Senior Software Engineer
Senior Software Engineer Location: Austin, TX Preferred About Furnished Finder: Furnished Finder is the leading two-sided marketplace for monthly furnished rentals, connecting landlords with renters seeking stays of 30 days or more. Our diverse tenant base includes traveling medical professionals, corporate contractors, digital nomads, relocating families, academics, and more. With a growing network of 300,000+ listings and over 240,000 landlords nationwide, Furnished Finder helps renters find real homes in real communities—without booking fees or hidden costs. In 2025, Newsweek named Furnished Finder one of America’s Best Online Platforms, ranking us #1 in the Real Estate category. Founded in 2014, we continue to redefine flexible housing for the modern renter.
Why Join Us
When you join Furnished Finder, you’re joining a leadership team with 70+ years of combined experience across real estate and travel. As we enter our next phase of growth, we’re looking for curious, motivated self-starters who are excited to learn, build, and grow alongside an industry-leading team. With roles based in Austin, TX (our HQ) and remote opportunities available, we’re growing quickly—and we’d love to meet you. Job Overview: As a Senior Software Engineer, you will take ownership of features and systems that power the landlord experience — from listing management to payments to landlord tools and beyond. Beyond building, you'll be an active contributor to how we solve problems: participating in brainstorming sessions, helping shape technical approaches to business goals, and driving projects from idea through delivery. You will work with a team of talented engineers to build scalable and reliable solutions, ensuring a seamless experience for our users. This role requires an experienced engineer with depth in modern frontend stacks and exposure to backend and infrastructure in support of a service-oriented and data-driven platform. Responsibilities:Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-quality software across the full stack, with a primary focus on front-end architecture and user-facing experiences. Contribute to architectural decisions for our front-end systems, including component architecture, design systems, and state management patterns, while collaborating on API design and cloud infrastructure as needed. Work closely with product managers and designers to translate requirements into intuitive, performant, and accessible user experiences. Advocate for continuous improvements in code quality, testing (unit, integration, and end-to-end), and development processes across the stack. Leverage AI-assisted development tools to accelerate your workflow and contribute to team best practices for effective AI usage. Mentor junior and mid-level engineers on your team, promoting best practices in front-end development and full-stack architecture. Participate in monitoring, troubleshooting, and maintenance of production systems, with particular attention to frontend performance and client-side reliability. Qualifications:5+ years of professional software development experience with a strong background in building and scaling front-end systems and full-stack applications. Strong proficiency in modern JavaScript/TypeScript and frontend frameworks (e.g. React, Vue, or Angular); familiarity with Next.js and Node.js is a plus. Experience making frontend architecture and tooling decisions within a team context. Experience with A/B experiments, feature flagging, and gradual rollouts in the context of frontend delivery. Familiarity with AI-powered development tools and a willingness to integrate them into daily engineering workflows. Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to work creatively in a fast-paced environment. Excellent communication and collaboration skills across engineering, design, and product teams. Prior experience in a startup environment. Furnished Finder is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.