Staff Software Engineer, Lending

Built is looking for a Software Engineer to join our Draw Management team. Draws are central to Built’s platform, responsible for processing 10% of all U.S construction spend and serving as the critical link between lenders and borrowers. In this role, you will directly impact our mission to simplify and expedite the draw process, driving faster turnaround times and improving the experience for all stakeholders involved.

As a Staff Software Engineer, you are a technical leader and a force multiplier for the team. You will drive large-scale, high-impact initiatives, define architectural direction, and mentor engineers to raise the bar across the organization. You’ll collaborate cross-functionally to solve complex engineering challenges while ensuring our systems are scalable, event-driven, and ready to meet Built’s growth needs. Your ability to deliver exceptional results, influence decisions, and bring clarity to ambiguity will make you an essential contributor to Built’s success.

Staff Engineers at Built are Technical Leaders who:

• Deliver complex end-to-end solutions involving multiple components and teams, addressing ambiguity and driving initiatives aligned with team OKRs.

• Assess technical solutions to ensure they align with product strategy, providing insightful recommendations on priorities and trade-offs.

• Lead large-scale refactors and system upgrades, estimating scope and proactively managing risks in collaboration with stakeholders.

• Expand into architectural and systems thinking, documenting system structures and processes clearly for cross-team understanding.

• Serve as technical leaders and mentors, enabling team growth by delegating responsibilities and fostering collaboration.

• Drive cross-functional collaboration to deliver impactful business outcomes.

Tech Stack:

• Nest.JS with TypeScript for our backend framework

• React, single-spa, and GraphQL on the front end

• DynamoDB and MySQL for our database

• AWS for infrastructure and hosting

• Docker & Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration

• GitHub for source code management and continuous integration

Basic Qualifications:

• Proven experience in core backend engineering, including scalable APIs, service design, and database modeling.

• Expertise in database design and performance optimization, with both relational and non-relational databases.

• Knowledge of computer science fundamentals such as object-oriented design, algorithms, data structures, and complexity analysis.

• Proven experience designing and deploying systems using AWS services in production environments.

• Demonstrated success leading cross-team engineering initiatives and solving ambiguous, complex problems.

• Track record of success enabling engineering teams and business outcomes.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 7+ years of professional software development experience building and scaling large-scale distributed systems in production.

• Experience building and deploying microfrontend architectures using React and frameworks like single-spa or Module Federation.

• Extensive hands-on experience with Kubernetes for container orchestration in production systems.

• FinTech, PropTech or Construction related industry experience

Experience leading & training teams in at least one of the following:

• Microservices Development: Node, GraphQL, schema-driven design, and API best practices.

• Frontend Frameworks: React, Redux, single-spa, or similar front-end technologies.

• Infrastructure as Code: Tools such as Kubernetes, Terraform, Pulumi, or CDK for scalable and reliable infrastructure.

• Service-Oriented Architecture: Building platform teams, shared services, and modular architectures.

Built’s salary range for this position is $175,000-$225,000USD per year. The pay range is designed to accommodate upward mobility in the role, therefore it encompasses the full span of proficiency levels for this role and we believe that the midpoint of the range is competitive in the market. Salary is just one component of Built's total compensation package for employees. Your total rewards package at Built will include equity, top-notch medical, dental and vision coverage, an unlimited PTO policy, and other benefits.