Senior Backend Engineer

Senior Backend Engineer

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🏡About Clever
Clever is a venture-backed real estate technology company on a mission to revolutionize the way people buy, sell, and manage real estate. We are at the forefront of innovation, combining cutting-edge technology with deep industry expertise to create seamless, efficient, and transparent real estate experiences.

We've built the leading online education platform in real estate and earned a perfect 5.0 TrustPilot rating—helping consumers save over $160 million in real estate fees. If you're excited to play a key leadership role at a company that transforms how people navigate their real estate journey, we’d love to hear from you!

Role Overview

We’re looking for a Senior Backend Software Engineer to join our Backend Engineering team. This role is a key backfill that will focus on building new backend services and refactoring core systems that power our partner and operations technology.

You’ll help evolve the architecture behind our matching and order entry flows — improving speed, reliability, and scalability across the platform. Your work will directly expand the engineering team’s capacity, enabling faster delivery on revenue-generating initiatives.

📝Key Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable backend systems and APIs that power our core operational and partner platforms.

• Refactor and improve existing services to increase developer productivity and reduce tech debt.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, product, operations) to translate business requirements into reliable, maintainable code.

• Implement testing best practices (BDD/TDD) to ensure quality, reliability, and performance.

• Contribute to architecture discussions and help define the evolution of our backend systems. Proactively propose alternative solutions, weighing risks and rewards thoughtfully.

• Mentor teammates through code reviews, pair programming, and technical guidance. Embrace feedback loops and share learnings from challenges to drive team growth.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a focus on modern frameworks and scalable architecture.

• Proficiency in Python and/or Ruby.

• Deep understanding of RESTful API design, database modeling, and querying.

• Strong grasp of design patterns — and the wisdom to know when to apply them.

• Experience with BDD or TDD methodologies.

• Experience with Django or Ruby on Rails (strong plus).

• Experience with Heroku, AWS, and microservices or minilith architectures (strong plus).

What We Offer

💰 Salary : $155,000-170,000/year + equity

🏥 Comprehensive Benefits : Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance

🌴 Paid Time Off : 18 days PTO (increases with tenure) + 10 paid holidays

💼 401(k) Plan : Retirement plan through Guideline

👶 Parental Leave : 6–12 weeks

💙 Wellness Perks : 3 free counseling sessions & weekly optional meditation

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Equal Employment Opportunity Employer Statement:

Clever Real Estate provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.