Senior Backend Engineer: Build Scalable APIs & Services

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 and provide a secure, easy-to-use platform for title companies, law firms, and other financial services to protect themselves and their clients from wire fraud. We act in the long-term best interests of our customers by understanding their problems. When our customers win, we win. To date, we have protected over $250B+ in funds related to residential property transactions. Closinglock’s platform has been used by clients in all 50 states and across 42 countries.

Company Overview

Closinglock is modernizing the real estate world’s way of transferring information and funds to eliminate wire fraud and provide a secure, easy-to-use platform for title companies, law firms, and other financial services to protect themselves and their clients from wire fraud. We act in the long-term best interests of our customers by understanding their problems. When our customers win, we win. To date, we have protected over $250B+ in funds related to residential property transactions. Closinglock’s platform has been used by clients in all 50 states and across 42 countries.

Closinglock is headquartered in Austin, TX, with an office in downtown Austin. Today the company has grown to 90+ employees across product & engineering, sales, partnerships, customer success, marketing, and finance.

Mission: Simplify the real estate closing experience for all parties

Vision: Provide a secure and efficient transfer of data and funds

The inherent value of what we offer with our fraud prevention platform and modern payment solution for real estate is protecting a homebuyer’s largest investment in their life.

We are rapidly growing our team and are looking for more incredible talent. Our current team is built of top performers from world-class companies, and we will continue to hire that way. We firmly believe that top performers want to work with other top performers. We have a lot of fun at work because we trust each other and respect each other's talents, abilities, and experiences. We are hyper-focused on a common vision, and our company strength is based on the unparalleled quality of our team. There is no limit to what we can accomplish together!

Check out our website to learn more about our company.

We’re intentionally building a team of high-caliber engineers who take pride in delivering exceptional results. Our standard is simple: we hire people who consistently perform at the top of their game and raise the bar for those around them. We believe talented, driven individuals do their best work alongside peers who share that same commitment to excellence.

We value people who care deeply about output, take ownership, and push work across the finish line at a high level. If you’re motivated by impact and want to be surrounded by others who operate at a high level, you’ll thrive here.

Check out our website to learn more about our company.

Job Requirements

• Must be dedicated, passionate, and hard-working, and excited to work in an energetic environment.
• Must be able to work with a team and collaborate effectively.
• We are looking for a creative and efficient problem solver.
  
  

Technical Preferences

• 4+ years of experience with Python or other object oriented programming languages.
• Strong experience in developing services using frameworks like Flask, FastAPI, or Django.
• Experience with relational databases, including schema design, query optimization, and ORMs/integration with Python applications.
• Solid working experience building RESTful APIs.
• Knowledge of continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines
• Experience with software testing, TDD, and unit testing.
• Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker.
• Active experience integrating custom code with 3rd party APIs.
• Hands-on experience with tools such as Git, Jira and Confluence.
• Experience working in the AWS ecosystem.
• Familiarity with application monitoring and reporting software such as Datadog and New Relic.
  
  

What You Will Do

• Work with small teams - onboard your first week, ship changes during your second
• Actively participate in the 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 efforts regarding feature requests, feedback, and future product development for the business.
  
  

Perks & Benefits

At Closinglock, we invest in our employees and provide a full range of benefits and perks to help you grow and thrive. These benefits include:

• 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, etc)
  
  

Closinglock is an equal opportunity employer and we welcome everyone to our team. 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.