Senior Backend Engineer

Come join one of the best places to work in Denver! At Homebot, we believe that every team member has an important role to play in bringing our mission statement to life. How do we do this? By keeping a clear focus on culture and engagement, and creating an environment where people are valued! We're looking for enthusiastic innovators to join us in revolutionizing how people build wealth with the single largest asset they'll ever own — their home.
We connect people to make informed homeownership decisions together. Homebot is a Homeownership Intent Platform that surfaces actionable data first so our customers can capture the client before the competition. Homebot drives repeat and referral business to our customers through our personalized financial dashboards.
Our R&D team is in need of a creative and diligent Senior Backend Engineer to increase the capability and scalability of our core systems and integrations for our awesome customers!
If this opportunity gets you pumped - perfect! Apply below and we look forward to speaking with you very soon!
This is a full-time position based in our Denver, CO office. (We have a hybrid work model in place that allows employees to split their time between working in-office and from home a few days a week.) We also offer full-time remote (with quarterly visits to Denver) for folks based outside of the Denver area.
Compensation: We are committed to providing competitive pay and benefits that are in line with industry standards. We analyze and carefully consider several factors when determining compensation, including skills, qualifications and professional experience, which can cause your compensation to vary. This role has an annual targeted base salary range of $145,000 - $175,000, plus an annual 10% performance bonus target.
For additional details on our total benefits package, please review the section "Why Homebot?" at the end of this job description. The impact you'll make by joining us: Within 1 month you will: Understand the responsibilities of and interactions between our core servicesPair with other engineers on your team to ship new features & refinementsConnect with folks from all across the Homebot organization Within 3 months you will: Ship pre-defined features / refinements from our roadmapJoin our on-call rotation (our systems are incredibly stable, so this is light duty) Within 6 months you will: Contribute significantly to breaking down technical challenges and planning sprints with your teamTake on loosely-defined / exploratory work in new-to-you areas of the codebaseConfidently troubleshoot & analyze root cause of technical issues within the systems your team owns Within 1 year you will: Define, plan, and execute on opportunities for technical features & refinementsInvestigate new tools & technologies, and evaluate their usefulness to your team's systems & processesContribute to knowledge sharing workshops on topics of interest for the R&D team (engineering / product / design) Who You'll Collaborate With: This role will report to your team's Engineering ManagerYou will work closely with product managers, integration managers, and adjacent engineering teamsYou will be part of 5 engineers on your team What You Bring: 5+ years of production engineering experienceFamiliarity with concepts from Clean Code, SOLID principles, or similar4-5+ years experience with Ruby on Rails4+ years building scalable APIsStrong Postgres or other database experienceExperience with Sidekiq, redis, memcache, Elasticsearch or similarExperience in scaling applications with a commitment to ensuring maintainabilityAbility to respond to situations in a timely manner, and meet personal commitmentsComfortable RSpec or similar testing frameworks and understand solid testing principles. Bonus Points: Experience with AWS Lambda, DynamoDB, or serverless frameworks like Ruby on JetsExperience diagnosing and mitigating email-deliverability concerns (including proactive reputation-management steps)Familiarity with SMTP, and the points of articulation between the outbound server and the recipient's inboxYou are familiar with Real Estate and/or Mortgage Lending and the different stakeholders involved with homeownership Characteristics of a Homebot Senior Backend Engineer Proactively improves the quality of the projects they're working onCan envision and describe an ideal solution while being pragmatic in how we get thereCommunicates early & often — especially when they spot problems or opportunitiesLearns and moves projects forward, even when working with a new-to-them technology Who We Strive To Be as Homebotters: We are Humbly HungryWe are Courageously AuthenticWe Challenge Limiting BeliefsWe Keep our Eye on the Ball, Hand in the Dirtand we do all of this TOGETHER, as a team, and we have fun doing it! Read about how we rolled out these new values to the organization! Why Homebot? We believe in a collaborative, fun work environment. And when we say we have an awesome culture, we mean it. The team members, aka Homebotters, are not only passionate about our product, but also about how they interact with each other. We push ourselves every day to be better, challenge each other to continuously grow, and to have fun doing it. We are professional when we need to be and goofy when it's time to celebrate a win. We realize we might be a little biased so we encourage you to check out our Glassdoor reviews and visit BuiltinColorado's Best Places to Work list (#91) and Best Midsize Places to Work (#44) for 2024!
With the mortgage and tech industries being highly male-dominated, we're proud to be a tech company in the mortgage space with ~40% female employees across the organization.
We appreciate and value what our team members do every day, so we offer some amazing benefits to reward them:
Perks/Benefits: Medical (Aetna) / Dental (Sun Life) / Vision (VSP)Homebot covers 99% for the employee and 50% for dependents401(k) matchHomebot matches 100% on the first 3% and an additional 50% on the next 2% (Homebotter contributes 5% and receives 4% from Homebot!)Flexible Vacation Policy - we believe in taking care of yourself & rewarding team members so we offer flexible time off policy!6 days of Sick/Mental Health timePaid Parental Leave - 12 Weeks!Hybrid Working Model - Blend Work From Home and In-Office DaysBudget for Home Office SetupDenver EcoPass for light rail and bus systemOffice location in downtown Denver (modern, spacious 4-story with top floor deck ?)Relocation reimbursement for out-of-state moves to the Denver areaWeekly catered lunches in-office on ThursdaysNitro cold brew, french press, smoothie bullet and snacks (vegan, gluten-free and food allergy safe options available)Rotating beer tap + stocked beer/wine fridge, hard kombucha, wine tapFun quarterly events like Rockies games, holiday parties, etc.Awesome culture! Awesome coworkers! We give back to the community (Habitat for Humanity, Giving Tree)Open work environment with sit/stand desksFinancial Wellness ProgramFree Employee Assistance Program & Mental Health CoachesEducational Assistance ProgramAnnual Training Budget for Professional Development Homebot values and is strengthened by diversity. We believe that everyone comes from a diverse set of backgrounds and each member brings different skills to the group. With that, we're committed to ensuring equity within as many aspects of our organization as we can.
Homebot is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we encourage all applicants to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment, transfer, or promotion opportunities without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation including transgender status, national origin/ancestry, genetics, pregnancy, disability, age, marital status, familial status or veteran status. We also encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't precisely match the job description :)
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