Software Engineer (Platform)

We are an experienced team backed by Andreessen Horowitz, GGV Capital, Laurence Tosi and the Uber Syndicate. Fresh off of our Series A round of financing, we are hard at work designing the future at the intersection of consumer real estate and hospitality.

There is more than one American Dream. Owning your home is one of those dreams. It's been an aspiration for a long time, and we know that millions struggle to achieve it. But there are other American Dreams.

Some of these dreams are about living differently than previous generations - for whom owning was everything. We may want to use our cash to start a business. We may want to experience new places. We may not have the money yet for home ownership, but still dream of living in a glorious home where we can put down roots and experience the sense of belonging.

Our Mission

To foster human connection by deepening our collective sense of belonging. One unique home, one special neighborhood, one new city at a time.

Our Vision

There is more than one American Dream.
Of course, owning your own home is one of those dreams.
It’s been an aspiration for a long time, that millions struggle to achieve.
But there are other American Dreams many of us are pursuing.
Some of these dreams are about living our lives in different ways than previous generations - for whom owning was everything.
We may want to use the cash we have to start a business.
We may want the flexibility to experience new places.
We may not have the money yet for home ownership – but still dream of living in a glorious home where we can put down roots and experience the richness of connection to a neighborhood.

This is a new mindset.

We are a community of people looking for a dream rental, and people who own properties and are looking for people who will love them. The old-school terms landlord and tenant don’t apply in our world. Here, there are people who want to adopt homes for a while, and people who have wonderful residences ready for them.

Our owners are not giant holding companies that own thousands of homes and view them as pure financial assets. There's a level of mutual respect and caring in our world that simply doesn't exist in the transactional, brutalist world of landlords and tenants.

We manage properties for our owners, and treat the people who live there with the attention, speed and concern they deserve. And we support those who are living an ownership-free lifestyle by creating a true community everywhere we are. Our residents are connected not only to each other, but also to the local merchants, events, and institutions that give communities their unique character. Before, renters often felt like second-class citizens; with us, they are an immediate and integral part of the community.

So, whether you own property and you're looking for someone to live in it and love it, or you're looking for a home where you can put down roots – for however long you're planning to be there – we are the answer.

Renting is the new American lifestyle. We didn’t create it, but we're making it sing.

Have you been looking to join an early-stage, silicon valley startup? Are you looking for a fast-paced environment where your voice matters? Then, Belong is for you!

We are seeking world-class, motivated and passionate individuals for our Platform Engineering team. You will be based in our Palo Alto office working closely with our product team and business stakeholders to build great software.

As an early member of this team, you will co-create all the infrastructure and processes with the team. You will take on the challenge of solving complex technical problems to deliver robust, performant, scalable and secure web services. Our core product experiences are written in C# / .NET Core stack. You should also be comfortable evaluating and exploring new technologies and runtimes.

Responsibilities:

Collaborate and work with our small knit engineering team in an agile environment delivering secure, scalable solutions
Review code and provide feedback to improve code quality
Work closely with quality engineers to identify test cases and devise efficient, scalable testing processes.
Balance engineering costs of development, testing, deployment complexity, and run-time cost, to deliver optimum value for the business and customers
Stay current with the latest development best practices and cultivate continuous improvement of coding standards and team processes

Required Skills / Experience:

3+ years of experience (or 6+ years for Sr. Software Engineer) building web-based applications, REST APIs using .NET, C# stack.
Experience with writing code for large, high volume web platforms
Experience with relational database development (preferably SQL Server) from schema design to writing complex, optimized queries
Experience with distributed version control systems, continuous integration, and continuous deployment systems
Experience with cloud services (preferably AWS) is a solid plus
Experience with front-end development (preferably React) is a solid plus
At Belong Home, you’ll work on meaningful projects, come up with strategies that impact the business, exercise your entrepreneurial skills and work with an A-team.