Senior Software Engineer - Backend Focused

Summary

Join Pacaso, a growth-stage company in real estate and travel, as a Software Engineer. You will be an early team member, responsible for developing critical systems and integrations, directly impacting company results. This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining systems, participating in architecture discussions, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. You will need strong Java, Spring, and AWS experience, along with excellent communication skills. Pacaso offers competitive benefits, including unlimited PTO, excellent health insurance, 401k, paid parental leave, and a home office stipend.

Requirements

• 5+ years of hands-on Software Development experience in the following areas: Java , Spring, Relational Databases, AWS, etc
• Proven ability to tailor your solutions to business problems in a cross functional team
• Strong programming skills (Java) incorporating engineering best practices (design/quality/security)
• Deep technical knowledge and experience developing web applications, APIs etc
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain systems powering core experiences, framework/common libraries and api services as required to deliver on our goals
• Participate in architecture and design discussions, code reviews, and project related team activities
• Understand and meet business needs with respect to functionality, performance, scalability, reliability - adhering to development principles and product goals
• Openness to doing what it takes to help the team realize goals (developing prototypes/POCs, solutions etc.)
• Help out in all areas of software development, including tooling, devops, analytics etc
• Iterate with our Product and Engineering teams in a fast paced environment to bring features from conception to launch
• Collaborative must be open to discussing options with any/all team members
• Evaluate technical solutions, weighing current / future needs, explore options/ideas, choosing new technologies and tooling for our stack (and likely fail at times without penalty)
• Engage and evolve our engineering culture enabling us to do our best work

Preferred Qualifications

Degree in a Computer Science field

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Unlimited, flexible PTO for exempt employees
• Excellent medical, dental and vision insurance
• Sponsored memberships to One Medical, Ginger and Carrot
• 401(k) to help you save for the future
• Paid maternity and paternity leave
• Generous home office stipend and monthly cell phone reimbursement
• Quarterly remote team building events and L&D opportunities