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.
We are seeking a Senior Software Engineer with deep expertise in web frontend development to join our AI Integrations team. You will be responsible for building and scaling the web experiences - working at the intersection of AI and consumer-facing products.
The AI Integrations Team is a cross-functional squad that builds the future of how Realtor.com integrates AI across its products. This includes ownership over projects such as:
- Realtor.com ChatGPT AppSDK
- AI-Powered Home Search on Realtor.com web and native applications
- Shared Infrastructure & Platform for all Engineer Teams to build
Technical Leadership
- Design and implement scalable, performant frontend architectures for AI-powered features
- Build embedded webviews that run across desktop, mobile web, iOS, and Android
- Make critical technical decisions about frameworks, libraries, and architectural patterns
- Drive best practices for React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and modern web development
- Participate in technical design reviews and architecture discussions
- Contribute to team processes, standards, and engineering culture
- Collaborate with iOS and Android engineers to ensure consistent experiences
- Partner with backend engineers to surface AI outputs effectively in the UI
What you'll bring:
- 5+ years of professional frontend development experience
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
- Expert-level proficiency in React and modern JavaScript/TypeScript
- Deep understanding of state management patterns (Redux, Zustand)
- Strong CSS skills including responsive design, animations, and modern layout techniques
- Experience with styled-components or CSS-in-JS libraries
- Proficiency with GraphQL clients
- Experience building real-time, interactive web applications
- Understanding of Web APIs (WebSocket, Service Workers, localStorage, etc.)
- Knowledge of performance optimization techniques (lazy loading, caching)
- Understanding of monitoring and observability tools (New Relic, Datadog)
AI Integration Experience (Bonus)
- Experience building UI for AI-powered features or LLM applications
- Understanding of prompt engineering and conversational UI patterns
- Experience with streaming responses and progressive rendering of AI outputs
- Experience with web-animation libraries and interaction design (motion.dev)
What you'll do:
Technical Excellence
- Independently design and implement complex frontend systems
- Make sound architectural decisions that balance trade-offs
- Write clean, maintainable, well-tested code that sets the standard for the team
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks and technical debt
- Stay current with industry trends and evaluate new technologies
Impact & Ownership
- Own entire features end-to-end from design through deployment
- Anticipate problems and proactively address them
- Make data-driven decisions about technical direction
- Deliver high-quality work consistently on schedule
Why join us:
Cutting-Edge Technology
- Work with the latest AI technologies from leading providers
- Build interfaces that leverage LLMs in production
- Shape the future of AI-powered real estate search at scale
- Millions of users rely on Realtor.com to find their next home
- Your work directly affects major life decisions for consumers
- Launch features that transform how people search for real estate
Growth
- Work alongside Staff and Principal engineers who will challenge and support you
- Exposure to full-stack technologies including mobile, backend, and AI
- Clear path to career growth with opportunities for technical leadership
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. 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.
Top Skills
Realtor.com Austin, Texas, USA Office
Our office is located in the vibrant east side of I-35, adjacent to downtown Austin, offering a prime, easily accessible location. We prioritize both productivity and comfort, with modern sit/stand desks and complimentary cold brew available to fuel your day.
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