Senior Software Engineer

Buildout

2d • $140,000 - $170,000 • Remote

About The Position

Buildout is the AI deal engine for CRE brokerages, automating every step from first contact to commission. While brokers focus on relationships and winning listings, Buildout handles the workflows behind the scenes, turning manual processes into intelligent, scalable systems. Trusted by over 50,000 brokers, Buildout powers more profitable deals from lead to close. Learn more at www.buildout.com.
The Opportunity
We create exceptional, easy to use, high quality products that lead the Commercial Real Estate industry into the future and delight our customers. To achieve this, our software teams work closely with their product team members to build backend (Rails) and frontend (React) features. We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Enterprise team and help us scale not just our codebase, but our engineering organization. This role is for someone who thrives in complexity, brings strong technical judgment, and wants to make an outsized impact by unblocking others and shaping how work gets done.

Requirements

• 5+ years of product software development experience, ideally within SaaS or enterprise environments
• Strong experience with Ruby on Rails and React, though this role leans backend
• Demonstrated ability to own complex, ambiguous problems end-to-end and deliver high-quality solutions
• Strong technical judgment and the ability to explain decisions clearly to both technical and non-technical partners
• A collaborative mindset and eager to mentor others through code reviews, pairing, and shared problem-solving
• Ruby/Rails: We’re a Ruby shop, so a deep knowledge of Rails is going to help you get up and running quickly. Our app uses all of the standard Rails goodness you know and love, as well as a lot of additional tools for design, business logic, and background jobs. If you like to learn new skills, you’re going to fit in really well.
• Javascript: Our front-end relies heavily on Javascript. We currently have a mix of core features written using vanilla ES5 and React, but are focusing on Typescript and React for all future front-end work. We are looking for people with a strong working Javascript base who want to keep finding and working with the best new tools.
• Testing: Is testing a natural part of your process? If so, you’ll be appreciated here. We are actively building out our test suite and providing ample team resources to make sure that everything we create is tested and rock-solid. Our test suite uses RSpec for our Rails work, and we’re beginning to focus on better end to end testing with Playwright.
• Other Web Tech: We use git for source control, an internally developed design system based on Bootstrap, MySQL and AWS. If you’re really passionate about some new technology, we’d love to hear about it.

Nice To Haves

• Experience using Claude Code (or similar AI-assisted development tools) to accelerate development workflows
• Experience working on enterprise or contract-driven work where requirements are not always fully defined

Responsibilities

• Consistently and quickly build and launch excellent software by: Understanding our customers and their needs Engineering elegant and practical solutions Iterating on and polishing your work to meet the standards for Buildout Quality
• Make sound technical and architectural decisions that balance customer urgency with long-term maintainability and system health
• Collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including Product, UX, and Customer-facing teams, to translate enterprise needs into scalable solutions
• Contribute to a strong engineering culture through leading by example, thoughtful code reviews, pairing on difficult issues to share knowledge and drive accountability, and mentorship of junior and mid-level engineers
• Help establish and reinforce standards for code quality, testing, and technical decision-making across enterprise work

Benefits

• Impactful insurance and benefit options, including 2 medical plans to choose from, 100% coverage of employee dental and vision insurance premiums, HSA seed, company-paid STD, LTD, life insurance, and telemedicine, and a wellness benefit of $400/year.
• Policies that support a healthy work/life harmony, including Flexible PTO, 14 paid company holidays, paid parental leave, and give back days
• 401(k) with 4% company match and immediate vesting
• A fully remote work culture with a monthly remote work reimbursement ($600/year) to support our distributed team and an annual, in-person company kickoff
• Challenging problems to solve with a committed and supportive team who are invested in your growth and development
• A wonderfully quirky culture where you’re encouraged to bring your whole self to work

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed