Founding Backend Engineer — Build the Core Platform (Hybrid)

RangeWater Residential, LLC; Atlanta (GA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

RangeWater Residential, LLC in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Engineer (Founding Engineer) to own a production platform — backend services, data stores, and deployments. You’ll build distributed systems, manage databases across SQL/NoSQL, and operate infrastructure with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring.

You will ship React UIs end-to-end without a dedicated frontend team. This founding-role emphasizes ownership, quick iteration with AI tooling, and the opportunity to scale a platform used by

Qualifications

• 6+ years building backend or distributed systems.
• End-to-end ownership of a production platform.
• Strong technical judgment with business impact awareness.
• comfortable with on-call responsibilities and reliability.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire platform: backend services, data stores, deployment, and uptime.
• Design and operate distributed systems with REST/gRPC or event-driven pipelines.
• Manage production databases: schema design, migrations, backups (SQL/NoSQL).
• Operate real infrastructure: Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, logs, and monitoring.
• Ship complex UIs in React without designer support.

Skills

Java backend

Spring Boot

Distributed systems

REST APIs

gRPC

Databases

SQL/NoSQL

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Monitoring

On-call

React UI

Tools

Airflow

Kafka

LLMs

Job description

RangeWater Residential, LLC in Atlanta, GA seeks a Sr. Engineer (Founding Engineer) to own a production platform — backend services, data stores, and deployments. You’ll build distributed systems, manage databases across SQL/NoSQL, and operate infrastructure with Docker/Kubernetes, CI/CD, and monitoring.

You will ship React UIs end-to-end without a dedicated frontend team. This founding-role emphasizes ownership, quick iteration with AI tooling, and the opportunity to scale a platform used by