Sr Backend Engineer - Tech Lead
Real is a fast-growing national real estate brokerage powered by technology. Real is currently operating in all U.S. states, Canada, and the District of Columbia. Founded in 2014, Real is a trailblazer in the Residential Real Estate industry, as we lead the disruption with our cutting-edge technology platform. We are on a mission to revolutionize the home-buying and selling process, making agents' lives better while creating lucrative financial opportunities for them.
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Schedule: MUST be willing to work Eastern (EST) timezone hours, regardless of location.
Location: US based remote position, candidates outside of the US will not be considered.
Job Summary:
As a Sr. Backend Engineer - Tech Lead, you will be reporting to the Engineering Manager and would be a key member of Real’s R&D team. You will help lead the overall technical vision for all things back end, implementing features, squash bugs, and make improvements across our Java Spring Microservices. In addition to being a hands-on contributor, you will mentor other engineers, provide technical leadership, and guide the team in best practices and design principles. If you are self-motivated, and a tech expert to join a results-oriented team, we encourage you to join us.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Provide technical mentorship and leadership to junior and mid-level engineers, guiding them in software engineering methodology, design, and best practices to support their skill development and growth within the team.
Work with the product team and feature owners to understand requirements and see them through to execution and deployment.
Take ownership of technical initiatives, driving projects independently from concept to completion while ensuring alignment with the overall platform strategy.
Collaborate with other engineers through pairing sessions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing in our weekly Friday Dev Chats.
Required Skills/Abilities:
You have extensive experience with Java 11+, Spring Boot, JPA (Hibernate), and SQL relational databases.
You are comfortable writing unit and integration tests and maintaining strong code coverage
You have hands-on experience building application using the microservices architecture
You have in-depth knowledge of relational databases, including indices, connection pools, transactions (ACID), and implications of schema designs on performance
You have experience with NoSQL databases, understand their advantages and disadvantages, and know when to prefer one over a relational database.
You have experience as a tech lead, guiding teams through complex engineering challenges and fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
You are opinionated in the direction that backend software development is going and will give recommendations and take the initiative for the long-term health of the project.
You have a keen eye for where to refactor and when, using standard design principles and patterns, and are excited to lead the team on the path to better code
You are highly self-motivated and take initiative without requiring constant oversight.
You are welcoming to other engineers, have a collaborative attitude, and are excited to both learn and teach new knowledge
You enjoy working with a remote team that spans many different time zones and locations
You are comfortable in an agile, fast-paced startup environment where you work closely with product to understand how your work will fit into the larger project while acting on limited information
Our Tech Stack
Java 11+
Spring Boot 2.7+
Postgres
Kafka
DynamoDB
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Datadog
Bugsnag
ArgoCD
TeamCity
We are empowered through our strong test coverage to allow continuous delivery with multiple deploys per day.
Education and Experience:
BA/BS degree and 8+ years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background
Must have experience in Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Relational Databases
A real estate background with transferable skills would be an asset
Demonstrated Project Coordination/Management skills
Prior experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineers is required.
Must Have: Ability to truly encompass our Company Core Values
Work Hard. Be Kind
“We” are bigger than “me”
Tech x Humanity
Physical Requirements:
Sit for long periods of time
REAL is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, or Veteran status.
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