Full-Stack Software Engineer

Rhino + Jetty is making housing more affordable and accessible for millions of renters each year. We’re the market-leading rental housing platform building simpler, more accessible ways for people to move into homes — and for property managers to lease with confidence.

Our technology removes friction from the move-in process, lowers upfront costs for renters, and helps property managers make faster, more accurate decisions. We support a network of 3 million rental units nationwide and work with 47 of the NMHC Top 100 property owners, including Greystar, Brookfield, Asset Living, UDR, and more.

We pioneered security deposit insurance and continue to push the industry forward with a growing suite of products — from deposit management to lease guarantees and loss-of-employment protection. We’re growing quickly, tackling real problems at scale, and building technology that’s changing how renting works.

As a member of the R+J engineering team, you’re passionate about building fintech products that provide value to our customers and to our company. You are motivated by designing engineering systems around complex business problems. You love to learn, take on challenges, and are empowered in a fast-paced and transparent culture. You're comfortable finding the right tool or pattern for the job, and advocating for improvements to the way we work.

In this role you will:

Design technical solutions that are reliable, fault-tolerant, scalable, and performant

Write code (often with AI assistance) to produce quality, readable, testable, maintainable software

Participate in code reviews and design sessions

Launch new features and services to our customers with high quality customer experiences

Work with product managers and your engineering team to size work and understand build options

Foster a culture of security and will adopt security best practices throughout Rhino+Jetty’s codebase

Our current technical stack most prominently features:

Ruby (Rails), Python (Flask), Javascript (Hotwire, React.js, Next.js)

Postgres

AWS infrastructure managed via Terraform 

Datadog, Posthog, Rollbar, Sentry

IDE(s) of choice, AI tools of choice

The candidates we’re looking for generally have most of the following:

At least 5+ years of experience in building production-grade, high-volume software systems

Professional coding experience (e.g. Ruby on Rails, Python,, Javascript, React) with the willingness to recommend and adopt new technologies as necessary. Full-stack experience or willingness and ability to learn across the stack. 

Experience with server-side concepts (microservices, caching, performance, monitoring and scalability)

Experience with modern databases (e.g. Postgres) and appropriate application-side data modeling

Experience with modern source control tools (git + GitHub)

Understanding of CI/CD build/deployment tools (e.g. GitHub Actions; Semaphore)

Familiarity with AWS cloud technologies (e.g. ECS, S3, RDS, etc)

Willingness to become domain subject matter experts in a highly regulated industry

Enthusiasm, curiosity, and the flexibility to thrive in a start-up atmosphere of constant change and growth 

Ability and enthusiasm to use any tool to get a job done, up to and including AI tools

These aren’t required but are a big plus:

Experience working in Fintech, Insurance, Banking or other similar financial services

Prior professional experience in Ruby / Ruby on Rails 

Early/mid-stage startup experience

Compensation & Benefits

Base Salary Range: $140,000 - $170,000

Rhino + Jetty has partnered with a number of compensation benchmarking tools to determine competitive and fair market pay bands for our size and stage. Our goal is to ensure each employee is paid equitably and competitively while also maintaining a consistent and standardized methodology.

Individual pay decisions are based on a number of factors including qualifications for the role, experience level and balancing internal equity relative to other teammates.

Base salary is just one part of our Total Rewards Package here at R + J. In connection with this position, we also offer:

Competitive cash compensation package including base salary, milestone based bonus, and other financial perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage (up to 90% employer contribution) - eligible from your start date

401(k), HSA, Life & Disability Insurance Coverage ($0 employee contribution for additional insurances)

Unlimited PTO Policy

Generous Paid Parental Leave

Stock option plan to give our employees a direct stake in R + J's success

Monthly lifestyle stipend to fit your needs (meals, wellness, co-working)