Software Developer II - Search

Redfin•Seattle, WA

13h•Hybrid

About The Position

This position is a hybrid role requiring employees to work from our headquarters location in Seattle, WA every Tuesday and Wednesday, and remote all other days. Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry. We use data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Get ready to dive headfirst into our award-winning website and mobile apps, solving complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way. If you value doing great work in a collaborative environment, join our team! The Search Personalization team is redefining how people connect with homes by creating a personalized and engaging search experience that helps millions of users find their dream home. We power some of Redfin’s most visible features—including the Homepage, login and registration systems, and home discovery tools like Favorites and Saved Searches. By joining Search Personalization, you’ll help shape one of the most impactful parts of the search journey, building experiences that make home discovery simpler, smarter, and more personal. Who We Are High impact and high visibility. We develop and maintain some of the highest visibility systems on redfin.com. Our work serves millions of customers daily and is the essential top of the funnel for Redfin’s businesses. Full Stack Full Ownership. From data pipelines to the user interface, we own our features end to end. Performance is critical. Because our features attract so much traffic, everything we develop must meet strict performance criteria. We dictate performance initiatives and best practices for the rest of the company because we have the most expertise and experience. The Role You will develop responsive, resilient, scalable, and high-quality software using React, Java, AWS, and various other tools/libraries. You will balance the trade-offs between complex infrastructure investments and quick, pragmatic solutions to meet specific business needs. You will collaborate with other engineering and product stakeholders to define, design, and develop projects. You will mentor and guide other junior engineers You will use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code About You 3+ years of professional full stack software development experience, developing full-stack, customer-facing applications. Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications. You love elegant interfaces that can tell stories and inspire trust. You have experience using AI code generation tools tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar. Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle ambiguity, and empathize with customers. You’re curious and a life-long learner: you’re willing to take risks and champion new ideas. You are eager to help us in our mission to create a fundamentally better real estate experience for our customers. Technologies We Use Java JavaScript, ReactJS SQL, Hibernate, PostgreSQL AWS, Redis Cache, Kafka CSS, HTML Kubernetes Production monitoring tools GraphQL Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York City, New Jersey, Jersey City, California, D.C. and Washington candidates only: Base Pay Range: $125,800.00 - 170,100.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here . The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is only an estimate and is subject to revision from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate. The Company may determine during its review of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. #LI-Hybrid Redfin is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce. A diverse, inclusive culture is vital to Redfin's mission of making real estate better for people from all walks of life. We’re proud that Redfin is a place where different points of view and backgrounds are encouraged and respected. We constantly strive to build a company that reflects the world around us, based on our conviction that pursuing and developing talent of all types is the right way for a business to thrive over the long haul. Redfin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you need accommodation in the application or recruitment process because of a disability or special need, please contact [email protected] Redfin encourages individuals with criminal record histories to apply for employment and considers such individuals for employment consistent with the requirements of any applicable fair chance acts, including but not limited to the California, San Francisco and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Acts. Philadelphia applicants can access a copy of Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards ordinance poster here . Redfin accepts applications on an ongoing basis.

Requirements

3+ years of professional full stack software development experience, developing full-stack, customer-facing applications.
Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.
You love elegant interfaces that can tell stories and inspire trust.
You have experience using AI code generation tools tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle ambiguity, and empathize with customers.
You’re curious and a life-long learner: you’re willing to take risks and champion new ideas.
You are eager to help us in our mission to create a fundamentally better real estate experience for our customers.

Responsibilities

You will develop responsive, resilient, scalable, and high-quality software using React, Java, AWS, and various other tools/libraries.
You will balance the trade-offs between complex infrastructure investments and quick, pragmatic solutions to meet specific business needs.
You will collaborate with other engineering and product stakeholders to define, design, and develop projects.
You will mentor and guide other junior engineers
You will use approved AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code