Sr Backend Engineer

ABOUT GREYSTAR

Greystar is a leading, fully integrated global real estate company offering expertise in property management, investment management, development, and construction services in institutional-quality rental housing. Headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina, Greystar manages and operates over $300 billion of real estate in nearly 250 markets globally with offices throughout North America, Europe, South America, and the Asia-Pacific region. Greystar is the largest operator of apartments in the United States, manages over 1,000,000 units/beds globally, and has a robust institutional investment management platform comprised of nearly $78 billion of assets under management, including over $35 billion of development assets. Greystar was founded by Bob Faith in 1993 to become a provider of world-class service in the rental residential real estate business. To learn more, visit .

JOB DESCRIPTION SUMMARY

Senior Backend Engineer
About the Role: We are seeking a Senior Backend Engineer to design, build, and scale APIs and services that power our products. You’ll lead technical design, ship reliable code, and mentor teammates. This is a unique opportunity to establish a solid technical foundation and influence the direction of our technology stack.

JOB DESCRIPTION

Responsibilities:

• Architect, implement, and maintain backend services.
• Design clean, well-documented REST/GraphQL APIs and data models that serve our web application.
• Own service reliability including comprehensive testing, observability, performance, and incident response.
• Collaborate with Product/Design to break down problems and deliver iteratively.
• Lead code reviews, author technical docs, and mentor engineers.
• Drive technical decisions on architecture, tooling, and best practices.

Qualifications:

• 6–8+ years of backend engineering experience in production environments.
• 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.
• Experience with caching strategies (Redis) and message queuing systems (Kafka, SQS, RabbitMQ).
• Proven track record with cloud platforms (Azure preferred, AWS, GCP) and containerization (Docker preferred, Kubernetes).
• Experience with CI/CD pipelines and infrastructure as code.
• Experience designing secure APIs and with service reliance patterns.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with real-time communication/WebSockets.
• Takes initiative and drives projects from conception to completion.
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across teams.
• Background in investment management or multifamily real estate.

Why Join Us?

• Opportunity to build and shape a team from the ground up.
• A dynamic startup-like culture focused on innovation and rapid iteration.
• Direct impact on product development and technical decisions.
• Potential for significant growth.

We look forward to welcoming an experienced engineer ready to take ownership and help lead our technical journey!

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Additional Compensation :

Many factors go into determining employee pay within the posted range including business requirements, prior experience, current skills and geographical location.

• 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.

• Onsite Property Positions : In addition to the base salary, this role may be eligible to participate in weekly, monthly, and/or quarterly bonus programs.

Robust Benefits Offered*:

• 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.

• 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.

• For onsite team members, onsite housing discount at Greystar-managed communities are available subject to discount and unit availability.

• 6-Week Paid Sabbatical after 10 years of service (and every 5 years thereafter).

• 401(k) with Company Match up to 6% of pay after 6 months of service.

• Paid Parental Leave and lifetime Fertility Benefit reimbursement up to $10,000 (includes adoption or surrogacy).

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Critical Illness, Accident, Hospital Indemnity, Pet Insurance and Legal Plans.

• Charitable giving program and 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.

Greystar will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.