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.
What will you do?
Responsibilities
- Work collaboratively in teams composed of Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers
- Own the delivery, quality, and reliability of our client-facing applications from the user interface to the data store
- Provide support for production issues, profile performance, and drive root cause analysis when something goes wrong
- Create API endpoints are secure, reliable, scalable, and well-documented through Apollo GraphQL
- 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 in a primarily Agile/Scrum product development process
- Be self-directed, take initiative, and drive towards solutions with little guidance
What will you bring?
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, NestJS, React, GraphQL, TypeScript, and Next.js
- Experience with database warehousing and data pipelines (Snowflake, Airflow) 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)
How We Work:
We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work three or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together.
How We Reward You:
Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:
Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
Family forming benefits
13 Paid Holidays
Flexible Time Off
8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
Free snacks and refreshments in each office location
Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®
Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. People are our foundation—the core that drives us passionately forward. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return, we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.
Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.
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