Build the Operating System for Rental Housing in the AI Era

Seattle, WA (hybrid)

We are an integrated affordable housing company in the Pacific Northwest. We build, acquire, finance, and operate over 6,300 homes, and thanks to the combination of strong technology and a great team, we’re growing 25–50% per year.

The key to our growth has been an internally developed software platform called Maynard.

Maynard sits alongside a traditional property management and accounting stack, but provides much better:

• business intelligence

• automation

• reporting

• compliance workflows

• operational analytics

In practice this means our team can operate buildings much more efficiently than traditional property management companies, which has unlocked faster growth.

We think we are still early in what this platform can become. There is much more to build, and a lot of work to harden what we already have. If we get this right, we believe we’ll be at the center of a major shift in how housing — especially affordable housing — is operated in the United States.

Right now most of the product ideas come from me as the founder, and I’m doing a lot of the early prototyping myself. I’m looking for an engineer who wants to work alongside me and help turn this into a real platform.

Tech stack

• Node.js on Azure Cloud Functions

• Svelte 5 + Tailwind frontend

• PlanetScale / Postgres database

• Extensive use of modern AI coding tools (Claude Code, etc.)

Framework experience matters less than your ability to learn quickly and ship working systems.

What the job is actually like

You’ll spend a lot of time talking to the people running our properties.

A leasing manager might say:

“I’m spending too much time running credit reports.”

Or accounting might say:

“Our invoices inbox is a mess. It’s slowing everything down.”

Your job is to figure out what’s going on and build something that fixes it.

Sometimes that’s a dashboard.
Sometimes it’s automation.
Sometimes it’s a whole new internal application.

You’ll ship things quickly and iterate based on feedback.

What we’re building

We’re essentially building the operating system for a housing platform.

As our portfolio grows, better software lets us:

• operate buildings more efficiently

• understand performance faster

• make better decisions across thousands of homes

Small improvements to these systems can have outsized impact. Our system currently spans about 15 workflows and is widely used by our 200 staff. We have plans to harden what we have and tackle major new processes such as a leasing CRM in 2026.

The kind of engineer who will like this

You’ll probably enjoy this role if you:

• like building real tools people use every day

• enjoy talking directly to users

• are comfortable working in a small team

• ship quickly and iterate often

• aren’t precious about fixing bugs or improving existing systems

• are curious about how businesses actually work

Engineers who care about business outcomes and fast feedback loops tend to do especially well here.

Why this role is interesting

Most software companies build products for external customers.

In this role you’ll build the systems that run a real operating company managing thousands of homes — and software that directly creates value for the business.

You’ll be able to see the effect of your work almost immediately.

Compensation

Salary: $80k – $100k depending on experience

Health benefits, bonus potential, flexible work.

Hiring process

We keep things simple:

1. Intro conversation

2. Technical discussion

3. Paid trial project (1–2 weeks) working on a real problem

The trial is the best way for both sides to see how we work together.

If this sounds interesting

Send a short note and links to things you’ve built.