Staff Full-Stack Software Engineer

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

6d•Hybrid

About The Position

Realtor.com® is seeking a Staff Full Stack Software Engineer to serve as a technical anchor for the Spotlight Listings and Agent Directory team. This role will drive the architecture and delivery of experiences across web frontends, APIs, and supporting services. You will help shape premium listing experiences and agent discovery surfaces used by consumers at critical moments in their home journey, while building systems that also create measurable value for real estate professionals. This is an opportunity to lead a brand new team in a growing space within the Consumer organization, with exposure to multiple teams to influence product and technical roadmaps, and work in an environment where AI accelerates engineering work.

Requirements

8+ years of software engineering experience, including deep experience building consumer-facing web applications and backend services at scale.
Strong proficiency with TypeScript, React, modern web tooling, and backend technologies such as Node.js, GraphQL, and REST APIs.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Comfortable designing end-to-end solutions that span UI architecture, APIs, services, experimentation, analytics, and cloud-native infrastructure.
Understanding of how to build for scale, reliability, and long-term evolution.
Understanding of testing strategy, observability, CI/CD, and release quality.
Ability to raise the bar for engineers through technical leadership, clear communication, thoughtful collaboration, and a strong sense of ownership.
Comfortable partnering with Product and Data teams to run experiments, interpret results, and use evidence to improve user and business outcomes.

Responsibilities

Define the technical standards for how we build, scale, and evolve Spotlight Listings and Agent Directory across the stack.
Own the end-to-end architecture of consumer web experiences and supporting backend services for premium listing presentation, agent discovery, profile connections, and lead paths.
Design cohesive systems across React/Next.js frontends, Node.js services, GraphQL and REST APIs, experimentation layers, and operational observability.
Drive initiatives to improve Core Web Vitals, rendering performance, accessibility, resiliency, and software quality.
Partner with Product, Design, and Data to build innovative experiences for listings and agent selection.
Work closely with partner teams across search, listing detail pages, profile systems, mobile, and platform services to align on integrations, rollout strategy, and long-term technical direction.
Raise the bar through design reviews, code reviews, mentoring, and the establishment of reusable patterns and paved-road approaches.