Software Engineer, Sr

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

17d

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 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. The News & Insights team is looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with a strong frontend focus. You will help shape the experience behind Realtor.com's News & Insights platform, a decoupled, headless content system that serves millions of readers and distributes content to partners like MSN, Yahoo, and The Wall Street Journal. Our architecture pairs a React/Next.js frontend with a WordPress + WPGraphQL backend, connected through persisted GraphQL queries and a multi-layered caching stack. As part of this team, you'll build and expand features end-to-end, harden the platform's performance and reliability, and help us grow the system that powers one of Realtor.com's highest-traffic content surfaces.

Requirements

5+ years of web development experience with strong knowledge of modern JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js)
Solid backend experience in any language (e.g. Node.js, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby). You're comfortable working across the stack, designing APIs, and reasoning about server-side behavior
Experience with GraphQL (schema design, queries, clients such as Apollo or graphql-request) or a strong foundation in API design and an eagerness to go deep on GraphQL
Knowledge of TypeScript and modern CSS approaches (e.g. styled-components, CSS Modules, Sass) and best practices around responsive layouts, accessibility, and performance
Ability to troubleshoot and debug web application problems such as front-end performance (Core Web Vitals), bundle size optimization, SSR/SSG/ISR and caching issues, accessibility problems, layout issues, and cross-browser bugs
Experience with SEO best practices and page performance optimization — especially valuable for a content-heavy, search-driven property
Experience with caching strategies (CDN/edge, object caching, static/incremental rendering) and an understanding of how they affect correctness and freshness
Experience with digital accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG); familiarity with manual accessibility testing using assistive technologies is a plus
Experience with testing tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright
Experience with the AWS service ecosystem and modern CI/CD (e.g. CloudFront, ECS/EKS, S3, CircleCI, ArgoCD/Kubernetes) to support build automation, testing, and deployment
Experience with build systems and transpilers (e.g. webpack, Babel, SWC)
Ability to present complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both engineering and business audiences
Strong communication skills with a growth and learning mindset
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/related field or equivalent professional experience

Nice To Haves

Direct WordPress experience is not required. We have WordPress specialists on the team. What matters is that you're a strong full-stack engineer who's frontend-forward and comfortable working in a backend codebase regardless of the language.
Missing checkmarks on a few items in the "About you…" section? Don't fret! We're looking for people who have a passion for building great web experiences and love to learn new things, so we'd still love to hear from you if you think you'd be a great fit!

Responsibilities

Work on the News & Insights team to build and expand consumer-facing features across our full stack: a React/Next.js frontend and a WordPress backend connected over GraphQL
Build modular, performant, responsive, and accessible (WCAG 2.1) React components and pages, in collaboration with our Design System and content teams, that adhere to our best practices
Develop and extend the platform's data layer: GraphQL queries and schema, persisted-query workflows, Node.js services, and the API surface between the frontend and the CMS
Own and improve our caching and rendering architecture — Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), CDN/edge caching, and object caching — to keep content fresh while serving it fast at scale
Drive SEO and Core Web Vitals improvements on a high-traffic news property where search performance and page speed directly affect the business
Ensure code is well-tested using automated frameworks, including unit, component, and end-to-end (e2e) tests
Use frontier LLM AI tools to deliver high-quality code with velocity, anywhere human judgement and decision making isn’t needed. Help the team to improve their AI fluency and effectiveness.
Improve developer experience and platform health: intuitive APIs, thorough documentation, observability, and reduced operational friction
Provide technical guidance and support through code reviews, design sessions, and ad hoc collaboration; help bridge gaps between product, design, content, and engineering
Research and identify opportunities to improve our existing systems and processes, create analysis documentation and proofs of concept, and present initiatives to engineering and business audiences
Work with team leadership to influence and define short/long-term goals and roadmaps
Engage in Agile ceremonies like standups, weekly planning, and retrospectives, and contribute to our incident-response and operational practices