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PadSplit

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51 - 200 employees

Founded 2017

🏠 Real Estate

👥 B2C

🏪 Marketplace

💰 $20.5M Series B on 2021-11

Real Estate • B2C • Marketplace

PadSplit is a platform that focuses on affordable co-living solutions, allowing individuals to rent private rooms in shared homes across various cities in the United States. By offering flexible stays with trusted identity and screening measures, it aims to create a safe and homey environment for its members. PadSplit markets itself as a more affordable option compared to other room rental services and helps members save money and build credit. The company also provides an opportunity for property owners to earn and make a positive impact in their communities by hosting rooms. PadSplit is recognized for its innovative technology and affordable housing solutions.

📋 Description

• Define and drive the technical roadmap for platform infrastructure, reliability, and scalability initiatives. • Design and review complex system architectures that support company growth and evolving business needs. • Establish engineering standards, best practices, and technical patterns across multiple teams. • Improve system observability, incident response processes, and operational excellence across the platform. • Partner with Engineering, Product, and Design leaders to align technical investments with business priorities. • Mentor engineers and provide technical guidance that elevates engineering capabilities across the organization. • Build and improve backend services, infrastructure tooling, and shared platform capabilities. • Identify technical debt, scalability risks, and operational vulnerabilities before they become business constraints.

🎯 Requirements

• Platform Expertise – Extensive experience designing and operating large-scale backend platforms and distributed systems. • Django Mastery – Deep expertise building, scaling, and modernizing production Django applications. • Cloud Architecture – Expert-level experience architecting and operating cloud environments within AWS. • Systems Design – Proven ability to design resilient, secure, and scalable systems that support significant business growth. • Database Leadership – Advanced knowledge of Postgres architecture, performance optimization, and data modeling. • Operational Excellence – Experience building observability, monitoring, incident management, and reliability practices. • Technical Influence – Demonstrated success driving engineering decisions and influencing technical direction across teams. • Mentorship & Communication – Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts and develop other engineers.

🏖️ Benefits

• Health insurance • Retirement plans • Paid time off • Flexible work arrangements • Professional development opportunities