Staff Software Engineer

Are you passionate about building software solutions that solve real customer problems? Do you enjoy fast-paced environments, modern programming languages, thoughtful design patterns, and scalable architectures? You’ll be right at home here.

As a Staff Software Engineer on Client Experiences, you’ll help shape and build the systems behind Realtor.com®’s most impactful agent and consumer workflows. Your work will directly influence how real estate professionals manage listings, collaborate with their teams, and grow their businesses—while also powering intuitive, reliable experiences for buyers and sellers at critical moments in their journey.

At Realtor.com®, Staff Engineers are trusted technical leaders who thrive in ambiguity. You think beyond individual features and services, understand the long-term business impact of technology decisions, and influence teams across the organization to make sound trade-offs between short-term delivery and long-
term scalability, reliability, and maintainability. You’ll partner closely with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineering leaders to shape solutions early, guide architectural decisions across teams, and raise the bar for engineering excellence—while continuing to contribute high-quality, impactful code.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead the design and development of scalable backend systems supporting critical client and agent experiences
• Influence architectural and technical decisions across multiple teams and systems
• Partner with Product Managers and Designers to shape solutions to complex, ambiguous problems from concept through execution
• Own system quality and production excellence, including performance profiling, incident response, and root cause analysis
• Design and implement secure, reliable, scalable, and well-documented APIs using Apollo GraphQL
• Build reusable components and frameworks for data transformation, anomaly detection, and data quality improvements
• Identify opportunities to reduce complexity through reuse, standardization, and thoughtful system design
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and technical guidance
• Communicate technical ideas and system behavior clearly to internal stakeholders
• Operate effectively in an Agile/Scrum environment while remaining self-directed and outcome-focused

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of professional software development experience
• 3+ years of experience contributing to system architecture and design
• Experience building backend systems, or strong aptitude to learn our stack: Python, NestJS, GraphQL, TypeScript, React, and Next.js
• Experience with data platforms and pipelines (e.g., Snowflake, Airflow) and familiarity with AWS preferred
• Strong system design skills and experience making trade-offs between competing architectural approaches
• A track record of delivering customer value iteratively, with a focus on quality and feedback
• Strong engineering fundamentals, including testing, code reviews, observability, and 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