Staff Software Engineer

Realtor.com Careers•Austin, TX

13h•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. 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 Enterprise Systems tech community, the vital architectural backbone where realtor.com’s most ambitious strategic initiatives transform into reality. Our team doesn't just manage software; we build the high-speed 'engine room' that powers the entire business lifecycle—integrating complex sales, billing, inventory, and fulfillment platforms into a seamless, high-scale ecosystem. At Realtor, you will be part of a forward-thinking community dedicated to compressing the distance between business intent and execution. We research and deploy cutting-edge autonomous workflow engines to ensure our customers and internal partners have a best-in-class, friction-free experience. We strive to innovate by building self-healing infrastructures and AI-driven automation that make the transaction journey faster and more intelligent than ever before. Join us to push the boundaries of what’s possible, turning traditional systems of record into dynamic engines of growth, while learning from world-class talent in a culture that thrives on experimentation and impact. As a Senior Full Stack Developer, you will be the bridge between complex enterprise data and high-performance user experiences. You will join the Enterprise Systems tech community to build the tools that empower our customers and partners to navigate the home-buying lifecycle with unprecedented speed. You aren't just writing code; you are designing the digital workflows that ensure our sales, order, and fulfillment engines run at peak efficiency. 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

Full Stack Mastery: 8+ years of professional experience building and scaling production-grade applications using modern frameworks like React/Next.js and Node.js, Go, Python or Java.
System Design Fluency: Deep understanding of distributed systems, REST/GraphQL API design, and how to optimize for performance across the entire stack.
Cloud-Native Mindset: Hands-on experience with AWS (Lambda, ECS, DynamoDB) and containerization (Docker, Kubernetes) in a CI/CD environment.
Database Expertise: Proficiency with both relational databases (PostgreSQL/MySQL) and NoSQL solutions, including experience handling large-scale data migrations.
Modern Web Expertise: Strong command of CSS-in-JS, TypeScript, and state management libraries (Redux/Zustand), with a focus on accessibility and performance.
Agile Leadership: Proven ability to lead features from conception to deployment in an Agile/Scrum environment, making pragmatic trade-offs between speed and technical debt.
Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Responsibilities

Engineer End-to-End Solutions: Design and develop scalable, responsive web applications using React and Node.js/Python that simplify complex enterprise workflows.
Architect Micro-Frontends: Implement modern frontend architectures that integrate seamlessly with our Salesforce ecosystem and internal microservices.
Optimize Data Pipelines: Build and maintain high-throughput APIs and event-driven services (using Kafka or AWS EventBridge) that power real-time business dashboards.
Embed Intelligence: Integrate Generative AI and machine learning models directly into the UI to provide predictive insights and automated task suggestions for our users.
Champion Quality & DevOps: Drive the adoption of "Shift-Left" testing, CI/CD automation, and observability tools to ensure our enterprise tools are as resilient as our consumer-facing products.
Collaborate & Mentor: Partner with Product Managers and UX Designers to translate business requirements into technical reality, while mentoring mid-level engineers through code reviews and pair programming.