Senior Software Engineer

AvalonBay Communities•Arlington, TX

About The Position

AvalonBay Communities, Inc., an equity REIT, has a long-term track record of developing, redeveloping, acquiring and managing distinctive apartment homes in some of the best U.S. markets, and delivering outsized, risk-adjusted returns to shareholders. With equal parts experience and vision, we’ve established a leadership position rooted in our purpose of creating a better way to live and that is always focused on building value for the long term. Creating a better way to live is the purpose that binds AvalonBay associates. We take that purpose seriously and expect you will as well. By focusing on collaboration, innovation, and taking ownership of our choices and actions, we act in ways that focus on creating value for our customers, investors and associates. Your positive, professional, and consistent personal interactions make AvalonBay a great place to work. The Role What You’ll Do Collaborate across Agile teams to design, build, test, deploy, and support cloud-native, serverless applications Deliver full-stack solutions across TypeScript-based backend services and modern web applications, partnering with tech leads, senior engineers, and product managers Build and maintain AWS Lambda and API Gateway services, infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, and secure integrations using AWS Secrets Manager and configuration services Develop and evolve frontend experiences using Next.js and React, with shared component and package patterns in a workspace-driven architecture Design and implement reliable data access patterns with PostgreSQL, typed SQL tooling, and safe schema evolution/migration workflows Contribute to event-driven and asynchronous workflows (for example orchestration and domain events) to improve scalability and resilience Own engineering quality through automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, type safety, linting/formatting standards, and production observability Mentor engineers, contribute to architecture discussions, and stay current on evolving cloud-native and TypeScript ecosystem practices

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree
At least 6 years of software engineering experience
5+ years of experience building backend services with Node.js and TypeScript/JavaScript
3+ years of hands-on experience with AWS cloud services in production, including serverless patterns
2+ years of experience with SQL and relational data modeling (PostgreSQL preferred)
2+ years of experience working in Agile delivery environments

Nice To Haves

3+ years of experience with React in production web applications
2+ years of experience with Next.js and modern frontend architecture patterns
Experience building and operating AWS Lambda/API Gateway systems and infrastructure as code with AWS CDK
Experience with event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing patterns (for example EventBridge, SQS, or workflow orchestration)
Experience with modern testing practices (unit, integration, and end-to-end) and GitHub Actions-based CI/CD
Experience with API contract/code-generation and strong type-safety tooling
Experience supporting modernization or migration programs from legacy platforms to serverless TypeScript stacks

Responsibilities

Collaborate across Agile teams to design, build, test, deploy, and support cloud-native, serverless applications
Deliver full-stack solutions across TypeScript-based backend services and modern web applications, partnering with tech leads, senior engineers, and product managers
Build and maintain AWS Lambda and API Gateway services, infrastructure as code with AWS CDK, and secure integrations using AWS Secrets Manager and configuration services
Develop and evolve frontend experiences using Next.js and React, with shared component and package patterns in a workspace-driven architecture
Design and implement reliable data access patterns with PostgreSQL, typed SQL tooling, and safe schema evolution/migration workflows
Contribute to event-driven and asynchronous workflows (for example orchestration and domain events) to improve scalability and resilience
Own engineering quality through automated tests, CI/CD pipelines, type safety, linting/formatting standards, and production observability
Mentor engineers, contribute to architecture discussions, and stay current on evolving cloud-native and TypeScript ecosystem practices

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits — health, dental and vision, 401(k) with company match, paid vacation and holidays, tuition reimbursement, an employee stock purchase plan and more.
Growth based on achievement and promotion from within.
Associate recognition (a company-wide recognition program that celebrates associate efforts and successes in contributing to the overall success of the organization – including destination awards, ‘AvalonBay’s Very Best’ recognition program and others!).
A 20% discount on our incredible apartment homes.
A culture built on purpose and our core values - A Commitment to Integrity, A Spirit of Caring, and A Focus on Continuous Improvement.

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