Senior/Staff Backend Software Engineer

About the Company

At Flow, we're on a mission to enhance living experiences across communities by leveraging the power of technology. Our focus is on developing, owning, and managing multifamily apartment buildings, where we implement cutting-edge solutions to provide superior living conditions and foster vibrant communities. Our success is built on a foundation of innovation, high standards, and a team-driven approach, where integrity, loyalty, and trust are paramount.

Joining Flow means becoming part of an extraordinary team that values collective achievements over individual accolades. Our team members are passionate about making a meaningful impact, embrace creativity and ambition, and are committed to excellence, urgency, and accountability in all they do.

About the Role

As an early member of our engineering team, you will directly contribute to the overall technical direction of the organization and be responsible for architecting, developing, and implementing fault-tolerant, highly-available, and scalable APIs that support crucial functionality and services to residents, building staff, and operations teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and implement complex systems or solutions to meet the needs of our customers and internal teams
• Collaborate with cross-functional as well as other engineering teams to define clear requirements and translate them into scalable and maintainable software solutions
• Help recruit, hire, and provide technical guidance and mentorship to other engineers
• Play a key role in architectural and systems-level decisions to ensure the scalability, reliability, and security of our systems

Ideal Background

• Experience working in product & operations-heavy organizations
• A minimum 10 years of software engineering experience building scalable software in engineering-centric organizations
• Deep understanding of the principles challenges of ensuring high availability, fault tolerance, and efficiency in distributed systems
• Experience mentoring and leading other engineers. We are seeking candidates who have either direct management experience or a strong desire to take on such responsibilities
• A keen ability to strike a balance between elegant design and pragmatic tradeoffs, all while prioritizing continuous delivery of value to the business
• Proficiency in multiple modern programming languages and the ability to quickly learn and adapt to new programming languages as required
• Experience building software in fast-moving startup environments

Benefits

• Comprehensive Benefits Package (Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life)

• Paid time off and 13 paid holidays

• 401(k) retirement plan

• Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)

• Access to HSA-compatible plans

• Pre-tax commuter benefits 

• Employee Assistance Program (EAP), free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, and other wellness offerings

Flow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, we provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.