Backend Engineer (Senior 1 / Staff)Recruiting from Scratch is a premier talent firm that focuses on placing the best product managers, software, and hardware talent at innovative companies. Our team is 100% remote and we work with teams across the United States to help them hire.Location: Remote (US) or Austin, TX (Hybrid / In-person)Company Stage of Funding: Seed–Series A (~$7M raised, high-growth startup)Office Type: Hybrid (Austin preferred, remote US allowed)Salary: $95,000 – $230,000 + Competitive Equity (role-dependent)Company DescriptionOur client is a high-growth startup building a modern, AI-powered real estate ERP system designed to unify fragmented data and automate workflows across the real estate lifecycle.The platform enables property investors, vendors, tenants, and internal operations teams to manage complex real estate processes including leasing, sales, accounting, and maintenance coordination in a single system.Backed by ~$7M in seed funding from strong investors, the company is building at the intersection of real estate, enterprise SaaS, and AI-driven workflow automation, targeting a massive legacy industry undergoing digital transformation.With a fast-growing engineering team and strong product demand, this is a high-ownership role where backend engineers directly shape scalable systems used across mission-critical real estate workflows.What You Will DoDesign, build, and maintain scalable backend APIs and services powering real estate workflowsWrite clean, minimal, and highly maintainable backend codeBuild systems that support sales, leasing, accounting, and maintenance operationsWork closely with frontend, product, and design teams to ship end-to-end featuresSolve complex scalability and concurrency challenges in production systemsOptimize backend systems for performance, reliability, and maintainabilityDebug production issues and resolve performance bottlenecksContribute to architectural decisions across backend systems and infrastructureParticipate in code reviews and uphold engineering best practicesIdeal Background5–10+ years of backend engineering experienceSenior (5–7 years) or Staff-level (8–10+ years) depending on role fitStrong experience in Java backend developmentExperience building and scaling systems on AWSStartup experience (Seed–Series A strongly preferred)Experience owning backend systems end-to-end in production environmentsStrong CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, concurrency)Experience debugging and optimizing performance-critical systemsPreferredDeep expertise in Java and multi-threaded / concurrent programmingExperience with MySQL or relational databases at scaleStrong system design and architecture experienceExperience building REST APIs or backend services for enterprise applicationsExposure to React or full-stack environments (nice to have)Experience in real estate, fintech, or workflow-heavy enterprise SaaS (bonus)Familiarity with AWS infrastructure and distributed systemsExperience working in high-ownership startup environmentsCompensation and BenefitsBase salary: $95,000 – $230,000 (level-dependent)Equity: Competitive (varies by seniority and impact level)Remote-first within US or hybrid in AustinHigh-ownership engineering culture with small, tight-knit teamDirect impact on a fast-growing AI-powered real estate platformOpportunity to work on complex backend systems at scaleEarly-stage upside in a seed–Series A companyWhy JoinThis is a rare opportunity to join a fast-growing startup modernizing one of the largest and most fragmented industries—real estate.You will be building the backend systems that power critical enterprise workflows including leasing, accounting, and property operations, all within a high-performance engineering environment.If you are a strong backend engineer with deep Java expertise, a startup mindset, and a passion for building scalable systems from the ground up, this role offers significant ownership, technical depth, and impact.