ruby, Kotlin, or Java script/Typescript, with a willingness to learn others
• Familiarity with one or more of the following frameworks:
  React/NextJS, Ruby on Rails, or Java Spring
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, Big Query) and experience designing queries and data models
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns)
• Attention to detail and ability to implement creative, technically sound solutions
• Comfortable collaborating and communicating with technical and non-technical teammates

Here's The Pay Range

• Zone 1: $148,000 - $180,000 TTC (including $133,000 - $152,000 base salary) + equity
• Zone 2: $137,000 - $166,000 TTC (including $123,000 - $149,000 base salary) + equity
• Zone 3: $126,000 - $153,000 TTC (including $113,000 - $137,000 base salary) + equity

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all qualified candidates.