Sr. Software Engineer, Lister

Apartment List

4d • $113,000 - $152,000

About The Position

As a Senior Software Engineer on the Lister team, you’ll work on the services and user experiences that power how partners list, manage, and succeed on Apartment List. You’ll collaborate with teammates across engineering, product, and design to build high-quality features, improve system reliability, and deliver meaningful impact for renters and partners alike.

Requirements

• 3–5 years of hands-on software engineering experience
• Experience building full-stack product experiences and backend services
• Proficiency in at least one of Ruby, Kotlin, or Javascript/Typescript, with a willingness to learn others
• Familiarity with one or more of the following frameworks: React/NextJS, Ruby on Rails, or Java Spring
• Familiarity with relational databases (e.g., Postgres, MySQL, BigQuery) and experience designing queries and data models
• Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, design patterns)
• Attention to detail and ability to implement creative, technically sound solutions
• Comfortable collaborating and communicating with technical and non-technical teammates

Responsibilities

• Build, test, and maintain backend services and user-facing applications that support lister workflows
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and analysts to translate requirements into working software
• Contribute across the stack — from backend APIs and services in Kotlin and Ruby to frontend applications in Typescript and React
• Write clean, production-ready code that is testable, understandable, and accounts for edge cases
• Work with databases and cloud-based infrastructure to ensure our systems are scalable and reliable
• Use CI/CD pipelines to deliver timely, automated, and repeatable deployments
• Participate in code reviews and technical discussions to help raise code quality and share knowledge within the team

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees