Arbor Realty Trust is a real estate investment trust that specializes in providing debt and equity capital to multifamily and commercial real estate owners and developers across the United States. With a focus on delivering innovative and flexible financing solutions, Arbor has established itself as a leading player in the real estate finance industry since its inception in 2003. The company's commitment to excellence and customer service has enabled it to build a strong reputation and become a trusted partner for clients seeking tailored financing options to support their real estate projects.

About ArborArbor is building an intelligent electricity marketplace to power an abundant electric future. As AI data centers drive a surge in electricity demand, millions of homes and businesses remain trapped with 20th century monopoly interfaces, overpaying by billions while cheap renewable energy goes to waste. Our AI-powered platform aggregates users to unlock wholesale pricing, automatically switches between the best rates, and optimizes usage to align with prices in real-time—delivering the same market advantages that were previously exclusive to Fortune 500 companies. We've raised over $20 million from leading investors and have saved over $7.5 million for tens of thousands of homes and businesses.The OpportunityWe're looking for a Senior front-end leaning fullstack engineer to own the user-facing experience of our energy marketplace—the interface where tens of thousands of customers see their savings, compare rates, and take action on their energy decisions. You'll be hands-on building products while also elevating the frontend craft across our engineering team. This is a player-coach role: you'll ship high-impact features, set technical direction for frontend architecture, and mentor engineers on a lean team where quality and velocity both matter.What You'll Do<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Lead user-facing development for our marketplace platform, from real-time rate comparisons to customer dashboards and enrollment flows</li><li>Set technical direction for frontend architecture, tooling, and best practices across the team</li><li>Build polished, performant interfaces that make complex energy market data intuitive for consumers and businesses</li><li>Mentor and grow frontend engineers; conduct code reviews that raise the bar on quality and craft</li><li>Partner with product and design to translate user needs into delightful, high-converting experiences. Take product ownership on select features and projects when necessary.</li><li>Champion AI-augmented development workflows - we expect leads to model how AI tools can multiply team output</li><li>Balance hands-on contribution (expect 60-70% coding) with technical leadership and cross-functional collaboration</li></ul>What You Bring<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years of full stack engineering experience, with at least 1-2 years in a tech lead or senior mentorship capacity</li><li>Expert-level React and Next.js skills; you've architected and scaled production applications, not just contributed to them</li><li>Familiarity with SQL (Postgres preferred), Node, API development patterns</li><li>Strong TypeScript proficiency and opinions on frontend patterns that actually work at scale</li><li>Clear communication skills; you can articulate technical tradeoffs to engineers and non-engineers alike</li><li>Eye for UI/UX quality; you care about the details that separate good products from great ones</li><li>Experience with modern frontend tooling, testing strategies, and performance optimization</li><li>AI fluency: you're already using AI coding tools daily and excited to help the team level up their AI-augmented workflows</li><li>Comfort with ambiguity and a bias toward shipping; you thrive when ownership is high and direction-setting is part of the job</li><li>Interest in energy, climate tech, or marketplace products is a strong plus</li></ul>Compensation &amp; Work Setup<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary + meaningful equity + benefits</li><li>Remote-friendly with occasional in-person collaboration as needed</li></ul>

Senior Full-stack Engineer

About ArborArbor is building an intelligent electricity marketplace to power an abundant electric future. As AI data centers drive a surge in electricity demand, millions of homes and businesses remain trapped with 20th century monopoly interfaces, overpaying by billions while cheap renewable energy goes to waste. Our AI-powered platform aggregates users to unlock wholesale pricing, automatically switches between the best rates, and optimizes usage to align with prices in real-time—delivering the same market advantages that were previously exclusive to Fortune 500 companies. We've raised over $20 million from leading investors and have saved over $7.5 million for tens of thousands of homes and businesses.The OpportunityWe're looking for a backend-focused engineer to join our lean, high-leverage engineering team building the infrastructure that powers our energy marketplace. You'll work across our platform—from rate monitoring systems that track complex utility pricing across deregulated markets, to the marketplace orchestration that matches customers with optimal suppliers. This is a high-ownership role where you'll ship production systems, not just features, and where AI-augmented development practices are the norm.What You'll Do<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Design and build scalable backend services that power our core marketplace platform</li><li>Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure on GCP using Terraform, ensuring reliability and cost efficiency as we scale</li><li>Build integrations with utility data sources, supplier APIs, and third-party services across multiple energy markets</li><li>Create robust data pipelines for real-time rate monitoring and market intelligence</li><li>Partner with product and cross-functional partners to translate system and supplier needs into high-performing, resilient experiences. Take product ownership on select features and projects when necessary</li><li>Collaborate closely with a small team where your code ships fast (multiple daily prod deploys) and your architectural decisions matter</li><li>Leverage AI tools and workflows and uplevel the team around you</li></ul>What You Bring<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>5+ years of backend engineering experience with production systems at scale</li><li>Strong JavaScript/TypeScript expertise: Node.js for backend services, familiarity with Nest.js a plus</li><li>Hands-on experience managing cloud environments including serverless and event driven systems built on native cloud tooling (GCP experience preferred)</li><li>Terraform proficiency for infrastructure-as-code; you've managed real cloud environments, not just tutorials</li><li>Comfort with databases (SQL, ideally Postgres), API design, and async processing patterns</li><li>AI fluency: you actively use AI coding tools and are eager to push the boundaries of AI-augmented development</li><li>Bias toward shipping; you thrive in environments with ambiguity and move fast without sacrificing quality</li><li>Interest in energy, climate tech, or marketplace products is a strong plus</li></ul>Compensation &amp; Work Setup<ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary + meaningful equity + benefits</li><li>Remote-friendly with occasional in-person collaboration as needed</li></ul>

Senior/Staff Back-end Engineer

<h1>About Arbor</h1>Arbor is building an intelligent electricity marketplace to power an abundant electric future. As AI data centers drive a surge in electricity demand, millions of homes and businesses remain trapped with 20th century monopoly interfaces, overpaying by billions while cheap renewable energy goes to waste. Our AI-powered platform aggregates users to unlock wholesale pricing, automatically switches between the best rates, and optimizes usage to align with prices in real-time—delivering the same market advantages that were previously exclusive to Fortune 500 companies. We’ve raised over $20 million from leading investors and have saved over $7.5 million for tens of thousands of homes and businesses.<h1>The Opportunity</h1>This is an early-career, founder-track role for a highly analytical builder who can see the story in the numbers and turn it into action. You’ll live at the intersection of FP&amp;A, strategy, fundraising, and board/investor relations—owning models and metrics, shipping insights and plans, and crafting impactful narratives. You’ll work directly with the CEO in Austin, operating at times like a Chief of Staff focused on the most important strategic initiatives and functions.<h1>What You’ll Do</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Plan &amp; model the business: Maintain a clear, driver-based view of how the company grows and performs; help set targets and scenarios that guide decisions.</li><li>Make insight actionable: Build executive-ready reporting and narratives that highlight what matters, surface risks/opportunities, and propose concrete next steps.</li><li>Partner with the CEO on board &amp; fundraising cycles: Shape storylines and materials, coordinate inputs across the company, and ensure diligence readiness.</li><li>Lead focused strategy work: Run market/competitive/regulatory analyses and produce crisp decision memos with options, tradeoffs, and recommendations.</li><li>AI-native leverage: Design lightweight automations and workflows that reduce cycle time in planning, reporting, communications, and research.</li><li>Drive follow-through: Translate insights into decisions, owners, and timelines—measure performance, and close the loop.</li></ul><h1>What You Bring</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>3-5+ years in consulting, venture capital, private equity, or investment banking; and/or a finance role at a high-growth startup</li><li>AI-fluency and hunger to continuously increase leverage for yourself and the organization</li><li>Elite deckcraft, with impactful storyteller, clear data-driven messaging, tasteful design.</li><li>Strong Excel chops; comfort with SQL and basic Python a plus.</li><li>BI familiarity and data hygiene instincts.</li><li>Excellent communication, writing &amp; structured thinking; first-principles mindset and high ownership.</li><li>Direct experience and/or deep interest in electricity markets and climate/energy.</li></ul><h1>Compensation &amp; Work Setup</h1><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li>Competitive salary + meaningful equity + benefits.</li><li>Austin-based; hybrid with regular in-person collaboration.</li></ul>

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