Software Engineer, Front-end (Latin America) at Homeward in LATIN

About Homeward

Homeward takes the “what ifs” out of homebuying by creating financial products that give buyers and sellers certainty and convenience. We’re a fast-paced, remote-first real estate startup that partners with real estate agents to offer innovative products and services, helping clients buy with cash, sell with certainty, and time their move, regardless of the market.

Founder and CEO Tim Heyl, owner of one of the fastest-growing agent teams in the country, started Homeward in 2018 to fix the antiquated and broken real estate process. Today, we offer bundled cash offers, mortgage, and title services in 13 states, enabling buyers and sellers to move with certainty and convenience.

We’re a fully remote company with a diverse team spread across several countries - Grounded in three core values: The Golden Rule, One Team One Dream, and Calm Focus. Hear from our employees about what our values mean to them.

About The Opportunity

We're seeking a Front-end Engineer to help us build a simpler, more customer-centric home buying and selling experience in partnership with real estate agents.

This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship.

Due to current team needs, we are only accepting applicants in LatAm.

In This Role You Will:

• Develop, design, debug, and modify components of software applications and tools in agile environment
• Write automated unit and integration tests as appropriate to support our continuous integration pipelines
• Participate in code reviews to assess overall code quality and flexibility
• Have a good understanding of Software Development Lifecycle and methodologies, specifically scrum and/or Kanban
• Prototype creative solutions quickly by developing minimum viable products and work with seniors and peers in crafting and implementing the technical vision
• Communicate and work effectively with distributed cross functional teams
• Resolve problems and roadblocks as they occur with peers - follow through on details and drive issues to closure
• Work towards continuous improvement in software and development process within an agile development team
• Participate in user story creation in collaboration with the team

What You’ll Bring:

• 4+ years of non-internship professional front-end development experience
• Deep understanding of web development and best practices
• Strong organizational skills and discipline in both following and appropriately challenging conventions
• Skilled with common front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JS
• Deep experience in one or more relevant front-end frameworks such as React, Angular, or Vue (We use React, with Jest testing)
• Experience working with TypeScript
• Strong problem solving and troubleshooting skills
• Scrappy determination and flexibility - from updating email and CMS templates to building complex web apps; you’re eager to learn and help the team succeed
• A build, test, learn mindset with a bias toward quick, calculated action and a focus on business outcomes
• Ability to rapidly prototype and adjust in response to customer feedback
• Working knowledge of version control and CI/CD tools
• Possess a high bar when it comes to quality - knowing when to test, what to test, and how to test

Compensation:

• Competitive hourly rate
• Computer reimbursement

Value-Driven Employee Experience

THE GOLDEN RULE. It’s simple: Treat others the way we want to be treated. Whether we’re dealing with colleagues or customers, we don’t prioritize money or growth over people, and we practice empathy at every opportunity.

CALM FOCUS. We work in tech and build solutions for real estate. Both are fast-paced and stressful industries. But by focusing on the larger objective rather than rushing from one task to the next, we can create solutions our customers love.

ONE TEAM, ONE DREAM. Big problems require big solutions. We look at our customers’ experiences holistically and recognize that solving them requires collaboration across teams and our three affiliate companies — Homeward, Homeward Mortgage and Homeward Title.