Realtor.com · 9 hours ago
Staff Software Engineer
Austin, TX
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
8+ years expRealtor.com® is a leading online real estate platform that connects buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights. The Staff Software Engineer will be instrumental in developing and operating backend systems that enhance user experience and accessibility of data, working collaboratively across teams to drive innovation and efficiency.
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Responsibilities
Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams of Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to deliver high-quality, user-centric solutions within an Agile/Scrum development process
Lead the design, development, and operationalization of scalable backend services, data pipelines, and distributed systems using modern data architectures on Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Anticipate future extensibility and guide architectural and design decisions that minimize the cost and risk of change over time
Drive a strong engineering focus on performance, scalability, resiliency, availability, and operational excellence
Incorporate advanced machine learning, predictive analytics, AI, and automation to enhance product capabilities, improve data quality, monitoring, and overall operational efficiency
Continuously improve the developer experience by optimizing tooling, automating infrastructure provisioning, and streamlining CI/CD pipelines to reduce development friction and accelerate delivery
Lead by example in process improvement initiatives to increase engineering quality, predictability, and timeliness of deliverables
Coach, mentor, and guide team members to deliver effective solutions while balancing return on investment and total cost of ownership
Design and implement new application features that deliver meaningful value and delight users
Proactively research, evaluate, and recommend new technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns to enhance products and engineering practices
Qualification
Required
Driven Staff Software Engineer with a passion for building scalable systems, high-quality codebases, and impactful products in a fast-paced environment
Strong product and business mindset, able to connect technical decisions to business outcomes and influence long-term tradeoffs
Proven ability to translate ambiguous requirements into simple, elegant, extensible, and maintainable solutions
Independent self-starter who can lead large, cross-team initiatives, manage priorities, and set clear expectations with stakeholders
Demonstrated technical leadership, with experience guiding and mentoring engineers to deliver complex, large-scale systems
Strong full-stack experience building and operating production-grade web applications, backend services, and data pipelines
8+ years of experience developing large-scale software systems using modern frameworks, tools, and architectures
Proficiency in multiple programming languages (e.g., Python, Go, JavaScript, ReactJS), with the ability to quickly learn new technologies
Experience with cloud-based architectures and deployment, particularly on AWS, including tools and technologies such as CircleCI, Kafka, Kubernetes, GraphQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL, and AWS services (EC2, S3, RDS)
Strong experience with CI/CD, build and deployment automation, monitoring, alerting, and operating systems to meet SLAs
Solid grounding in computer science fundamentals, including data structures, algorithms, and database/schema design
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree a plus
Benefits
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
Company
Realtor.com
Realtor.com is an online platform that allows users to search for real estate property records, houses, condos and lands. It is a sub-organization of Move.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Damian Eales
CEO
Jason Goldberg
VP, Customer & Enterprise Systems Engineering
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