Senior Fullstack Software Engineer

Today, we live in a world where everything has become convenient. Now you can get a ride anywhere, buy anything, answer any question with just a couple clicks on your phone. Convenience isn’t a luxury, it’s an expectation.

So why not renting? It’s still a chore to get utilities set up, buy renters insurance, get air filters changed, handle pest control, and more.

That’s why we’ve built the world’s first Resident Experience Platform that makes resident onboarding, resident services, and ancillary revenue effortless for property managers.

We’re passionate about turning friction into triple win experiences for residents, property managers, and investors. That way renting can be easy and rewarding for everyone.

And now you can join us. Apply today to join 200+ passionate, creative people who strive to make a difference each day so residents, property managers, and investors all win; creating the ultimate Triple Win.

About the Role

Join our team as Second Nature’s next Senior Full-Stack Engineer, where you'll take a leadership role in designing and developing scalable software solutions that power our business. Reporting to the Principal Engineer, you'll work closely with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver impactful, high-quality systems. As a senior engineer, you'll drive projects from concept to completion, ensuring they meet performance, reliability, and scalability goals.

Key Competencies

Results-Driven Problem Solver:

• You tackle complex technical challenges with a focus on delivering practical, efficient solutions.
• You proactively identify opportunities for optimizations and improvements.
   

Technical Leader:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and frontend applications.
• Write efficient, maintainable, and well-tested code using best practices.
• Design and implement solutions that prioritize both database and application performance and scalability.
• Apply software engineering fundamentals and design patterns to build reliable systems.
• Identify and champion best practices in engineering across the organization.
   

Systems Thinker:

• Understand how system components interact and ensure they operate efficiently.
• Identify opportunities for system improvements and advocate for effective solutions.
   

Collaborative Partner:

• Lead technical discussions, provide constructive feedback in code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Thrive in a team environment, working closely with other engineers, product managers, and designers to bring ideas to life.
• Be a key team member who actively contributes to fostering a positive and inclusive team culture, driving collaboration and growth.
   

Quality Champion:

• Identify and implement proactive monitoring and logging solutions to ensure system reliability and performance.
• Thrive in our test-driven development, writing clean, maintainable code that stands the test of time.
• Partner with QA engineers to improve processes, reduce hand-offs, and foster an environment where building quality software is everyone's responsibility.
   

Opportunities

• Build and optimize software solutions that improve system performance and user experience.
• Design and implement scalable backend systems to support business growth.
   
• Optimize database queries and data models for better performance and reliability.
• Contribute to engineering best practices, including test-driven development and code reviews.
• Solve complex technical challenges to enhance platform scalability and maintainability.
• Be a key team member who helps accelerate your team and the Engineering and Product departments forward.
   

More About You

• 5+ years of experience programming in a production environment (language agnostic—Python, TypeScript, Java, etc.).
• 5+ years experience working on frontend and backend environments.
• 5+ years experience working with React for UI development.
• 5+ years experience working on CSS.
• Familiarity w Next & Nest
• 5+ years experience with API development. NestJS. 
• NextJS/React - Frontend
• Experience with AWS, GCP or Azure, Cloud Engineering/architecture
• Familiarity w Docker & container orchestration
• Familiarity with CI/CD and building pipelines in (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, Circle Ci, etc.)
• Strong understanding of software design patterns and best practices.
• Expertise with fundamental data structures and algorithms.
• Extensive experience with relational databases and a proven track record of optimizing queries for performance.
• Champion and advocate for test-driven development by promoting and writing clean, maintainable code that stands the test of time.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work in a collaborative environment.
• Passion for continuous learning and improvement in software engineering.
   

What to Expect in Your First 90 Days

First 30 Days: Fast Onboarding & Early Impact

• Get familiar with our frontend and backend systems.
   
• Set up your development environment and gain access to systems, repositories, and tools.
   
• Understand system architecture, APIs, and database structure.
   
• Fix your first production bug or contribute a minor enhancement within 2 weeks.
   
• Deploy your first feature or system improvement by the end of the month.
   
• Actively participate in code reviews, design discussions, and sprint planning.
   

Days 31-60: Owning Features & Driving Optimization

• Take ownership of a medium-complexity feature from design to deployment.
   
• Develop a solid understanding of your team’s domain and how it impacts the business.
   
• Troubleshoot and resolve production issues independently.
   
• Lead or contribute to engineering improvement initiatives.
   
• Provide mentorship to junior engineers.
   

Days 61-90: Fully Engaged

• Deliver a high-impact feature or architectural improvement.
   
• Own and drive a high-complexity, high-value feature from design to deployment.
   
• Proactively identify long-term optimization or automation opportunities.
   
• Drive engineering best practices across the team.
   
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous learning initiatives.
   
• Develop an understanding of the company's other domains and how they work together to drive business value.
   

• Work closely with the team lead and product manager to ensure the team’s success and continuous improvement

We get it. Requirements can sometimes hold people back from applying to a job, but don’t let that be the case here. If you believe you have the skills it takes to elevate this role, team, and company, we encourage you to apply for this role.

 

Our Core Values

• Pirate Ship; not a cruise ship. Bias towards action.
• Massive Growth takes massive growth. We embrace challenges to increase our impact.
• Grow the Pie. We focus on results so our customers & their customers win. Triple Win!
• Purple Heart. We put the team before ourselves.
• Extreme Ownership. See something? Say something; right the ship to get us back on course.
• Be a moment maker. We aim to shatter the status quo.
  
   

AI Innovation

We’re thrilled about the transformative potential of AI innovation and its ability to drive progress at Second Nature. As we continue to explore and integrate AI into our workflows, we’re eager to learn how you’ve embraced and implemented AI in your professional journey.  In the interview process, we look forward to hearing about your experiences and exploring how we can collectively leverage AI technology to accelerate our growth.

Remote Work Statement

This position is a remote-first, work from home position. Second Nature is committed to creating a culture and workplace where remote work fosters collaboration and connections and is a key part of our company story and success. To be successful in a remote work role at Second Nature you must:

• Be available during your set working hours and able to give your full attention to the completion of your Second Nature job duties
• Have a quiet, professional, distraction-free environment in which to complete your work
• Have access to your own reliable high-speed internet connection
• Attend our bi-annual in-person company meetings (Second Nature will reimburse the cost of your business travel per company guidelines)
   

 Why Second Nature

• Health First: Medical, Dental, Vision, & Life Insurance; 401K Plan.
  Location: Work Remotely from anywhere in the US.
• Flexibility: Open PTO and sick days.
• The Product: Beyond the awards and 5-star reviews… our clients and customers love what they can do with a fully managed RBP.
• Diverse, Inclusive Culture: We embrace employees from all backgrounds with openness and respect .
• Training: A supportive team to help you grow your career and unlock your full potential.
• Growth: The opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a fast-growing startup that’s designing and developing an exciting category.

Second Nature is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. We take action to ensure equal employment opportunities for all candidates and employees and to provide employees with a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. Our hiring decisions are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, family or parental status, or any other status protected by federal and/or state law.