Sr Backend Engineer

Overview

Design, build, and scale backend APIs/services, lead architecture and mentor team.

Key Responsibilities

• code reviews
• technical docs
• backend services
• architecture decisions
• api design
• project delivery

Tasks

-Lead code reviews, author technical docs, and mentor engineers. -Architect, implement, and maintain backend services. -Collaborate with Product/Design to break down problems and deliver iteratively. -Drive technical decisions on architecture, tooling, and best practices. -Design clean, well-documented REST/GraphQL APIs and data models that serve our web application. -Takes initiative and drives projects from conception to completion.

Requirements

• typescript
• redis
• kafka
• azure
• docker
• postgresql

What You Bring

-6–8+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments. -Experience with real-time communication/WebSockets. -Experience with caching strategies (Redis) and message queuing systems (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ). -Experience designing secure APIs and with service reliance patterns. -Proven track record with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker preferred, Kubernetes). -Own service reliability including comprehensive testing, observability, performance, and incident response. -Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code. -Strong proficiency in Typescript/Next.js or equivalent experience in Python, Go, Java, etc. -Deep experience with relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred, MySQL) including query optimization and schema design. -Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams. -Background in investment management or multifamily real estate.

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Benefits

-Benefits offered for full-time employees. For Union and Prevailing Wage roles, compensation and benefits may vary from the listed information above due to Collective Bargaining Agreements and/or local governing authority. -For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability. -Corporate Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in a quarterly or annual bonus program based on individual and company performance. -Generous Paid Time off. All new hires start with 15 days of vacation, 4 personal days, 10 sick days, and 11 paid holidays. Plus your birthday off after 1 year of service! Additional vacation accrued with tenure. -Charitable giving program and benefits. -Employee Assistance Program. -Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy). -Opportunity to build and shape a team from the ground up. -401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service. -6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter). -Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans. -Onsite Property Positions: In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs. -Competitive Medical, Dental, Vision, and Disability & Life insurance benefits. Low (free basic) employee Medical costs for employee-only coverage; costs discounted after 3 and 5 years of service.

About Greystar

-Born in 1993 in Houston and now rooted in Charleston, its founder transformed a niche multifamily operator into a global real-estate powerhouse. -Today it owns, develops, invests in and manages a wide range of rental assets — from apartments and student beds to labs and logistics hubs. -Greystar has shaped skylines with projects like build-to-rent towers in the U.S. and Europe, student villages in Australia and modular living factories in Pennsylvania. -Specialisms span multifamily, student housing, active-adult and single-family rentals, logistics/industrial facilities, life-science campuses and modular construction. -Strategic bets include modular homes, life-science labs, single-family rentals and logistics distribution centers — marking it a versatile real-estate innovator. -With a reputation for vertical integration — managing assets, investments and construction in-house — it stands out in an industry of fragmented players.

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