Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Real is a fast-growing global real estate brokerage powered by technology. As a Senior Backend Engineer, you will be a key member of the R&D team, responsible for leading the technical vision for backend systems, implementing features, and driving adoption of AI-assisted development practices.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate with other engineers through pairing sessions, code reviews, and knowledge sharing in our weekly Friday Dev Chats
- Mentor and lead junior engineers in software engineering methodology, design, and best practices
- Work with the product team and feature owners to understand requirements and see them through to execution and deployment
Skills
- You have extensive experience with Java 17+ (we are migrating toward Java 21), Spring Boot 3.x, JPA/Hibernate 6, and SQL relational databases
- You are comfortable writing unit and integration tests and maintaining strong code coverage
- You have experience designing event-driven microservices and applying patterns such as Domain-Driven Design (DDD), hexagonal (ports & adapters) architecture, and CQRS
- You have in-depth knowledge of relational databases, including indices, connection pools, transactions (ACID), and implications of schema designs on performance
- You have experience with NoSQL databases, understand their advantages and disadvantages, and know when to prefer one over a relational database
- You are opinionated in the direction that backend software development is going and will give recommendations and take the initiative for the long-term health of the project
- You have a keen eye for where to refactor and when, using standard design principles and patterns, and are excited to lead the team on the path to better code
- You are welcoming to other engineers, have a collaborative attitude, and are excited to both learn and teach new knowledge
- You enjoy working with a remote team that spans many different time zones and locations
- You are comfortable in an agile, fast-paced startup environment where you work closely with product to understand how your work will fit into the larger project while acting on limited information
- Hands-on experience with AI coding assistants such as Claude Code, Cursor, and Codex (or similar) in real development workflows
- Familiarity with agentic / CLI-based AI workflows and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations that connect AI tools to internal systems (e.g., GitHub, Datadog, issue tracking, SonarQube)
- Experience applying AI to accelerate code review, test generation, and documentation, not just code completion
- Ability to critically evaluate generated code; identify incorrect or suboptimal outputs; refactor AI-generated code for production readiness
- Strong judgment on when to use AI vs manual implementation; trade-offs between speed and correctness; validating and owning AI-assisted code before it ships to production
- BA/BS degree and 8+ years of related experience; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background
- Must have experience in Spring/Spring Boot, Hibernate, and Relational Databases
- A real estate background with transferable skills would be an asset
- Demonstrated Project Coordination/Management skills
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