Sr. Android Engineer, Design Systems

Are you passionate about Design Systems, solving complex UI problems, and creating scalable architectures? You'll be right at home here. The technology team participates in the research and development of highly scalable, data-driven, consumer-facing applications and identifies new technologies and trends to continually enhance our products and business. Work and learn from world-class talent that promotes a culture of experimentation and learning.

The Design System team is looking for a Senior Software Engineer who specializes in Android development and Design Systems. You will build and own Haven — Realtor.com®'s native Android design system — a greenfield project that will serve as the foundation for all of our consumer-facing Android applications, which see millions of unique visitors daily. You will collaborate closely with the designers on the Design System team to implement the Haven Figma library in code, translating design intent into production-ready Jetpack Compose components. As a part of this team, you will play a key role in enabling our engineering community across all of our consumer product lines to build scalable, consistent, and accessible applications.

We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. Beyond simple usage, this role requires the critical judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy. You should be comfortable integrating AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.

What You'll Do:

• Build and maintain Android components in Haven that are modular, accessible (WCAG 2.2), performant, and consistent with their iOS counterparts
• Contribute to the design token architecture and semantic layer that drives theming, density, and platform-specific adaptations across Haven
• Own the design-to-code pipeline: from Figma specs to production-ready Jetpack Compose components with clean APIs, thorough documentation, and clear migration paths
• Support product engineering teams in adopting Haven: office hours, code reviews, implementation guidance, and accessibility troubleshooting
• Establish testing standards for Haven components, including unit, component, visual regression, and accessibility tests
• Contribute to Haven's release process, versioning strategy, and changelog communication
• Partner with the iOS engineer on the team to maintain cross-platform consistency without compromising platform-native patterns
• Drive Android 16 and 17 compliance across Haven, including Edge-to-Edge, Predictive Back gestures, Adaptive Layouts for foldable phones and large screens, and floating element patterns aligning with iOS patterns
• Optimize developer experience by developing intuitive component APIs, authoring thorough documentation, and providing migration guides for our engineering community
• Provide engineering and design teams with technical guidance and support for component usage, code reviews, feature requests, bug fixes, UI and accessibility best practices through office hours and ad hoc requests
• Build relationships with designers and engineers across different product lines and bridge gaps between product design and engineering
• Research and identify opportunities for improvements to our existing processes and solutions, and create proof of concepts
• Collaborate with the team lead and leadership to contribute to short/long-term goals and roadmaps
• Engage in Agile ceremonies like standups, office hours, weekly planning, and retrospectives and work in a development process that is primarily Kanban

What You'll Bring:

• 5+ years of development experience with up-to-date knowledge of Kotlin, Java, and the Android SDK
• Direct experience contributing to or building a design system used by multiple product teams
• Passionate about Design Systems and solving complex UI problems, and have a great sense for identifying design/interface patterns
• Attention to detail, great sense of design, and commitment to beautiful user experiences
• Strong experience with Jetpack Compose, including building reusable composables, theming, and Material Design integration
• Deep understanding of design token architecture, including semantic layers and theming
• Experience with Atomic Design methodology and breaking complex UI patterns into composable, reusable pieces
• Familiarity with Figma as a source of truth and experience maintaining design-to-code parity
• Experience implementing scalable UI interactions, animations, and transitions on Android
• Strong grasp of Android accessibility, including TalkBack, content descriptions, touch target sizing, and WCAG 2.2 criteria
• Experience with component system tooling such as Figma, Storybook, Zeroheight, or similar
• Experience with component library architecture and best practices around responsive layouts and animation
• Ability to troubleshoot and debug mobile application problems such as UI rendering performance, layout issues, APK/App Bundle size optimization, memory leaks, battery consumption monitoring and optimization, accessibility problems, device fragmentation bugs, etc.
• Experience working within an engineering platform or enablement team
• Experience working with a Design Systems team
• Ability to communicate technical concepts and trade-offs to both engineering and business audiences
• Strong communication skills with a growth and learning mindset
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/related field or equivalent professional experience

Missing checkmarks on a few items in the "What You'll Bring" section? Don't fret! We're looking for people who have a passion for Android development and Design Systems, so we'd still love to hear from you if you think you'd be a great fit!

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

Who We Are

The Notifications team sits within the Consumer and owns the centralized notification platform that powers relevant, timely, and valuable communications to our consumers across push and email channels. 

Our stack includes Kafka, AWS EKS and Lambda, SQS, MongoDB, Redis, AWS Secrets Manager, and Serverless, with a strong focus on observability, cost efficiency, and operational excellence.

About The Role

We are looking for a Sr. Backend Software Engineer to join the Notifications team and help design, build, and operate the next generation of our notification platform.

In this role, you will:

• Own core backend services that power notification preferences, home alerts, and notification delivery for initiatives like Project Columbus (Updated Notification Preferences and Alerts by Geo).
• Work across event-driven architectures, real-time delivery pipelines, and storage systems that serve notification history and campaign traffic at scale.
• Partner closely with CRM Marketing, Search, Mobile teams to deliver reliable, observable, and cost‑efficient notification experiences.

We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. Beyond simple usage, this role requires the critical judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy. You should be comfortable integrating AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.

What You’ll Do

Design, Build, and Operate Backend Services

• Design and implement scalable backend services and APIs for notification preferences, notification delivery, and notification storage, using modern backend languages and frameworks (e.g., Node.js/TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, or Python) on AWS.
• Extend and evolve our event-driven architecture for notifications, leveraging Kafka, SQS, and AWS services to reduce latency and improve reliability for push and email sends.
• Build and maintain data models and storage layers (e.g., MongoDB Atlas, Redis) to support high-volume reads/writes, notification history, and preference lookups at scale.
• Implement and harden CI/CD pipelines on our paved path (CircleCI, GitHub, Argo) to enable safe, frequent deployments with strong automated test coverage.

Reliability, Observability, and Operational Excellence

• Own the health of the services you build, including metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and alerts using tools like New Relic and Splunk, and participate in an on‑call rotation for Notifications services (Pigeon, Notification Center, Preferences APIs, and pipelines).
• Improve system reliability and performance by driving projects to simplify architectures (e.g., replatforming Pigeon to an event‑driven model, improving DLQ handling, and replacing legacy step functions and throttlers with SQS consumers).
• Contribute to cost and resiliency initiatives, including logging/CloudWatch optimization, secrets migration to AWS Secrets Manager/Skyway Vault, and scaling strategies for notification databases and infrastructure.
• Author and maintain runbooks and operational playbooks for on‑call responders, covering incident response, rollbacks, backfills, and replay strategies for notification workloads.

Cross‑Team Collaboration and Delivery

• Partner with CRM Marketing and Product to translate business requirements for campaigns, alerts, and notification preferences into robust technical designs and incremental delivery plans.
• Collaborate with Search, CPS, Identity, Orchestration, and Data teams to ensure notification flows (e.g., Alerts by Geo, saved search alerts, preference syncs) are correct, observable, and performant end‑to‑end.
• Participate in and lead technical design discussions, documenting trade‑offs and making recommendations that balance delivery speed, reliability, and total cost of ownership.
• Contribute to team rituals (planning, grooming, retros, incident reviews), helping to de‑risk projects via spikes/POCs, clear recommendations, and proactive communication on risks and timelines.

What You’ll Bring

Core Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong focus on backend systems and distributed services in production environments.
• Experience with TypeScript/JavaScript/Node.js. 
• Proficiency in at least one modern backend language such as Node.js/TypeScript, Java/Kotlin, or Python, and a track record of building secure, testable, maintainable services and APIs.
• Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka/MSK, SQS), including designing resilient producers/consumers and handling retries, DLQs, and backfills.
• Hands-on experience with AWS (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, API Gateway, IAM, SQS) and Infrastructure‑as‑Code frameworks (e.g., CloudFormation, Terraform, or similar).
• Experience with NoSQL and cache technologies such as MongoDB Atlas and Redis (or comparable systems), including schema design and performance tuning for high‑volume workloads.
• Strong CI/CD and testing mindset, including building and extending pipelines (e.g., CircleCI + GitHub + Argo), and applying unit, integration, and contract testing to services and data flows.
• Solid observability skills, using tools such as New Relic and Splunk (or equivalents) to define SLIs/SLOs, build dashboards, and reduce mean time to detection and recovery.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with product, marketing, analytics, and other engineering teams, and to communicate clearly about risks, trade‑offs, and timelines.
• Ability to operate in an on‑call rotation in US time zones, owning production incidents end‑to‑end and driving follow‑up improvements.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Nice To Have

• Experience with notifications, messaging, or campaign delivery systems (push, email, in‑app notifications), including rate limiting, preference management, and history storage.
• Experience with CRM and marketing platforms such as Braze, Cordial, Hightouch, or similar activation tools, and integrations between internal data platforms and external providers.
• Background in real‑time personalization or alerts (e.g., saved searches, alerts by geo, behavioral triggers) where correctness, latency, and relevance are critical.
• Familiarity with security and compliance practices, including secrets management (AWS Secrets Manager, Skyway Vault), AppID tagging, and cloud cost/usage governance.
• Experience contributing to tech modernization and platform re‑architecture efforts (e.g., migrating serverless workflows to EKS‑based services, improving throughput and state recovery for high‑volume pipelines).

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

About the Role

Realtor.com is looking for a Director of Engineering, Consumer Enablement to lead the platform and enablement organization that powers all consumer-facing web and mobile experiences. This is a high-impact engineering leadership role responsible for three core pillars: Web & Mobile Platforms, Consumer Services, and Quality Enablement — the foundational systems and tooling that every consumer product team at Realtor.com builds on.

You will lead a multi-team org of ~40 engineers (FTE + contractors), managing senior engineering managers and staff engineers across web platform, mobile platform, component systems, backend services, and quality engineering. You'll report to the VP of Consumer Engineering.

This role is equal parts technical depth and organizational influence. You're not shipping features — you're building the paved path that lets dozens of engineers ship faster, safer, and with higher quality.

What You'll Do

Platform Strategy & Execution

• Own the technical roadmap for web and mobile platform infrastructure, including the MFE architecture (web-islands), CI/CD pipelines, React Router 7 migration (Project Oracle), and headless CMS platform
• Drive the next evolution of Realtor.com's design system (rdc-ui V4: Panda CSS migration) and component ecosystem used across 41 codebases
• Lead the decomposition of legacy monolithic services (Hestia) and the transition to domain-owned GraphQL subgraphs via Pantheon federation

Engineering Enablement

• Define and deliver the "paved path" — standardized patterns, tooling, and guardrails that reduce cognitive load for 100+ consumer engineers
• Own DORA metrics for the org
• Partner with stream-aligned teams (Buyers & Sellers, Search, Personalization, New Homes, Rentals, Mobile squads) as an internal platform provider

Quality at Scale

• Evolve the quality enablement model — shifting quality left through automation, AI tooling, and developer-owned testing
• Oversee the testing pyramid: reducing E2E test reliance, scaling Playwright frameworks, and rolling out the AI Quality Toolkit

Cloud Cost & FinOps

• Own the engineering cost envelope for Consumer Enablement — AWS spend, CircleCI credits, and third-party tooling budgets
• Partner with FinOps and infrastructure teams to instrument cost attribution, identify rightsizing opportunities, and enforce cost-aware development practices across the paved path
• Establish unit cost baselines for key platform operations (e.g., cost-per-deploy, cost-per-test-run) and drive measurable efficiency improvements quarter over quarter

People & Organization

• Lead and develop 3 senior engineering managers and multiple staff engineers across 7 sub-teams
• Create clear career frameworks and growth paths that retain top engineers and set expectations at every level
• Build inclusive team cultures with high psychological safety — where engineers do their best work, managers are effective coaches, and feedback flows in all directions
• Drive hiring rigor: define role profiles, calibrate leveling, and make high-quality talent decisions in partnership with recruiting
• Manage headcount planning, contractor-to-FTE ratios, and capacity allocation across competing priorities in a lean org

AI Strategy & Developer Enablement

• Partner with engineering managers to embed AI practices into daily workflows — code review, documentation, incident response, sprint planning
• Represent the Consumer Engineering perspective in AI investment decisions: what to build internally, what to buy, and what to deprecate

What We're Looking For

Required

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading engineering teams, including managing managers
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
• Demonstrated experience owning platform, infrastructure, or developer tooling organizations — not just product delivery teams
• Deep understanding of modern frontend architecture: micro-frontends, component systems, React, TypeScript, CI/CD pipelines
• Experience with backend GraphQL/API services and federated architecture patterns
• Strong track record of improving engineering velocity and developer experience at scale (DORA metrics, lead time, deployment frequency)
• Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management — able to influence without authority, represent platform value to product and business leaders, and navigate competing priorities across multiple stream-aligned teams

Preferred

• Experience with AI developer tooling strategy: evaluating, deploying, and driving adoption of AI-assisted development tools across an engineering organization
• Hands-on background with FinOps practices: cloud cost attribution, unit economics for platform operations, CI/CD spend optimization, and engineering budget ownership
• Experience with mobile platform engineering (iOS/Android release processes, CircleCI, React Native or native)
• Familiarity with Apollo Federation, GraphQL schema governance, and Pantheon-style API gateway patterns
• Background in quality engineering transformation — shifting from manual QA models to developer-owned quality
• Experience with headless CMS platforms and content-driven architecture
• Familiarity with AWS infrastructure (EKS, Lambda, DynamoDB, CloudFront, ArgoCD)

Tech Stack You'll Own

React · TypeScript · Node.js · GraphQL (Apollo Federation) · NestJS · Swift · Kotlin · AWS (EKS/Lambda/DynamoDB) · CircleCI · ArgoCD · Playwright · Panda CSS · styled-components · New Relic · Splunk

Why This Role

• Org-wide leverage: Everything consumer runs on what this team builds. Your decisions affect 100+ engineers daily
• Clear technical vision: Active initiatives with real momentum — Oracle, CMS, rdc-ui V4, Hestia decomposition — not greenfield ambiguity
• AI-forward culture: The org is actively building and deploying AI-powered tooling with 100% AI adoption as a company goal
• Senior team: You'll work alongside Staff and Sr. Staff engineers who are already deep domain experts
• Real ownership: Full responsibility over people, platform roadmap, and cost envelope — not a coordinator role

What You'll Do:

• Engineer End-to-End Solutions: Design and develop scalable, responsive web applications using React and Node.js/Python that simplify complex enterprise workflows.
• Architect Micro-Frontends: Implement modern frontend architectures that integrate seamlessly with our Salesforce ecosystem and internal microservices.
• Optimize Data Pipelines: Build and maintain high-throughput APIs and event-driven services (using Kafka or AWS EventBridge) that power real-time business dashboards.
• Embed Intelligence: Integrate Generative AI and machine learning models directly into the UI to provide predictive insights and automated task suggestions for our users.
• Champion Quality & DevOps: Drive the adoption of "Shift-Left" testing, CI/CD automation, and observability tools to ensure our enterprise tools are as resilient as our consumer-facing products.
• Collaborate & Mentor: Partner with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate business requirements into technical reality, while mentoring mid-level engineers through code reviews and pair programming.

What You'll Bring:

• Full Stack Mastery: 8+ years of professional experience building and scaling production-grade applications using modern frameworks like React/Next.js and Node.js, Go, Python or Java.
• System Design Fluency: Deep understanding of distributed systems, REST/GraphQL API design, and how to optimize for performance across the entire stack.
• Cloud-Native Mindset: Hands-on experience with AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) in a CI/CD environment.
• Database Expertise: Proficiency with both relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL solutions, including experience handling large-scale data migrations.
• Modern Web Expertise: Strong command of CSS-in-JS, TypeScript, and state management libraries (Redux/Zustand), with a focus on accessibility and performance.
• Agile Leadership: Proven ability to lead features from conception to deployment in an Agile/Scrum environment, making pragmatic trade-offs between speed and technical debt.
• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

How We Reward You:

Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and well-being of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degree and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. Beyond simple usage, this role requires the critical judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy. You should be comfortable integrating AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.

The Work You’ll Do:
You’ll design, build, and operate backend services and data integrations that power personalized marketing experiences across CRM and Digital Marketing channels at Realtor.com®. You’ll work across the marketing technology stack—connecting internal data platforms to tools that activate, measure, and optimize campaigns. Your work will ensure the reliability, observability, and scalability of data pipelines that enable millions of users to receive relevant messages at the right time.

• Design, build, and operate backend services and data integrations that are secure, observable, and cost-efficient, using modern cloud patterns on AWS.
• Collaborate with data platform teams on the Snowflake and Kafka data platform (streaming and batch) to enable reliable data collection, processing, and access for near real-time marketing and analytics use cases.
• Contribute to streaming pipelines and consumers (e.g., Kafka/MSK) and batch workflows backed by Snowflake/DBT/Airflow/Hightouch, with a focus on correctness, performance,
  and operational excellence.
• Implement and extend CI/CD pipelines on the company’s deployment platform (CircleCI GitHub + Argo), driving paved-path adoption, test automation, and deployment safety.
• Help instrument, validate, and monitor clickstream and service events in partnership with data reliability teams, improving event health and taxonomy alignment across systems.
• Strengthen observability for services and pipelines (metrics, logging, tracing) to reduce mean time to detection/recovery and enable effective on-call rotations.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders (marketing, engineering, product, analytics, privacy) to define requirements, de-risk designs, and ship incremental value.
• Write clear technical documentation, contribute to runbooks, and participate in design and code reviews to raise engineering quality and knowledge sharing.
• Champion reliability and governance: adopt data lineage, ownership, and catalog tooling; incorporate validation and guardrails that prevent bad data from propagating.

What You’ll Bring:

• 5+ years of experience building backend systems and/or data-intensive services in production, with ownership across design, implementation, and operations.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.. 
• Proficiency in one or more of: TypeScript/Node.js, Python, Java/Kotlin; strong foundation in writing maintainable, testable code.
• Solid SQL skills and experience with Snowflake or comparable cloud data warehouses; familiarity with data modeling and working with structured/semi-structured data.
• Experience with event-driven systems and streaming technologies (e.g., Kafka/MSK) and building resilient consumers/producers
• Hands-on with AWS services (e.g., Lambda, ECS/EKS, S3, IAM, MSK, API Gateway) and Infrastructure-as-Code (Terraform or CloudFormation).
• CI/CD expertise (preferably on CircleCI + GitHub + Argo) and a testing mindset across unit, integration, contract, and data validations.
• Strong observability practices (logs, metrics, traces) using tools like New Relic and Splunk; effective incident response and post-incident improvement.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills; ability to partner with product, analytics, and other engineering teams to deliver outcomes.

Nice To Have Experience:

• Experience with CRM and digital marketing platforms (Braze, Cordial, Google Ads, Meta Ads, etc)
• Experience with the Snowflake data platform and its streaming/batch components; DBT and Airflow familiarity.
• Background in clickstream data reliability: event taxonomy, validation tooling, event health monitoring, and developer workflows that “shift-left” data quality.
• Familiarity with tracking and SDK ecosystems (e.g., Tracking SDK and “Direct Send”), experimentation, and downstream analytics integrations.
• Knowledge of data governance practices and lineage/discoverability platforms like the Data Catalog; exposure to privacy and compliance workflows (e.g., CCPA/CPRA).
• Experience operating services on Kubernetes (EKS), GitOps/ArgoCD, and adopting paved-path CI/CD patterns on CircleCI.

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
• Family forming benefits
• 13 Paid Holidays
• Flexible Time Off
• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

Software Architect – Inspire11  

Elevens, as we call ourselves here, are curiously smart, purposefully scrappy, and dedicated to the highest standard of quality. By being true to ourselves and others, we create a respectful environment that enhances collaboration, drives growth through high expectations, and ensures alignment with our core values. Inspire11 is more than a modern business and technology consulting firm; we're a revolution. We work differently — and it shows. Every move we make is tied to measurable value, and our success aligns with our clients’ success. We partner to simplify the complex, solve sustainably, and stay ahead by continuously pushing our own thinking forward. Value creation isn't something we talk about — it's something we live, every day. 

At Inspire11, we're not just offering a job; we're providing a platform for you to transform the future. You'll feel right at home here if you think differently, build boldly, and lead with impact. We're a place where your unique perspective is valued, your boldness is celebrated, and your potential is unleashed. 

• Growth Through Challenge:  We hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence and accountability. At Inspire11, we are committed to delivering exceptional results and empowering our employees to take ownership of their work and drive meaningful impact. You'll work alongside elite consultants who challenge you to expand your skills and think even more creatively. 
  
• The Autonomy to Do Your Best Work: Here, outcomes matter more than outputs. It's about the value we create. You'll have the autonomy to shape your work, drive decisions, and make an impact—not just for our clients but for your growth. You'll be challenged to think strategically, anticipate needs, and solve problems. Bold thinking, creative approaches, and challenging conventional wisdom are part of our DNA. Our clients rely on us to lead them into what's next. 
• Diverse Perspectives Driving Innovative Solutions: We champion inclusivity and authenticity, knowing that diverse perspectives drive better solutions. You'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work, knowing that's where true innovation happens. We also believe that doing great work should be fun. Our culture thrives on energy, camaraderie, and appreciating the unique contributions that make Inspire11 an amazing place. Our teams get energy from being the best they can be. 

What you can expect in this role: 

• Lead highly collaborative, cross-functional development teams across multiple client projects in diverse industries
• Partner with key stakeholders (CIOs, CTOs, Directors, and business leaders) to shape and drive strategic technology initiatives
• Own the full software development lifecycle—from requirements gathering and architecture through implementation and rollout
• Design, develop, and support complex, mission-critical applications and systems
• Define and maintain architecture standards, best practices, and technical guidelines
• Contribute to the evolution and enhancement of both new and existing applications, platforms, and components 

Tools for success: 

• Experience architecting and delivering end-to-end software solutions—from modern front-end interfaces (React) to scalable back-end systems and cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure)
• Proven full-stack development skills with deep expertise in JavaScript (React, Node.js), Java/Kotlin, Python, and designing/documenting APIs
• Adept at selecting the right tools, languages, and frameworks to match the needs of each unique software solution
• Skilled in working directly with clients to lead projects from ideation to delivery in fast-paced, collaborative environments
• Experienced with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), CI/CD pipelines (Jenkins, GitHub Actions), and modern version control using Git
• Skilled in Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) with a strong foundation in database design and development using both relational and non-relational systems (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB)
• Passionate about mentoring, continuous learning, and shaping a modern, forward-thinking engineering culture
• Actively explores AI/ML technologies and integrates them into solutions; stays current with trends in the evolving AI landscape 

This role requires the willingness and ability to be onsite at the Inspire11 or client location depending on project needs to maximize in-person collaboration and build stronger relationships. 

Inspire11 is unable to sponsor employment visas at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment. 

Inspire11’s Privacy Policy: https://www.inspire11.com/privacy-policy/  

For more information regarding our compensation and benefit offerings please see below: 

Software Engineer – Inspire11  

Elevens, as we call ourselves here, are curiously smart, purposefully scrappy, and dedicated to the highest standard of quality. By being true to ourselves and others, we create a respectful environment that enhances collaboration, drives growth through high expectations, and ensures alignment with our core values. Inspire11 is more than a modern business and technology consulting firm; we're a revolution. We work differently — and it shows. Every move we make is tied to measurable value, and our success aligns with our clients’ success. We partner to simplify the complex, solve sustainably, and stay ahead by continuously pushing our own thinking forward. Value creation isn't something we talk about — it's something we live, every day. 

At Inspire11, we're not just offering a job; we're providing a platform for you to transform the future. You'll feel right at home here if you think differently, build boldly, and lead with impact. We're a place where your unique perspective is valued, your boldness is celebrated, and your potential is unleashed. 

• Growth Through Challenge:  We hold ourselves to the highest standards of excellence and accountability. At Inspire11, we are committed to delivering exceptional results and empowering our employees to take ownership of their work and drive meaningful impact. You'll work alongside elite consultants who challenge you to expand your skills and think even more creatively. 

• The Autonomy to Do Your Best Work: Here, outcomes matter more than outputs. It's about the value we create. You'll have the autonomy to shape your work, drive decisions, and make an impact—not just for our clients but for your growth. You'll be challenged to think strategically, anticipate needs, and solve problems. Bold thinking, creative approaches, and challenging conventional wisdom are part of our DNA. Our clients rely on us to lead them into what's next. 
• Diverse Perspectives Driving Innovative Solutions: We champion inclusivity and authenticity, knowing that diverse perspectives drive better solutions. You'll be encouraged to bring your whole self to work, knowing that's where true innovation happens. We also believe that doing great work should be fun. Our culture thrives on energy, camaraderie, and appreciating the unique contributions that make Inspire11 an amazing place. Our teams get energy from being the best they can be. 

What you can expect in this role: 

• Collaborate closely with clients to design and build custom technology solutions tailored to business needs.
• Develop responsive, declarative front-end user interfaces using ReactJS and modern JavaScript libraries, while also building complex back-end systems using Java (or Scala/Kotlin), C#, Node.js, or Python. 
• Design, develop, and support critical applications and system components from end to end.  
• Write and execute unit tests; troubleshoot and recommend solutions for complex technical issues.
• Contribute to ongoing enhancement of both new and existing applications across the full stack. 

Tools for success: 

• Contribute to ongoing enhancement of both new and existing applications across the full stack. 
• Proficient in full-stack development with expertise in either modern JavaScript & React, or backend-languages like Java, Kotlin, Python, etc., along with API design and documentation 
• Experienced with both relational and non-relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB), and database schema design.   
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms (primarily AWS), containerization tools (e.g., Docker), and CI/CD pipelines (e.g., Jenkins, GitHub Actions).   
• Strong understanding of Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban) and version control using Git.   
• Passion to mentor other engineers, driving technical excellence, while contributing to a strong engineering culture.
• Actively explores and integrates AI/ML technologies into development workflows; stays up to date on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and market trends.   
• Committed to continuous learning and staying current with evolving technology trends, frameworks, and best practices.   
• Excellent communicator with the ability to thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and take initiative across varied responsibilities.    

This role requires the willingness and ability to be onsite at the Inspire11 or client location depending on project needs to maximize in-person collaboration and build stronger relationships. 

Inspire11 is unable to sponsor employment visas at this time. Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. at the time of application and throughout the duration of employment. 

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For more information regarding our compensation and benefit offerings please see below: 

U.S. Compensation & Benefits  

Compensation at Inspire11 
Inspire11 follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, the Illinois Human Rights Act, the Illinois Equal Wage Act, and the Illinois Equal Pay Act of 2003. We believe that people performing the same role at the same level, with similar levels of ability or experience, should be similarly compensated. We also believe that the most critical factors driving compensation should be an Eleven’s skill, experience, performance, responsibility, and effort. We may also consider an employee’s length of service, relevant education, training, or certification, and the requirements of a specific job. We may also consider whether the cost of living or competition for talent in specific markets requires adjustments in compensation for employees in those markets. Our goal is to fairly compensate all our Elevens based on these factors within the Company’s financial ability.   

Compensation may be increased or decreased at Inspire11’s discretion based on an employee’s performance reviews, market conditions, and the Company’s financial performance. Inspire11 will always notify an employee in writing before any change is made to their compensation.  

Bonuses 
We may allow employees in Sales, Recruiting, or Leadership to earn periodic bonuses based on sales, revenue, client-specific or practice-specific targets. These targets are communicated to each eligible employee via offer letter or annual update. All such target-based bonuses are calculated based on the Company and an individual’s periodic performance and will only be awarded if: (a) the employee is meeting performance expectations and is an employee in good standing of the Company; (b) the target is met; and (c) the Company’s current financial performance and market conditions permit the bonus to be paid out. All periodic bonuses are discretionary and are earned only when paid out.   

Each year, the Company will decide whether the Company’s financial performance, market performance, and business realities allow it to create an annual bonus pool. If the Company decides that annual bonuses may be awarded, then the Leadership Team will grant annual bonuses to employees in good standing based on the same factors discussed in the previous paragraph while also considering employees’ diligence, performance, expertise, skill, judgment, and experience. To be eligible to participate in this annual bonus pool, an employee must be hired by no later than October 1st of the preceding year. Annual bonuses and merit increases may be prorated based on hire date. Employees eligible for target-based periodic bonuses are not eligible to participate in the annual bonus pool.   

Options or Other Equity in Inspire11 
Inspire11 has a legacy program that allowed certain high-performing employees to purchase shares of the Company through an affiliate. The Company also has a newer program that grants options annually to high-performing employees based on their performance reviews, their managers’ recommendation, and leadership approval. These options have a vesting period associated with them.  

Benefits 
Full-time employees are eligible for the following contributory benefits, where premiums are partially paid by the Company and partially by the employee:   

• Medical insurance plans, 
• Dental insurance plans, and  
• Vision insurance plans.  

Full-time employees are eligible for the following benefits provided wholly by the Company:  

• Short-term disability, providing for a benefit of 60% of an employee’s salary up to a maximum of $2,000 per week for up to 11 weeks after a 7-day waiting period; 
• Long-term disability, providing for 60% of an employee’s salary up to a maximum of $10,000 per month for the time period from the 91st day after a qualifying event through the earlier of the end of the disability or age 67; 
• Life insurance, providing for a benefit of two times the employee’s annual salary, up to a maximum payout of $400,000;   
• A connectivity stipend of $325 annually; 
• Employee Assistance Program, providing for confidential counseling sessions, 24-hour crisis support, online peer support groups, skills training, behavioral health coaching, initial free legal consultations (and discounted rates on referred lawyers), online legal forms, assistance with eldercare and parenting services, among other things.  

Full-time employees are also eligible to participate in the Company’s 401(k) plan, which allows employees to contribute to a standard or Roth IRA. According to a vesting schedule, the Company matches 100% of employee contributions up to 3% of an employee’s salary.  

Depending on eligibility and their elections, full-time employees may also have access to certain tax-advantaged savings accounts set up through the Company, into which employees contribute withheld funds:   

• Flexible savings accounts
• Limited-purpose flexible savings accounts  
• Healthcare savings accounts
• Dependent care savings accounts  
• Commuter benefit accounts  

Paid Time Off and Leave 
Inspire11 grants all eligible employees any statutory leave required by federal, Illinois, or other applicable law, such as FMLA, bereavement, sick leave, emergency leave, jury duty or witness leave, and VESSA leave.   

In addition, Inspire11 has a self-managed paid time off policy (PTO) that does not set predetermined upper limits on the amount of PTO an employee may take. All PTO must be requested in advance and approved by the appropriate supervisor to ensure client work can continue. All full-time employees are expected to take a minimum of one week of PTO each year.   

Inspire11 offers paid parental leave to full-time employees who have been with the company for at least one year. Birthing parents are eligible for up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, while non-birthing parents are eligible for up to 6 weeks. Short-term disability (STD) benefits are also provided following childbirth. When combined with PTO and STD, birthing parents may receive a total of 18–20 weeks of paid leave. Lastly, Inspire11 has eight paid holidays.  

Other Benefits 
Inspire11 also maintains other programs that provide additional benefits to employees, such as:   

• Impact to 11: a charitable giving matching program where, after being employed by Inspire11 for a year, employees may request that a qualifying charity receive up to $500 in matching donations each year. 
• Professional development benefits for qualifying employees: a program allowing for reimbursement of certain course materials and costs on a discretionary basis for employees who have been at Inspire11 for at least 6 months, with supervisor’s approval. 
• Regular gifts of Inspire11 clothes, office items, and swag.  

Disclaimer 
This document applies only to the United States and to Inspire11 LLC, not our worldwide partners.  

Inspire11 reserves the right to change the benefits offered to employees in accordance with applicable law based on business needs, market conditions, and financial stability. Before changing any benefits, Company will notify all employees of the change and will update this document.  

EEOC 
Inspire11 is an Equal Opportunity Workplace and an Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. If you need assistance or a reasonable accommodation during the application process, please contact us at hr@inspire11.com, or inform your recruiting partner.