Senior Backend Engineer

Closinglock; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Equity compensation

Health insurance

Unlimited PTO

401(k) match

Parental leave

Downtown parking

Lunch stipend

Onsite gym access

Team events

Job summary

Closinglock in Austin, TX is seeking a skilled software engineer to join our team to help modernize real estate technology. You will work on secure web applications, onboard quickly, and contribute to scalable services that protect funds and data.

With a focus on software quality, you will design, develop, test, and deploy features, collaborating across product, design, and engineering to deliver robust solutions for clients worldwide.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of Python or OO language experience.

Responsibilities

• Onboard in your first week and ship changes by your second week.
• Participate in design, development, and maintenance of Closinglock web applications, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle from concept and design to testing and deployment.
• Consult on feature requests, feedback, and future product development.

Skills

Python

RESTful APIs

Unit testing

Team collaboration

Problem solving

Tools

Flask

FastAPI

Django

SQL/ORMs

Docker

Git

Jira

Confluence

AWS

Datadog

New Relic

Job description

Company Overview

Closinglock is modernizing the real estate world’s way of transferring information and funds to eliminate wire fraud. The platform protects over $250B+ in funds in residential property transactions across all 50 U.S. states and 42 countries. Closinglock is headquartered in Austin, TX, and serves clients worldwide.

Job Requirements

• Must be dedicated, passionate, hardworking, and excited to work in an energetic environment.
• Must be able to work with a team and collaborate effectively.
• Creative and efficient problem solver.

Technical Preferences

• 4+ years experience with Python or other object-oriented programming languages.
• Strong experience developing services using Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
• Experience with relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and ORMs.
• Solid working experience building RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines.
• Experience with software testing, TDD, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Active experience integrating custom code with third‑party APIs.
• Hands‑on experience with Git, Jira, Confluence.
• Experience working in the AWS ecosystem.
• Familiarity with application monitoring and reporting tools such as Datadog and New Relic.

What You Will Do

• Onboard in your first week and ship changes by your second week.
• Participate in design, development, and maintenance of Closinglock web applications, ensuring high performance, responsiveness, and scalability.
• Contribute to the full software development lifecycle from concept and design to testing and deployment.
• Consult on feature requests, feedback, and future product development.

Perks & Benefits

• Competitive salary.
• Equity compensation.
• Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance.
• Unlimited PTO.
• 401(k) match.
• Maternity/paternity leave.
• Fully subsidized downtown parking.
• Weekly lunch stipend.
• Full access to onsite gym and locker rooms.
• Monthly team get‑togethers (lunches, social events, sports outings).

Closinglock is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status.