Senior Backend Engineer

• Work with small teams - onboard your first week, ship changes during your second
• Actively participate in the design, development, and maintenance of Closinglock web applications, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle, from concept and design to testing and deployment.
• Consult on efforts regarding feature requests, feedback, and future product development for the business.

Do you have experience in Web applications?, * Must be dedicated, passionate, and hard-working, and excited to work in an energetic environment.

• Must be able to work with a team and collaborate effectively.
• We are looking for a creative and efficient problem solver.

Technical Preferences

• 4+ years of experience with Python or other object oriented programming languages.
• Strong experience in developing services using frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
• Experience with relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and ORMs/integration with Python applications.
• Solid working experience building RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience with software testing, TDD, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Active experience integrating custom code with 3rd party APIs.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Git, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working in the AWS ecosystem.
• Familiarity with application monitoring and reporting software such as Datadog and New Relic.

Pulled from the full job description

• Parental leave
• Health insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Vision insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Unlimited paid time off, * Competitive salary
• Equity compensation
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• 401(k) match
• Maternity/paternity leave
• Fully-subsidized downtown parking
• Weekly lunch stipend
• Full access to onsite gym and locker rooms
• Monthly team get-togethers (Lunches, social events, sports outings, etc)

Closinglock is modernizing the real estate world's way of transferring information and funds to eliminate wire fraud and provide a secure, easy-to-use platform for title companies, law firms, and other financial services to protect themselves and their clients from wire fraud. We act in the long-term best interests of our customers by understanding their problems. When our customers win, we win. To date, we have protected over $250B+ in funds related to residential property transactions. Closinglock's platform has been used by clients in all 50 states and across 42 countries. Closinglock is headquartered in Austin, TX, with an office in downtown Austin. Today the company has grown to 90+ employees across product & engineering, sales, partnerships, customer success, marketing, and finance. Mission: Simplify the real estate closing experience for all parties Vision: Provide a secure and efficient transfer of data and funds The inherent value of what we offer with our fraud prevention platform and modern payment solution for real estate is protecting a homebuyer's largest investment in their life. We are rapidly growing our team and are looking for more incredible talent. Our current team is built of top performers from world-class companies, and we will continue to hire that way. We firmly believe that top performers want to work with other top performers. We have a lot of fun at work because we trust each other and respect each other's talents, abilities, and experiences. We are hyper-focused on a common vision, and our company strength is based on the unparalleled quality of our team. There is no limit to what we can accomplish together! Check out our website to learn more about our company. We're intentionally building a team of high-caliber engineers who take pride in delivering exceptional results. Our standard is simple: we hire people who consistently perform at the top of their game and raise the bar for those around them. We believe talented, driven individuals do their best work alongside peers who share that same commitment to excellence. We value people who care deeply about output, take ownership, and push work across the finish line at a high level. If you're motivated by impact and want to be surrounded by others who operate at a high level, you'll thrive here. Check out our website to learn more about our company.