Key Responsibilities
- Core Functional Responsibilities:
- Performance and Metrics Tracking:
- Training and Development (If Applicable):
Required Hard Skills
- Full-Stack Engineering: Proven ability to work across frontend, backend, and database systems.
- Programming Proficiency: Experience with multiple languages, including Python, Java, JavaScript, Golang, Rust, Erlang, or TypeScript.
- Frontend Development: Strong experience with React.js or Vue.js.
- Backend Development: Proficiency with Node.js or similar backend technologies.
- Cloud and Infrastructure: Familiarity with AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Workflow Automation: Experience building tools that improve efficiency for businesses.
- Accounting Process Automation (Nice to Have): Understanding of financial automation and accounting workflows.
Required Soft Skills
- Moves with urgency – ensures rapid progress without sacrificing quality.
- Problem solver – enjoys tackling challenges and finding pragmatic solutions.
- Bias for action – ships solutions quickly, learns from feedback, and iterates fast.
- Agile mindset – values speed of execution, iteration, and continuous improvement.
- Strong communicator – able to collaborate effectively with engineers, users, and product teams.
- Team player – works well in cross-functional environments, prioritizing collaboration.
- High standards for software quality – balances speed with best practices for maintainability and scalability.
Nice-to-Have Skills / Experiences
- Experience in high-growth startups (10-15 engineer teams) and larger tech companies.
- Knowledge of serverless architectures and microservices.
- Familiarity with RPA, machine learning or AI-driven automation.
- Experience working in a B2B SaaS environment.
Type of Degree
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
Years of Experience in Field
- 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering.
- At least 2 years in a US-based startup .
- 2–3 years at a larger tech company with strong engineering standards.
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What We Do
As of today, Proper has secured $20M in investments from Silicon Valley’s top VC companies and employs over 300 passionate problem solvers in six countries.
We’re developers, designers, engineers, accountants, CPAs, project managers, and creatives. But we’re also surfers, hikers, Sichuan-eaters, photographers, yogis, artists, world travelers, meme lovers, and life-havers. We believe that being able to show up as your full self while doing work that challenges you is the secret to happiness, so we work hard to instill human-centric values into everything we do.
Our penchant for streamlining processes combined with our property industry expertise is how we’re able to provide more cost-effective, efficient, scalable financial services that improve our customer’s profit margins.
So if you’re looking for the peace of mind that your books are being Properly, frugally, and expertly handled by a team of property accounting specialists? You’ve come to the right place.
And if you’re looking to join a team of international problem solvers who are collaborating in a culture that inspires personal growth, fosters creativity, and encourages playfulness? You’ve come to the right place, too.
Our Key Values:
• Feedback as the Way Forward: Feedback is how we grow, find empathy, and learn how to support each other.
• Opportunity as an Outlook: We see obstacles as opportunities to improve.
• Communication is the Expectation: We work in unison, set clear expectations, and share frequent updates.
• Fun While Getting it Done: Laughter and fun make working together even better.
• Respect Over Rank: As humble experts, we educate, support, and never treat anyone as less-than.
