Software Engineer, Full Stack Developer, Backend Developer

Rent Spree is the nation's leading home rental software. Our award-winning product suite simplifies the entire rental journey—from applications and screening to payments and lease management. Our mission is to bring transparency, efficiency, and trust to agents, landlords, and renters alike.

With over 3 million users, partnerships with 300+ leading real estate companies and MLS platforms, and nine years of consistent growth, Rent Spree is at the forefront of proptech innovation. Our award-winning solutions deliver automation and real-time insights that make renting faster, easier, and more secure for our customers.

Rent Spree is a proud Forbes' Best Startup Employer and we were also ranked one of Built In Seattle’s Best Places to Work. As one of the fastest-growing property tech startups in the U.S., we’re looking for talented problem-solvers to contribute meaningful impact as we scale.

Rent Spree is looking for a Staff Software Engineer to help lead the development of core consumer-facing product experiences . In this role, you’ll be responsible for building and evolving high-impact features end-to-end — from backend APIs to polished interfaces — with an emphasis on delivering fast, intuitive, and reliable experiences for our users.

As a technical leader, you’ll help set the architectural direction, lead complex initiatives from idea to delivery, mentor engineers, and work closely with product, design, and engineering teams and leaders to build intuitive, performant, and reliable experiences for millions of users.

This position is hybrid (2-3 days per week) based in our Seattle office.

• Lead end-to-end development of user-facing features across web and backend systems
• Champion front-end architecture, performance, and accessibility best practices
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate customer needs into thoughtful, scalable solutions
• Drive technical decision-making and execution on complex initiatives
• Contribute to and shape our engineering standards, architecture, and tooling
• Mentor other engineers and contribute to the growth of engineering culture and technical excellence
• Balance delivery speed and quality, making pragmatic choices around trade-offs
• Help evolve our UI component systems, frontend infrastructure, and testing strategies

Our job descriptions evolve with our business needs and priorities. In addition to the description above, your role may include additional tasks, projects and team support as needed.

• 8+ years of professional software development experience, including leadership on high-impact projects
• Proven ability to ship production features end-to-end , including frontend UI, APIs, and backend services
• Full-stack fluency, including experience with backend technologies (e.g., Node.js, Graph
  
  QL/REST APIs, Mongo
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, cloud platforms)
• Proven ability to drive technical direction and architecture in cross-functional settings across multiple teams
• Strong product sense and empathy for end users
• Experience mentoring engineers and helping grow technical capabilities on a team
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, iterative environments with evolving requirements

• Experience with design systems or large-scale UI infrastructure
• Track record of delivering consumer-scale web applications
• Familiarity with experimentation, analytics, and product iteration cycles
• Exposure to CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production readiness best practices

These encompass our guiding principles and startup culture competencies:

• Take full ownership and accountability: Drives projects from idea to execution, with pride, urgency, and a “do what it takes” mentality.
• Collaborate with clarity, candor, and respect: Communicate openly and courageously, offer and receive feedback well, and build trust through transparency and reliable partnership.
• Strive for excellence while staying humble: Driven with a bias for action, hold a high bar, think critically, and continuously look to improve.
• Bring a versatile, proactive mindset: Adapt to evolving needs, anticipate challenges, take…