What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Software Engineer- Backend position at Flow?
About The Company
At Flow, we’re reimagining what it means to live, work, and connect. More than just a real estate company, Flow is a brand, a technology platform, and an operations ecosystem spanning condominiums, hotels, multifamily residences, and office spaces. We’re building a new kind of living experience: one that’s flexible, connected, and designed to create genuine community and real value for the people who call Flow home.
Our mission is oneness: prioritizing our residents and their experiences, and fostering connection with ourselves, their neighbors, and the natural world. By putting people at the center of everything we do, we’re creating vibrant, human-centered communities where life, work, creativity, and play all come together in one place.
About The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop backend systems that scale with Flow's growth. You’ll work on critical systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, resilient services. In this role, you will actively solve complex problems with autonomy, proactively identify improvements, and take ownership of your work.
We believe employees are better together. Every position at Flow has an onsite or in-office requirement.
Responsibilities
At Flow, we’re reimagining what it means to live, work, and connect. More than just a real estate company, Flow is a brand, a technology platform, and an operations ecosystem spanning condominiums, hotels, multifamily residences, and office spaces. We’re building a new kind of living experience: one that’s flexible, connected, and designed to create genuine community and real value for the people who call Flow home.
Our mission is oneness: prioritizing our residents and their experiences, and fostering connection with ourselves, their neighbors, and the natural world. By putting people at the center of everything we do, we’re creating vibrant, human-centered communities where life, work, creativity, and play all come together in one place.
About The Role
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will develop backend systems that scale with Flow's growth. You’ll work on critical systems, collaborating with cross-functional teams to build secure, resilient services. In this role, you will actively solve complex problems with autonomy, proactively identify improvements, and take ownership of your work.
We believe employees are better together. Every position at Flow has an onsite or in-office requirement.
Responsibilities
- Build and optimize APIs, backend services, and distributed systems.
- Collaborate with frontend, product, and infrastructure teams to ship new features, supporting peers across teams and mentoring junior engineers.
- Design, develop, and maintain scalable software solutions while communicating across teams and providing useful asynchronous context.
- Conduct thorough testing and performance tuning to ensure reliability, connecting technical work to product impact and customer value.
- Participate in architecture discussions, propose technical solutions, and handle loosely defined problems with creativity and insight.
- Learn from failures, reflect, and work hard to improve under pressure, while elevating team outcomes and engineering quality.
- 10-15 years of backend software engineering experience, with a proven track record of impacts across multiple areas or services.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, API development, and cloud computing.
- Experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud-native infrastructure.
- Proficiency in modern programming languages (Go, Python, Kotlin, TypeScript).
- Ability to balance technical excellence with business needs.
- Comprehensive Benefits Package (Medical / Dental / Vision / Disability / Life)
- Paid time off and 13 paid holidays
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Access to HSA-compatible plans
- Pre-tax commuter benefits
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP), free therapy through SpringHealth, acupuncture, and other wellness offerings