Senior Software Engineer

VTS; New York (NY); On-site; USD 143,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

VTS is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their team in New York. The role emphasizes collaboration and innovation in building scalable solutions with a focus on high-quality code and agile methodologies. Ideal candidates will have experience with languages such as Go, TypeScript, and cloud technologies like AWS. The successful applicant will contribute directly to impactful projects and have opportunities for professional growth.

Benefits

Comprehensive health benefits

401(k) plan

Education stipend

Flexible PTO policy

Quarterly happy hours

Qualifications

• Experience with full stack development and agile processes.
• Familiarity with AWS and Kubernetes.
• Proven mentorship and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build and design scalable solutions in a collaborative environment.
• Contribute to system architecture ensuring performance and security.
• Participate in code reviews, pair programming, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Full stack development

Collaboration

Mentorship

Clean code

Agile processes

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

TypeScript

React

Go

Job description

We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated engineer to join the Access and Visitor Management team. As a Senior Software Engineer, you will contribute innovative ideas and tools to support one of our major initiatives, which is supporting products across our platform. You will collaborate with a highly professional team to ensure the timely delivery of products and maintain elevated development practices and standards.

To excel in this role, you should possess experience working with complex applications, distributed systems, or microservices, demonstrating an understanding of the associated challenges and opportunities. You thrive in a collaborative environment where your contributions directly impact engineers across the whole company. As a proponent of agile software processes, you uphold strong values in terms of testing practices. Your enthusiasm extends to collaborating with fellow engineers through activities such as code reviews, pair programming, and architecture design. You have a track record of architecting solutions thoughtfully. Your decision-making skills shine in an empowered environment. Technologies and tools you'll utilize in this role include Go, TypeScript and React.

** Please note that this opportunity is located in New York, NY, and requires this hire to work from our office four days a week. **

Here's what you can expect as a Senior Software Engineer in this role:

• Building: Building robust and scalable solutions. Developing complex applications, distributed systems, and microservices. Your expertise will be crucial in crafting high-quality, efficient code that aligns with the organization's standards and best practices.
• Designing: Play a vital role in the design phase of projects. Your experience will be leveraged to architect solutions thoughtfully, addressing current requirements and future scalability. You will contribute to the creation of system architectures, ensuring they meet performance, security, and usability standards. Your design decisions will be integral to the success of major initiatives and products across the VTS platform.
• Enhancing our processes, tools, and technology: be actively involved in participating and enhancing development processes, tools, and technologies.
• Collaboration: Work closely with a highly professional team, engaging in activities such as code reviews, pair programming, and collaborative architecture design. Your ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams will contribute to the success of the projects. This collaborative environment ensures that your contributions have a direct and positive impact on end-users.
• Continuous improvement: Contribute not only to the refinement of the product and enhancing the product codebase, but also to the advancement of your skills and expertise, ensuring a dual impact on both code quality and personal development.

To succeed in this role, you have:

• Full stack development experience with a language-agnostic mindset; proficiency in Golang, TypeScript, or SQL is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with AWS and familiarity with Kubernetes and AI-powered development tools like Cursor.
• Strong understanding of databases, system architecture, and the application of system design and OOP principles.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code with attention to quality; unit testing experience is a bonus.
• Proven mentorship skills and a collaborative approach to working with cross-functional teams and squads.
• Open-minded, adaptable, and eager to contribute to a culture of learning, growth, and shared success.

What VTS Values & How We Show It

• Strive for Excellence - We know your potential is unlimited. Take advantage of our executive coaches and our training and career development programs available to all employees!
• Be Customer Obsessed - We’re employee obsessed too! VTS offers competitive compensation, comprehensive health benefits (including dental and vision), pre-tax commuter benefits, and a 401(k) plan. Not to mention the fun stuff - quarterly happy hours, wellness events, clubs, and team lunches!
• Be Curious - Benefit from a culture that promotes new learning. VTS offers an education stipend to all employees!
• Move as One - We work in an open floor plan to promote cross-functional collaboration.
• Take Ownership - Be an owner of the company you’re building with our equity packages.
• Appreciate the Difference - VTS embraces and celebrates diversity. We understand the importance of a strong work-life balance. We offer a flexible PTO policy, generous family leave program, and more!

ABOUT VTS

VTS is the commercial real estate industry’s only technology company that unifies owners, operators, brokers, and tenants in a single platform to capitalize on opportunities revealed in every square foot of their properties. In 2013, VTS revolutionized the commercial real estate industry’s leasing operations with what is now VTS Lease. Today, the VTS Platform is the largest first-party data source in the industry, transforming how strategic decisions are made and executed by CRE professionals across the globe.

With the VTS Platform, consisting ofVTS Lease , VTS Market , VTS Activate , and VTS Data , every business stakeholder in commercial real estate is given real-time market information and workflow tools to do their job with unparalleled speed and intelligence. VTS is the global leader, with more than 60% of Class A office space in the U.S., and 12 billion square feet of office, retail, and industrial space is managed through our platform worldwide. VTS’ user base includes over 45,000 CRE professionals and industry-leading customers such as Blackstone, Brookfield Properties, LaSalle Investment Management, Hines, BXP, Oxford Properties, JLL, and CBRE. To learn more about VTS, and to see our open roles, visit www.vts.com .

VTS maintains offices in New York City, London, Toronto, Chicago, and San Francisco.

To learn more about VTS and to see our open roles, visit us at vts.com or follow us on Instagram (@WeAreVTS), Twitter (@WeAreVTS), or LinkedIn.

Pay TransparencyAt VTS, we pride ourselves on articulating a clear and transparent philosophy around equitable, impartial compensation that will allow us to recruit and retain an exceptional team. The base salary is market-driven at the time of offer and is based on tier 1 market data. The salary for this role will range between $143,181 and $175,000 and is determined by several factors, including your skills, prior relevant experience, quality of interviews, leveling, and geography.

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