Senior Software Engineer - Real Estate FinTech, Remote

Walker & Dunlop; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career acceleration

Flexible hours & location

Family friendly

Social activities

Pension scheme

Mental health services

Job summary

Walker & Dunlop’s WDTech Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the Loan Origination and Servicing platform. You will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes, enabling real-time insights and complex workflows.

You will own features end-to-end, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to drive performance, reliability, and continuous improvement in a

Qualifications

• 6+ years of professional software development experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent).
• Strong experience building APIs and backend services in Python, including OpenAPI-based service contracts.
• Experience developing and deploying containerized applications in AWS environments, including event-driven architectures.
• Experience in real estate finance or financial services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain scalable, high-quality applications across new and existing product lines.
• Own features end-to-end — from architecture and development through testing, deployment, and iteration.
• Architect and evolve our core stack (Python, FastAPI, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, Kubernetes).
• Translate complex business and product requirements into elegant, reliable technical solutions in collaboration with Product and business stakeholders.
• Drive improvements in performance, reliability, testing, and CI/CD practices.
• Mentor engineers and contribute to a culture of engineering excellence and accountability.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Skills

Python back-end

FastAPI

Vue.js

PostgreSQL

Redis

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenAPI

API design

AWS

Event-driven

DDD

UML

Testing

CI/CD

AI tooling

Agile

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

OpenAPI

PostgreSQL

Redis

AWS

CI/CD

Job description

Walker & Dunlop’s WDTech Engineering team is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to shape the Loan Origination and Servicing platform. You will design and implement scalable backend services and APIs using Python, FastAPI, Vue.js, PostgreSQL, Redis, Docker, and Kubernetes, enabling real-time insights and complex workflows.

You will own features end-to-end, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product and business stakeholders to drive performance, reliability, and continuous improvement in a