Software Engineer, Staff

Realtor.com•Austin, TX

27d

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. Are you passionate about building software solutions to solve real customer problems? Do you like fast-paced work environments? Are you passionate about modern programming languages, design patterns, and scalable architectures? You'll be right at home here! You will be joining the Client Experiences tech community. At Realtor, our technology team participates in the research and development of scalable applications, identifying new technologies and trends to enhance our products and business. We build innovative solutions to help customers in their buying, renting, and selling journeys by connecting them with real estate agents and partners. We provide real estate agents and teams with best-in-class tools to manage their listings and grow their businesses. Join us to push the boundaries of what's possible and learn from world-class talent that promotes a culture of experimentation and learning. A Staff Software Engineer at http://Realtor.com is a technical leader that focuses on ambiguous problems. You understand the long-term business needs and impacts of technology decisions. You guide the team in making the right trade-offs between short-term requirements and long-term business/operational success. You provide a system-wide view and design guidance to the team members and also influence the design decisions made by other teams. You help the team to make trade-offs and re-use solutions where possible. You work on project ideas with Product Management and engage with customers, stakeholders, and peers. Your code submissions and approach to work are exemplary. You mentor by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, and team planning.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years experience in software development using modern programming languages (e.g. React/Next.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Node.js, Dart)
5+ years of front-end development experience
Experience in building software or interest and ability to learn the Realtor.com stack of Python, NestJS, React, TypeScript, and Next.js
Experience building single page applications
Experience implementing progressive web applications and service workers
Expertise in client-side Javascript, CSS/SaSS and HTML
Experience building large-scale internet applications
Exposure to cloud-based architectures, development, and deployment
Familiarity with cloud technologies such as AWS EC2, ECS, S3, RDS
Experience delivering high value to customers quickly, frequently, with regular feedback and support
Experience with system design and trade-offs between design approaches
Strong software engineering best practices (e.g. testing, code reviews, documentation)

Responsibilities

Take ownership of the overall architecture and development of highly scalable React frontend applications
Implement dynamic and interactive pages using React and GraphQL services
Provide support for production issues, profile performance, and drive root cause analysis when something goes wrong
Create API endpoints that are secure, reliable, scalable, and well-documented through Apollo GraphQL
A/B testing to measure impact and derive insights
Develop reusable components and frameworks for data transformation, anomaly detection, and data quality improvements
Actively seek out new technologies, evaluate them, and make recommendations to integrate them into our solutions and products
Present our products/features to internal stakeholders
Mentor and develop a team of engineers
Work collaboratively in teams composed of Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers
Work in a primarily Agile/Scrum product development process
Be self-directed, take initiative, and drive towards solutions with little guidance