Senior Software Engineer

About Rent Spree

Rent Spree is the nation’s leading home‑rental software. Our award‑winning suite simplifies the entire rental journey—from applications and screening to payments and lease management—bringing transparency, efficiency, and trust to agents, landlords, and renters alike. With over 3 million users, partnerships with 300+ real‑estate companies, and nine years of consistent growth, we are at the forefront of proptech innovation and have been recognized as a Forbes Best Startup Employer and a Built In Seattle Best Place to Work.

Rent Spree is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help lead the development of core consumer and business‑facing product experiences. This role focuses on building and evolving high‑impact features end‑to‑end—backend APIs to polished interfaces—with an emphasis on delivering fast, intuitive, and reliable experiences for millions of users.

• Lead end‑to‑end development of user‑facing features across web and backend systems
• Champion backend architecture and performance 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

• 5+ 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
• Deep expertise in modern back‑end technologies (Java or Kotlin with Spring Boot, Node.js, Graph
  
  QL/REST APIs, Mongo
  
  DB, Postgre
  
  SQL, cloud platforms)
• Full‑stack fluency, including experience with frontend technologies (React, Type Script, JavaScript)
• 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 large‑scale 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

• Take full ownership and accountability:
  Drive projects from idea to execution with pride, urgency, and a “do what it takes” mentality
• Collaborate with clarity, candor, and respect:
  Communicate openly, give and receive feedback, and build trust through transparency and reliable partnership
• Strive for excellence while staying humble:
  Think critically, set a high bar, and continuously improve with a bias for action
• Bring a versatile, proactive mindset:
  Adapt to evolving needs, anticipate challenges, take initiative, and embrace opportunities to deliver high‑quality results
• Innovate and learn fast:
  Experiment, learn from failure, and seek opportunities to introduce new methods or diverse ways of achieving results
• Engage in healthy debate and commit as a team:
  Contribute ideas, challenge constructively, and align quickly for decisive action
• AI is a core skill:
  Equip yourself to use AI in daily workflow, boosting productivity and building future‑ready career skills

• Compensation: $190‑210k base
• Equity options:
  Share in the value we’re creating
• Team‑first culture:
  Supportive teammates who inspire each other
• Learning & development:
  Ongoing resources, coaching, and career development opportunities
• Health coverage:
  Comprehensive medical, dental, vision insurance, HSA/FSA, Headspace Care+, gym discounts, and more
• Retirement plan:
  Simple IRA with company match
• Flexible vacation policy and 12 holidays
• Events & recognition:
  Weekly meals, in‑person and remote gatherings
• Business expense allowance & internet reimbursement
• Parental leave & fertility support:
  Inclusive benefits
• Legal and tax benefits:
  Group legal benefits and tax support via Rocket Lawyer
• S…