At Realtor.com®, we have among the most comprehensive and accurate coverage of real estate listings and the most engaged users across all the online real estate portals. Our mission is to make buying, selling, renting, and living in homes easier and more rewarding for everyone.
Building your career? Build it better at Realtor.com®. Join us and help change the world of real estate, one home at a time.
Sr. Staff Software Engineer at Realtor.com®
Location: Austin, TX
At Realtor.com, a Sr. Staff Software Engineer is a seasoned technical leader. You understand the long-term business needs and impacts of technology decisions. Offering a holistic system-wide perspective, you provide design guidance to multiple teams, advocating for trade-offs and fostering reusability wherever feasible. Your code submissions and approach to work are exemplary. You mentor by actively participating in the code review process, and design discussions. If you want to pursue your professional goals as you help grow an innovative real estate tech company, this work is for you. Join us as our newest Sr. Staff Software Engineer on our Lead Services & Monetization team and help change the world of real estate, one home at time.
What you'll do:
- Lead the design and delivery for a complex problem space.
- Provide guidance to team/s on system architecture and design.
- Develop solutions that are of high quality, scalable, and reliable
- 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
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.
What you'll bring:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience
- 10+ years experience in software development
- 4+ 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 (FastAPI, Pydantic, Numpy, Pandas) and React
- Experience with database systems and AWS knowledge
- Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across teams and departments.
- 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)
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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What We Do
We pioneered the world of digital real estate more than 25 years ago. Today, through our website and mobile apps, we are a trusted guide for consumers, empowering more people to find their way home by breaking down barriers, helping them make the right connections, and creating confidence through expert insights and guidance. For professionals, we are a trusted partner for business growth, offering consumer connections and branding solutions that help them succeed in today's on-demand world.
Why Work With Us
The way home begins with you. With a diverse team of experts alongside you, you’ll help us reach new heights at the forefront of the digital real estate space. Bring your extensive knowledge and deep expertise and collaborate with other passionate visionaries to lead our industry and revolutionize the way people find home, in every form.
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