Knock Looking for Full Stack Engineer at Denver, CO Full Time

Since our founding in 2015, Knock has been on a mission to make the often stressful process of buying and selling homes simple, certain and convenient. Today, we are an innovative home finance company that leverages technology and our relationships with more than 120,000 real estate agents throughout the U.S. to help homeowners repurpose some of their equity to buy their dream home before they sell, avoiding the hassle of living through repairs and showings. It’s all made possible by our flagship HomeSwap™ product, which combines a traditional mortgage with a no-interest bridge loan that empowers consumers with a non-contingent, cash-like offer right on their phone.

Launched by founding team members of Trulia.com, Knock currently operates in 75 markets nationwide. Knock has raised $900 million in debt and equity from top-tier investors, including Foundry Group, Greycroft, RRE, Parker89 and The National Association of Realtors®, giving NAR’s 1.6 million members the ability to market Knock’s homeownership solutions to their clients. For more information visit: knock.com.

Enjoying Life & Making an Impact:

• Since our founding in 2015, Knock has and continues to offer a 100% remote work culture
• 100% employee covered medical, dental, & vision premiums for full time employees
• Flexible Paid Time Off for full time employees
• Paid parental leave for all full time employees: 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother, 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
• $1,000 annually for professional development
• Life, AD&D and Disability insurance for full time employees
• 401K (noncontributory by Knock) for all employees
• $75 monthly allowance for health & wellness
• Up to $400 monthly for a co-working space for eligible employees
• $100 monthly allowance for home internet, mobile phone or other communication devices
• $2,500 referral bonus for eligible employees

Full Stack Engineer

As a Full Stack Engineer you’ll be a core part of the team building the growth engine for Knock and helping to create a world class customer experience. You’ll work on web applications that power Knock.com and the platform that supports our network of partners and Knockstars. In this role you’ll have the opportunity to build new technologies alongside a senior team.

• Build and maintain innovative new experiences for Knock’s internal and consumer-facing web applications
• Understand the data that powers our applications, and be able to propose appropriate data models for new features
• Continually learn, grow, and expand your knowledge, while also supporting others’ learning experiences; act as a mentor and a resource for others inside and outside of your team
• Collaborate with our talented UX, Product, and Engineering team members as well as other parts of the Knock business to deliver great products
• Utilize best practices for architecture, implementation, testing, monitoring, logging, and deployments
• Safeguard our consumer experience and advocate for strong UX and Design principles
• Take on ad-hoc projects as they arise & always be willing to support your team where they need you

Qualifications – You’ll Bring:

• Full lifecycle software development experience TypeScript or Javascript with React, Svelte or similar, including development, testing, troubleshooting, and deployment (we use Next.js, Sveltekit and Vercel)
• Understand software design principles and have a strong understanding of HTML and CSS (including libraries like tailwind and mantine) to build and maintain responsive web applications and components
• Full lifecycle software development experience in Node.js, including implementation, testing, troubleshooting, maintenance, instrumentation, monitoring, and deployment
• Desire to work at a rapidly growing startup and make it a success. Comfortable learning new technologies and tools while working with existing data and services
• Experience with various Node.js frameworks and modules
• Experience with at least one major cloud provider, ideally AWS (we use ECS, Lambda, S3, SNS, SQS, and CloudWatch)
• RDBMS and SQL experience (MySQL or PostgreSQL), general DB design, writing and optimizing queries
• Customer-first mindset and data-driven approach to your work
• Believe in creating diverse, equitable, and inclusive practices and programs that will further Knock’s commitment to making an impact, learning, putting people first, being open, and courageous
• A desire to work 100% remote and the ability to thrive in this environment
• A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience
• We encourage you to apply even if you don’t have every listed requirement

Physical Requirements:

• Set up and constantly operate a computer
• Communicate and exchange accurate information to others via telephone or internet video applications

The candidate must be able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodation.

Our Compensation Philosophy: As a fully remote (U.S.-based) workforce, our goal is to ensure that all Knockstars are fairly compensated. Please note that the salary range information that follows is a good faith estimate for this position provided pursuant to the Colorado Equal Pay for Equal Work Act for Colorado applicants. The salary range estimate for this position is: $128,900 – $165,700 USD.

The actual offer, reflecting the total compensation package & benefits, will be at the company’s sole discretion, and determined by factors including but not limited to years of experience, job level, geographic location, and other relevant business considerations. The company also reserves the right to amend or modify this job description, employee perks, and benefits at any time. Employees eligible for bonus and/or commission will be provided details in the offer letter.

We are proud to be a remote, distributed company with employees across 40 states and counting. This is an amazing opportunity to be an integral part of building a multi-billion dollar consumer brand in an industry that is long overdue for a new way of doing things. You will be working with a passionate team that is disrupting the status quo.

Knock, and its subsidiaries, are committed to creating a diverse, inclusive, and equitable environment and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Please no recruitment firm or agency inquiries, you will not receive a reply from us.

This position is in the continental United States.

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