Software Engineer, Retail Growth

What we do and why we do it

As the leading end-to-end investment platform for single-family rental homes (SFR), our mission is to make real estate investing radically accessible, cost effective, and simple. We successfully merge our passion for helping investors build wealth through real estate with cutting edge technology that transforms the way they do it.

How it’s going (and growing)

With a talented team of 600+ Roofsters, our collaborative, can-do culture is what fuels our growth. In 2022, we closed on our Series E, raising $240 million, and have offices in California, Texas, and New York as well as many remote opportunities. Our growth includes recent acquisitions of Stessa (financial and asset management software) RentPrep (tenant screening and placement service for landlords), and Mynd (property management platform for both Retail and Institutional investors).

About Your Role

As a Software Engineer of Retail Growth, you will operate at the intersection of engineering, product, and marketing to drive the adoption and success of our Stessa and retail-focused applications. You’ll play a pivotal role in enhancing the entire customer lifecycle—from acquisition and activation to retention and monetization. In addition to hands-on technical development, you’ll contribute to our team culture, mentor junior engineers, and shape our growth strategies.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly develop and maintain scalable web applications using React, AWS, and Ruby on Rails.
• Collaborate with design, analytics, and other product teams to deliver exceptional user experiences.
• Ideate, design, and execute A/B and multivariate tests to optimize business outcomes and user experiences.
• Develop and maintain accurate product data flows across the full stack to support analytics and customer insight
• Ensure application performance, scalability, and security through proactive evaluation and improvement.
• Use CI/CD, Test Driven Development, and other best practices to ensure reliability and maintainability.
• Lead code reviews and mentor team members, fostering a culture of collaboration and technical excellence.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and trends, driving continuous improvement in our processes.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in web application development, including 2+ years focused on growth engineering and experimentation.
• Strong expertise in React, TypeScript, ES6+, and modern CSS.
• Experience designing, consuming, and producing RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency with database systems like PostgreSQL or MySQL, including database design.
• Proven track record of building, shipping, and supporting production web applications.
• Proven ability to balance team priorities, best practices, and speed to market across multiple teams.
• Familiarity with modern development tools and methodologies, including Git, CI/CD, and Agile frameworks.
• Excellent product management skills, including writing specs, creating mockups, and analyzing data.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and an entrepreneurial growth mindset.
• Effective communicator with the ability to work collaboratively across multiple teams.
• Experience leading projects from ideation to delivery, with a self-driven and ownership-oriented mindset.

Location

Hybrid - Oakland, CA (greater Oakland Area with an expectation to be in-office on Tuesdays and Thursdays weekly) 

Travel Required

n/a

Compensation

$149,000 - $176,000 range on annual base salary. The compensation range may be adjusted based on experience and location.

Pay Transparency

Our compensation reflects several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position represents the expected salary for this position.  Ultimately, in determining your pay it will be based on several factors including location, job-related knowledge, skills, experience and other job related factors.  Roofstock is a total compensation company; the base salary is only a part of our total compensation package.

Competitive & Unique Benefits Package

• Generous PTO Policy
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Volunteer Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401k Program
• Wellness and home office/cell phone subsidies
• Robust health, dental, vision insurance, and more

Must be authorized to work in the U.S. is a precondition of employment and we are unable to sponsor H1-B Visas at this time.

Commitment to Equal Employment Opportunity 

The company provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender expression, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, military or veteran status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, training and social, and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.

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