12+ months across phases • 8-10 engineers across disciplines
Real Estate Management Platform
Full-Stack Software Engineer
Fullstack engineer on a real estate CRM unifying property listings, client management, and transaction workflows. Owned core features end to end, including an auto-matching system for buyers and sellers and Stripe-based two-factor payment authentication.
ReactPythonDjangoAWSServerlessStripe
The Challenge
Embed into an existing, distributed team working on a complex architecture and start shipping right away.
Joining a mature product with an existing, complex architecture
Working with distributed, global team requiring strong async communication
Ramping up on an AWS serverless architecture
Contributing to features with real deadline pressure
Transitioning from frontend-only to fullstack development
Strategic Approach
Started on frontend delivery while learning the real estate domain, then took fullstack ownership of features end to end.
Phase 1: Foundation Building
Joined a fast-moving team, shipped frontend components, and learned the domain
Delivered React-based frontend components including property cards and listing dashboards
Worked with product managers to understand real estate workflows and bottlenecks
Collaborated with experienced engineers on backend integrations and data flows
Went through detailed code review from a senior frontend engineer on the team
Phase 2: Fullstack Ownership
Transitioned to backend development and took end-to-end feature ownership
Ramped up on AWS serverless architecture with Python and Django
Owned features end to end, from backend logic to frontend UI
Led the auto-matching feature across cross-functional teams
Implemented Stripe 3D Secure for two-factor credit card authentication
Business Impact
Led cross-functional delivery of the matching feature
Auto-Matching
Auto-matching set the product apart in a crowded market
Differentiation
Stripe 3D Secure two-factor authentication shipped
Payments
AWS serverless backend in Python and Django
Infrastructure
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