TheGuarantors is a fintech company helping multifamily owners and operators mitigate leasing risk while expanding access for renters. With a deep understanding of owner, operator, and renter needs, we believe renters deserve better access to the home of their choice and operators deserve greater protection and growth opportunities. That’s why we’re leveraging our real estate expertise and using AI-driven renter underwriting to help operators qualify renters faster while mitigating the financial risk of renter default. With $7B+ in lease value protected, we work with 9 of the country’s top 10 operators, are the #1 lease guarantee provider nationwide, and have consistently been named one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, one of Forbes’ Best Startup Employers, and one of Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500
The Role
The Senior Software Engineer is responsible for building and maintaining a scalable microservices platform. This role is for the Customer Integrations team and will be responsible for enabling third-party client integrations.
The ideal candidate will bring deep technical expertise, will partner with Product leaders on building impactful features, collaborate with other tech teams and own projects end-to-end.
Location
This is a remote role based in the United States, with a strong preference for candidates near NYC, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Chicago, Nashville, Miami, or Atlanta. Candidates who live within an hour's commute of our NYC office should expect a hybrid schedule of 2–3 days per week in the office.
- Build and maintain highly scalable backend services and APIs that power developer-facing platform capabilities
- Develop secure, well-documented, versioned APIs with a strong emphasis on developer experience, consistency and usability.
- Lead projects from planning to delivery independently.
- Partner with Product leaders on ideation and implementation.
- Collaborate across multiple tech teams to design and deliver impactful features.
- Advocate for team needs and get involved with strategic decisions.
Requirements
- Professional experience working within software engineering teams.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- 5+ years of building backend services with common systems languages (Go, Java, Python, C#). Go experience is not a requirement, but candidates must be open to learning and using it.
- Track record of success in terms of ability to execute projects.
- Deep understanding of API concepts and designs.
- Advanced understanding of SQL, experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Familiarity with modern web infrastructure components (e.g. caching, serverless, API gateways, etc) and how to manage them.
- Understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms, and experience creating and evaluating technical design documents.
- Experience with cloud providers such as AWS/Azure/GCP/OCI and managing infrastructure assets using IaC tooling such as Terraform.
- Have worked in a fast-paced, regulated, client-facing environment
- Experience designing and building public APIs and developer platforms
Benefits
- Opportunities to make an impact within a fast growing company
- Medical, dental, & vision insurance, beginning day one
- Health savings account with employer contribution
- Generous PTO and paid holidays
- Flexible working hours
- 401(k)
- Paid parental leave
- Company sponsored short and long term disability
- Flexible spending accounts (healthcare, dependent care, commuter)
- Competitive salary
Base Salary
This is an individual contributor role, internally leveled as IC3.
The annual U.S. base salary range is $160,000–$185,000. Base salary does not include other forms of compensation or benefits. Individual pay is determined by work location, skills, experience, and other job-related factors, which will be discussed during the hiring process.
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TheGuarantors is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to an inclusive environment for all.
Skills Required
- Professional experience working within software engineering teams.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills.
- 3+ years of building backend services with common systems languages (Go, Java, Python, C#).
- Track record of success in terms of ability to execute projects.
- Deep understanding of API concepts and designs.
- Advanced understanding of SQL, experience with PostgreSQL or other relational databases.
- Familiarity with modern web infrastructure components (caching, serverless, API gateways) and how to manage them.
- Understanding of system design, data structures, and algorithms; experience creating and evaluating technical design documents.
- Experience with cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI) and managing infrastructure assets using IaC tooling such as Terraform.
- Have worked in a fast-paced, regulated, client-facing environment.
- Experience designing and building public APIs and developer platforms.
TheGuarantors Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about TheGuarantors and has not been reviewed or approved by TheGuarantors.
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Healthcare Strength — Day-one medical, dental, and vision coverage is prominently advertised, indicating strong core health offerings. Additional sources list HSA/FSA options that round out the healthcare package.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Flexible time off with paid parental leave is emphasized and echoed by third-party benefits grids. This points to broad time-off coverage that supports different life events.
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Wellbeing & Lifestyle Benefits — A flexible hybrid setup, an in-office lunch stipend, and commuter benefits allowing pre-tax contributions for transit and parking are highlighted. These extras enhance daily convenience and work-life balance.
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What We Do
At TheGuarantors, we offer unmatched insurance solutions for both renters and property operators—covering every lease, every time. Our mission is simple: to give renters better access to their ideal homes while empowering operators with stronger protection and new growth opportunities. By leveraging our real estate expertise, we help operators qualify renters faster and reduce the risk of rental income loss. Our commitment to exceptional service has earned us a 99% retention rate among owners and operators. With $4 billion in rent and deposits guaranteed, TheGuarantors is trusted in over 3 million units nationwide. We’re proud to be recognized as one of Inc. 5000’s fastest-growing companies, a Forbes Best Startup Employer, and a member of Deloitte’s 2024 Technology Fast 500. Want to be part of the team revolutionizing the rental experience? Explore our open positions and apply at careers.theguarantors.com.
Why Work With Us
At TheGuarantors, we're passionate about building a brand experience that genuinely advocates for owners, operators, and renters. We work hard to ensure renters can get the home of their dreams while operators get the risk protection they need and deserve.
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