The Amherst Group's companies are comprised of leading real estate investment and advisory firms with a mission to transform the way real estate is owned, financed and managed.  Amherst leverages its proprietary data, analytics, technology, and decades of experience to seek solutions for a fragmented, slow-to-evolve real estate ecosystem and to materially improve the experience for residents, buyers, sellers, communities, and investors.  Today Amherst has over 1000 employees and $14.1 billion in assets under management.

Over the past decade, Amherst has scaled its platform to become one of the largest operators of single-family assets and has acquired, renovated, and leased more than 46,000 homes across 32 markets in the U.S.  The firm delivers customized, stabilized cash-flowing portfolios of assets to its investors, wrapped in all the ongoing services required to manage, own, and finance the asset including property management, portfolio management, and a full capital markets team.  In addition to its single-family rental platform, Amherst’s debt business pursues two distinct credit strategies in mortgage-backed securities and commercial real estate lending.  Over its 25-year history, Amherst has developed a deep bench of research and technology talent, and leverages data and analytics at every stage in the asset lifecycle to improve operations and preserve long-term value for our investors and the more than 188,000 residents the firm has served.

Amherst is looking for a Full Stack Developer to build apps to power our fintech and proptech platform.

Amherst is a financial services and technology company empowering global investors to access the U.S. real estate market with unparalleled ease and scale. Our technology platform manages thousands of homes and billions of dollars of investment capital. The data and software required to handle such an operation are diverse. We build data infrastructure and tools to buy, renovate, and manage homes at scale. We build consumer brands and apps to lease and sell homes direct-to-consumer. We design, prototype, and roll-out IoT devices and smart home tech to help manage and solve important business operations. Amherst employs a wide variety of tech to drive innovation in U.S. residential real estate. We are building RESTful microservices on serverless cloud infrastructures. Our tools and websites are built with React.js, Next.js, Material UI, and .NET. We build native and React Native iOS and Android apps. Our BI and data teams are using Hadoop, Hive, and Presto to create the data sets that power the business. Most importantly, Amherst has a strong, developer-friendly culture. We are looking for developers who are scrappy and fast, who focus on solutions not problems, who understand that code is cost, and who aren’t afraid of a tough deadline. We want developers who have a high bar and love being part of a great team.

Ideal Candidate:

• Knowledgeable. You are a real pro and deeply understand web development and its ecosystem.

• Intellectually Curious. You are constantly learning and working to improve yourself.

• Entrepreneurial. You enjoy wearing many hats and hustling to get things done.

• Problem Solver. You are a critical thinker who brings solutions not problems to the table.

• Hard Working. You aren’t afraid of a tough deadline.

• Scrappy & Fast. You like finding creative ways to quickly move projects forward.

• Good Communicator. You easily explain complex technical issues to a non-technical audience.

• Team Player. You put team success first and have a high degree of personal character.

• Accountable. You take ownership and have pride in your work.

Responsibilities:

• Ship high-quality React, React Native, .NET, and node applications

• Ship backend Restful APIs using our serverless microservices architecture

• Develop new features from design through implementation and launch

• Improve and maintain existing applications and services

• Evaluate technical tradeoffs of every decision and work with design on the best UI and infrastructure practices

• Improve our code quality with unit tests, automation, and code reviews

• Work cross-functionally with other members of the technology team

Requirements:

• 4+ years of professional development experience

• BS/BA degree in a technical field such as Computer Science (or equivalent years of experience)

• A solid foundation of HTML, CSS, Javascript, HTTP, and Restful APIs

• Experience shipping rich apps using React, Angular, or similar framework

• Experience architecting and shipping backend RESTful APIs using Node.js, C#, or similar platform

• Familiar with front-end and back-end performance best practices

• A solid foundation in computer science including algorithms, data structures, and design patterns

• Experience with SQL and SQL databases

• Experience with common software development tools and processes

• Experience working with cloud platforms is a plus

• Experience with .NET is a plus

• Experience with React Native, Android, or iOS development is a plus

• An eye for quality UI/UX is a plus

​Amherst is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or veteran status, and encourage all applicants to apply.