Staff Software Engineer, Backend

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

6h•Hybrid

About The Position

A Staff Software Engineer at Realtor.com® is a technical leader focusing on ambiguous problems. You understand the long-term business needs and impacts of technology decisions. As a Realtor.com® Core Leads team member, you help facilitate individuals' home journeys by aligning them with real estate partners, including Buyer's Agents. Your direct impact will drive the achievement of critical OKRs. Staff Software Engineers at Realtor.com®: Help and guide the team in making the right trade-offs between short-term requirements and the long-term business/operational success of the squad. Provide system-wide view and design guidance to the squad members and also influence the design decisions made by other teams. Help the team to make trade-offs and re-use where possible. Work on project ideas with Product Management and engage with customers, stakeholders, and peers. Demonstrate an exemplary approach to work and delier exceptional code submissions. Mentor by actively participating in the code review process, design discussions, and team planning. We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. Beyond simple usage, this role requires the critical judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy. You should be comfortable integrating AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
8+ years experience in software development
3+ years of experience contributing to architecture and design
Experience in building software or interest and ability to learn in the Realtor.com® stack of Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, Numpy, Pandas) and React
Experience with database systems and AWS knowledge preferred
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

Lead the design and delivery for the ambiguous/complex problem space in the squad.
Provide guidance to team/s on system architecture and design.
Develop solutions that are of high quality, scalable, and reliable
Work collaboratively in squads composed of Product Managers, Designers, Analysts, and Engineers.
Mentor and develop a team of engineers
Investigate and prototype technologies that can be leveraged to introduce new innovations
Be self-directed, take initiative and drive towards solutions with little guidance