Sr. Backend Engineer - Java
Sr. Backend Engineer - Java
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Job Description
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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What We Require From You:
Schedule: You will work Eastern Standard Time (EST) hours regardless of your location.
Location: This is a fully remote position; however US residency is required. Candidates outside the US will not be considered. (Sponsorship will be provided if required.)
Job Summary:
As a Sr. Backend Engineer you will be reporting to the Engineering Manager and would be a key member of Reals 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. If you are self-motivated and a tech expert to join a results-oriented team we encourage you to join us.
Duties/Responsibilities:
Collaborate with other engineers through pairing sessions code reviews and knowledge sharing in our weekly Friday Dev Chats.
Mentor and lead junior engineers in software engineering methodology design and best practices.
Work with the product team and feature owners to understand requirements and see them through to execution and deployment.
Required Skills/Abilities:
You have extensive experience with Java 17 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 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 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 start up 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 17
Spring Boot
Postgres
Kafka
DynamoDB
AWS
Docker
Kubernetes
Datadog
Bugsnag
ArgoCD
TeamCity
Maven
IntelliJ
We are empowered through our strong test coverage to allow continuous delivery with multiple deploys per day.
Our Interview Process:
We believe in transparency and strive to create a supportive environment where you can showcase your skills and experience. Our interview process includes the following steps:
Initial Screening Interview: Your first conversation will be with a member of our talent team. This session includes a live coding test which will be recorded to be reviewed by our engineering team.
Code Pairing with Senior Engineers: In this round youll meet and work alongside our senior engineers. You will build on the initial coding test discussing broader computer science topics system design and problem-solving approaches.
Design Interview: This session will focus on architectural thinking problem-solving and broader computer science concepts. Topics from your previous interview may be revisited and expanded upon.
Final Leadership Interview: The final stage includes a conversation with our CTO VP of Engineering and other senior leaders. The discussion will cover mutual expectations technical proficiency team dynamics and cultural fit.
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
Must Have: Ability to truly encompass our Company Core Values
Work Hard. Be Kind
We are bigger than me
Tech x Humanity
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.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
