Senior Backend Engineer

Posted Oct 3

Updater, Inc. is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Senior Backend Engineer to join our Platform team within the MoveHQ division of Updater. As a crucial individual contributor in this role, you will drive the development and optimization of our backend systems, specifically handling interactions with third-party systems including authentication and authorization processes. This role plays a key part in maintaining our one-stack system for account and user management, ensuring the stability, scalability, and success of our platforms while fostering a culture of technical excellence and collaboration within the engineering team.

About the Role

  • Develop and Optimize System Features: You will design, develop, and maintain backend components of Updater’s systems, focusing on building robust, secure, and scalable solutions that enhance user and account management functionalities.
  • Enhance Software Quality and Performance: Collaborate with your team to elevate the platform’s reliability and performance. You will play a critical role in refining our development processes and engineering standards.
  • Lead Technical Implementations: As a senior member of the team, lead the technical implementation of projects to build and maintain system functionality. Ensure that all technical deliverables meet high standards of security, quality, and performance.
  • Mentorship and Leadership: Elevate the engineering team’s capabilities by mentoring junior engineers and sharing best practices in backend development, especially in PHP, Ruby on Rails, and other relevant technologies.
  • Manage CI/CD Pipelines: Build and oversee the continuous integration and delivery pipelines for team-owned applications, ensuring efficient and error-free deployments.

About You

  • Experienced Backend Developer: You have 5+ years of backend web development experience, with significant expertise in Ruby on Rails, PHP (Laravel), and ideally, familiar with handling both third-party and internal APIs.
  • Proven Track Record: You have successfully developed and maintained high-quality systems, demonstrating an ability to solve complex backend engineering problems.
  • Database and ORM Proficiency: Experienced with relational databases and ORM systems, crafting efficient, scalable database interactions.
  • Testing and Automation Expertise: Proficient with test development, understanding the distinctions between unit, integration, and end-to-end tests. Familiarity with testing frameworks such as Cypress or Selenium is a plus.
  • Agile Methodology Familiarity: Well-versed in agile development practices and tools such as Scrum and Jira.
  • CI/CD Experience: Skilled in continuous integration and delivery practices, using tools like Jenkins, CircleCI, or GitHub Actions.
  • Communication Skills: Excellent at both written and verbal communication, able to produce high-quality technical documentation and collaborate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
  • Regulatory Experience: (Optional) Experience in developing software for highly-regulated environments, such as government contracts or compliance-focused industries.

Additional Qualifications

  • Willingness to take on complex problems and drive technical solutions across the backend stack.
  • Demonstrated ability to work independently as well as part of a distributed team.

This posting is anticipated to remain open until November 27th, 2024. The new hire salary range for this position is $90,000 to $190,000 annually. Factors which may affect the starting pay within this range include skills, experience, and other qualifications aligned with Updater's internal leveling guidelines.

About Updater

Updater makes moving easier for the 12 million households that relocate every year in the US. With Updater, users seamlessly forward mail, transfer utilities, connect TV and internet, and much more. Thousands of the most prominent real estate companies in the US (from real estate brokerages to multifamily and relocation companies) rely on Updater’s real estate products to save clients hours with a branded and personalized Updater moving experience.

Updater has raised over $450 million from leading investors, including SoftBank Capital, Vista Credit Partners, IA Ventures, Commerce Ventures, Second Century Ventures (the strategic investment arm of the National Association of Realtors®), and more. Updater has ranked on Crain's Best Places to Work in NYC in 2016, 2018, & 2021. For more information, please visit www.updater.com.

Updater is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants regardless of color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital or family status, disability, gender identity or expression, veteran status, actual or presumed belonging to an ethnic group, or any other legally protected status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this full-time position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements:

  • Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance 
  • Unlimited PTO
  • 13 paid company holidays annually 
  • Updater Stock Options 
  • 401(k)
  • Commuter Benefits 
  • Personal Wellbeing Subsidy
  • New Hire Subsidy
  • One Medical Membership
  • Short Term Disability Insurance 
  • Supplemental Life Insurance
  • 12 weeks of Primary Caregiver Parental Leave