Staff Software Engineer, Backend

• Build systems to help agents differentiate themselves from the crowd. You'll contribute to portals that allow our clients to configure their brand, report on their branding performance, and provide insights on how to improve their branding presence. Additionally, you will contribute to the systems that expose our clients' brand across realtor.com.

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• Digital storefront designed to provide customers with a seamless, high-performance shopping experience. This platform will enable agents and brokers to self-serve by reviewing product offerings and making purchases to promote their brands and listings. You will lead the development of this experience, architecting a scalable platform built to sustain rapid platform growth.

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• Build visual dashboards that expose performance metrics to our clients, helping them understand how their agents and products are performing. Use data science and analytics to provide insights to agents about how to optimize their leads and improve their market performance. Create conversational agents that help brokers understand how to take action on the data they see.

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• Help build a next-generation platform designed to transform how real estate professionals and home buyers collaborate. You'll contribute to net-new product capabilities, intelligent workflow tools, and scalable backend services that empower agents to operate more efficiently. It's a high-impact initiative where you'll work alongside senior technical talent to architect modern, cloud-native systems for strategic growth.

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• We are the Foundation. Content and Industry Services is the lifeblood of our business that owns and operates the platforms and data pipelines that power the core foundation for all critical consumer, client, and industry experiences across the Realtor.com ecosystem. Content is a core differentiator for our business, and this organization is responsible for ingesting and normalizing over 1,800 critical data integrations that drive operational workflows and product surfaces across the company.

• 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

• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of experience contributing to system architecture and design
• Experience in software development and a strong willingness to learn our technology stack, including: Python (FastAPI, Pydantic, NumPy, Pandas), React, Node.js, and GraphQL
• Experience with cloud systems (AWS preferred)
• Knowledge with data platforms and pipelines (snowflake & airflow preferred)
• Experience working with relational or non-relational databases.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
• Interest in AI and ML, with a willingness to learn and apply emerging technologies
• Experience delivering high value to customers quickly and frequently, with regular feedback and support
• Experience evaluating trade-offs between design approaches
• Software engineering best practices (e.g., testing, code reviews, documentation).
• Experience in developing scalable systems

Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and well-being 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. 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.