Software Engineer, Backend

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

20h•Hybrid

About The Position

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions. Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance. A Software Engineer at Realtor.com® is an autonomous contributor in the team. You solve problems with the help of your teammates, applying technologies with engineering best practices. You work with your team to design and build software that solves consumer and customer problems. You write stable code that a software engineer unfamiliar with the system can understand. You learn to make appropriate trade-offs and re-use where possible. You engage with customers, stakeholders, and peers to deliver exciting features for our customers. You help the team by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, and team planning. Reasons to apply: Your code will ship on day one with real mentorship - You won't be working on throwaway features. Your work will ship to products used by real estate agents and consumers across the country, with Staff and Senior Engineers who care about clean code and helping you grow. You’ll build real systems, not just features - From APIs and backend services to dashboards and lead delivery systems, you’ll work on modern, scalable technology that solves real business problems.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
2+ years experience in software development
Experience in developing scalable systems
Experience in software development and a strong willingness to learn the realtor.com technology stack, including Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, NumPy, Pandas), React, Node.js, and GraphQL
Experience working with relational or non-relational databases.
Experience delivering high value to customers quickly, and frequently, with regular feedback and Support
Experience evaluating trade-offs between design approaches
Software engineering best practices (e.g., testing, code reviews, documentation).

Nice To Haves

AI, Machine Learning, and AWS knowledge preferred

Responsibilities

Participate in system architecture and design reviews
Develop solutions that are of high quality, scalable, and reliable
Work collaboratively in squads composed of Product Managers, Designers, Analysts, and Engineers.
Investigate and prototype technologies that can be leveraged to introduce innovations
Be self-directed, take initiative, and drive towards solutions with guidance
Utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios.
Critically judge AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy.
Integrate AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.