Backend Engineer - Data Platform / AI Agents @ Villa Homes
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Who We Are
Villa is building America’s leading next-generation homebuilding platform. With a mission to be the easiest, fastest and most cost-efficient way to build homes, Villa offers end-to-end services including feasibility, design, permitting, and construction of high-quality homes built using modern offsite construction. Villa is currently the largest ADU builder in California and is expanding into other housing products and geographies.
Why You’ll Love It
Collaborate directly with our VP of Engineering and leverage cutting-edge AI technology to transform processes that traditionally take weeks into minutes.
What You'll Do
- Architect, build, and maintain scalable FastAPI endpoints.
- Identify and secure high-value datasets from diverse sources.
- Design and optimize Postgres schemas and lead zero-downtime migrations.
- Implement AI frameworks and automate cost estimation and parcel scoring.
- Develop robust ETL pipelines for accurate and timely data updates.
- Enhance analytics pipelines to empower data-driven decisions.
What You Have
- 7+ years of experience building backend systems with 5+ years in API-based frameworks.
- Expertise in managing diverse datasets including zoning, infrastructure, and real estate.
- Deep SQL proficiency, including Postgres schema design and PostGIS for spatial queries.
- Experience in migrating from NoSQL to relational schemas.
- Hands-on experience with LLM, AI stacks and frameworks like Langchain.
- Skilled in designing secure, versioned REST or GraphQL APIs.
- Proficiency with Cloud & DevOps tools such as Docker, GitHub Actions, and AWS/GCP/Azure.
- Track record in dynamic, startup environments.
Bonus Qualifications
- Geospatial analytics for setback buffers, parcel scoring, and optimal lot-layout algorithms.
- Familiarity with construction tech and public/government land-use datasets.
Compensation
Salary ranges from $144,500 to $170,000 a year depending on geographic location.
Additional Information
This is a remote role, preferably for candidates based in California, Colorado, or Texas. Villa is committed to diversity and inclusion. Applicants are encouraged even if they do not meet 100% of the qualifications.
Key skills/competency
- FastAPI
- Postgres
- SQL
- ETL
- API Design
- Data Modeling
- AI Frameworks
- Cloud Tools
- DevOps
- NoSQL
How to Get Hired at Villa Homes
🎯 Tips for Getting Hired
- Customize your resume: Highlight backend experience and AI skills.
- Research Villa's culture: Study their mission and recent news.
- Showcase technical projects: Emphasize FastAPI and Postgres work.
- Prepare for technical discussions: Review API design and ETL processes.
- Practice behavioral questions: Prepare examples from startup environments.