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KNOCK Inc. · 5 hours ago

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer - Remote in US

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

$156K/yr - $185K/yr

5+ years exp

Knock is redefining the home buying and selling experience, and they're seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to develop the technology that powers Knock.com and its supporting platforms. The role involves backend development with contributions to the frontend, focusing on building scalable services and integrating AI features.

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Culture & Values

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Design, develop, and maintain backend services, APIs, and data pipelines that power Knock's customer-facing and internal applications — with occasional frontend contributions to support full-stack delivery when needed

Architect and build scalable backend services using Node.js and TypeScript that power Knock's customer-facing and internal applications, ensuring they integrate seamlessly with our frontend experiences

Own end-to-end delivery of complex integration projects, including third-party lending systems and RESTful/RPC APIs, ensuring robust data synchronization, error handling, and seamless service-to-service communication

Own end-to-end delivery of complex integration projects, such as connecting our platform with third-party lending systems, ensuring robust data synchronization and error handling

Contribute to AI-powered features and initiatives, integrating AI services (such as LLMs or ML APIs) to enhance our risk analysis and decision-making capabilities

Collaborate with engineers, product managers, designers, and business partners to create innovative, impactful technology solutions that deliver excellent user experiences

Champion best practices in architecture, security, testing, monitoring, and deployment to ensure our applications are scalable, secure, and reliable throughout the development lifecycle

Provide mentorship, share knowledge, and take initiative on technical challenges — exploring new tools and approaches to support your team across backend architecture, integrations, infrastructure, and beyond

Take initiative on technical challenges, explore new tools and approaches, and support your team wherever your skills can contribute most — from backend architecture and integrations to infrastructure improvements and occasional frontend work

Join a rotating on-call schedule, helping ensure system reliability and rapid response when needed

Qualification

Node.jsTypeScriptRESTful APIsAI/ML integrationReact/Next.jsDatabase proficiencyCloud infrastructureSoftware engineering fundamentalsProduct-minded approachMentorship

Required

At least 5 years of experience building production-grade software, with at least 3 years writing production-level Node.js code using modern frameworks like Fastify or Express

Backend expertise using TypeScript and Node.js (required) — proven ability to design and implement scalable RESTful and/or RPC-style APIs, integrate with complex third-party systems, and handle data synchronization challenges, API versioning, and error scenarios

Product-minded engineering approach — comfortable working with ambiguous requirements, making pragmatic scope decisions, and designing solutions that truly solve user problems, not just implementing specifications

Can contribute to frontend work when needed — comfortable reading and making changes to React/Next.js codebases, even if frontend development isn't your primary focus

Database proficiency — solid experience with RDBMS and SQL (MySQL or PostgreSQL), including database design, writing and optimizing queries

Solid understanding of software engineering fundamentals and experience across the full development lifecycle — including requirements gathering, development, testing, deployment, instrumentation, monitoring, and ongoing maintenance

Cloud infrastructure experience — familiarity with at least one major cloud provider (AWS preferred) and hands-on experience with services like ECS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudWatch, plus CI/CD pipelines and application performance monitoring tools

Belief 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

Proven success working 100% remote in prior positions & experience working with a distributed, national team

Preferred

Experience with GraphQL is a plus

Experience integrating AI/ML services into production applications — such as LLM integration (OpenAI, Anthropic), prompt engineering, or building features that leverage AI for ranking, scoring, or decision support (highly desired)

Benefits

Top tier medical, dental, & vision benefits for full time employees starting on the first day of employment

Flexible Paid Time Off for full time employees

Paid parental leave for all full time employees: 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing parent, 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent

One thousand 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

Company

KNOCK Inc.

KNOCK is a creative agency driven by what's next. Our strategy and design ignite the fusion of art, intellect and culture.

Founded in 2001

Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA

51-200 employees

https://knockinc.com/

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