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Senior Software Engineer I

SmartRent

SmartRent

Software Engineering
Scottsdale, AZ, USA
Posted on Jul 10, 2025

Who We Are

Founded in 2017, SmartRent, Inc. (NYSE: SMRT) is the leading provider of smart home and property operations solutions for the rental housing industry.

We’re doing big things in the proptech world! SmartRent has been recognized as a winner of HousingWire’s Tech100 Real Estate awards in 2021, 2022, and 2023 for the most innovative tech company serving the mortgage and real estate industries; named on Deloitte’s 2023 Technology Fast 500™ list of fastest-growing companies —and we’re just getting started.

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Software Engineer I to join our team. This role offers opportunities to work with the SmartRent Manager team. While the overarching goal is to design and implement high-quality software solutions, each team has a unique focus that contributes to our unified platform and solutions. Overall, the Senior Software Engineer will play a key role in driving the success of our team by improving standards, mentoring team members, reworking existing code, and developing new features and functionality for our products and solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design of vital components and features.
  • Partner with product managers, designers, and QA engineers to deliver secure, scalable solutions.
  • Engineers are encouraged to take initiative in identifying opportunities for improvements and are expected to contribute innovative solutions and ideas for product enhancements, in addition to those proposed by the product team.
  • Write clean, maintainable code (Elixir, React, React Native) following best practices.
  • Conduct code reviews, mentor junior engineers, and advocate for engineering standards.
  • Optimize performance, refactor legacy systems, and ensure backward/forward compatibility.
  • Design and optimize scalable React-based UI components for property staff/resident applications, refactor legacy codebases, and collaborate on design systems to unify platform functionality and user experience.
  • Design foundational infrastructure using Elixir for shared features (auth, event processing). Develop REST APIs for internal and third-party tools. Optimize systems handling billions of IoT events.
  • Identify, evaluate, and integrate AI tools and techniques to enhance development efficiency and optimize product performance.
  • Perform other duties as required.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and,
  • 4-6 years of software development experience with all of the following or specific to the role: cloud message APIs and usage of push notifications + experience in Azure DevOps, git (and modern build pipelines like Webpack, Babel), CI/CD pipelines and agile development process methodology plus experience with JavaScript, AngularJS, TypeScript, Node.JS, HTML, CSS, C++, C#, Python, MySQL, jQuery, web services, RESTful API, and modern frameworks like React or React Native.
  • 3 years of professional software development experience using JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern frameworks like React or React Native.
  • Strong understanding of RESTful APIs and asynchronous requests.
  • Familiarity with version control tools like Git and modern build pipelines (Webpack, Babel).
  • Excellent written/verbal communication skills and attention to detail.
  • Design and maintain foundational infrastructure for SmartRent’s ecosystem of products. Develop Elixir-based services for shared features. Design REST APIs for internal tools and third-party integrations. Optimize systems handling billions of monthly IoT device events.
  • An additional four years of relevant experience may be substituted for a degree, in addition to the minimum experience requirements listed below.
  • Refactor legacy interfaces for scalability and usability. Build scheduling interfaces and real-time analytics dashboards.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience with Elixir is a plus.
  • Knowledge of Agile development practices and tools like Jira/Confluence.

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We Put Our Employees First

We offer a comprehensive and competitive benefits package designed to support your well-being and future. For our US employees, this includes medical, dental, vision, and life insurance with low deductibles and 75–100% employer contributions. We also provide flexible and generous PTO (because we know how important work-life balance is), a competitive 401(k) with employer contributions, paid parental leave, discounted insurance plans for pets and legal services and an employee stock purchase plan to help you invest in your future.

You’ll fit right in if you:

  • Do the hard work and go out of your way to deliver excellence

  • Own outcomes and learn from your mistakes

  • Are a collaborative and supportive team player—win or lose, you lift others up

  • Value authenticity, diverse perspectives, and inclusion in the workplace

  • Have a passion for smart tech and the real estate industry

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