Orchard is radically simplifying the way people buy and sell their homes. For the average American, the home purchase and sale process takes months, creates anxiety, and is filled with uncertainty and hassle. Orchard has reimagined the end-to-end experience of buying and selling, from innovative home search tools to find the perfect home to the ability to buy a new home before selling your current one.
Requirements
- Strong skills in Python or other backend languages, with solid knowledge of APIs and databases.
- Experience with tools like AWS, Postgres, SQL, Kafka, Airflow, Docker, or CircleCI is a plus.
- Strong debugging and testing habits, and experience working in shared codebases.
- Regularly use AI tools like Copilot, Cursor, or Claude - or are genuinely curious and eager to learn how to use them effectively.
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain APIs and backend services that power Orchard’s website and internal tools.
- Work with product and design to turn ideas into clear, well-scoped projects.
- Debug and improve core services to make them faster and more reliable as we prepare for national growth over the next 12-18 months.
- Ensure our systems can scale smoothly as our user base continues to grow.
- Write clean, tested code that’s easy to understand and maintain.
- Help improve developer workflows, testing, and documentation.
- Take part in on-call rotations and own the systems you build.
Other
- This is a full-time hybrid role based in our New York office (2 days per week).
- At least 3 years of experience as a software engineer focused on backend development.
- A low-ego, problem-solving mindset. You take ownership and improve what you touch.
- Interest in a hands-on team where engineers ship quickly and have real impact.
- The pay range for this position in New York City is $130,000-$150,000/year.
