Senior Staff Engineer: Scalable Systems Leadership

News Corporation; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 170,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Time Off

13 Paid Holidays

Company 401(k) with 3.5% match

Tuition Reimbursement

Volunteer Time Off

Free snacks

Job summary

Realtor.com is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and guide multiple teams within the Client Experiences tech community. You will mentor engineers, define technical strategy, and deliver scalable, secure, data-driven solutions for customer- and client-facing experiences.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Design, and other stakeholders to deliver durable solutions while maintaining engineering excellence and operational ownership.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in software development.
• 4+ years of experience contributing to architecture and design.
• Experience building software in, or the interest and ability to learn, the Realtor.com stack of Python, NestJS, React, TypeScript, and Next.js.
• Experience with database warehousing and data pipelines such as Snowflake and Airflow; AWS knowledge preferred.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to influence across teams and departments.
• Demonstrated success delivering high value to customers quickly and frequently, with regular feedback and support.
• Strong experience with system design and making thoughtful trade‑offs between different design approaches.
• Strong software engineering best practices, including testing, code reviews, documentation, and operational ownership.
• A track record of mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across a broader engineering organization.

Responsibilities

• Work collaboratively across teams composed of Product Managers, Engineers, and Designers, helping align technical direction with product goals and customer needs.
• Own the delivery, quality, and reliability of client-facing applications from the user interface to the data store, with responsibility at a system-wide level.
• Lead the design and evolution of scalable architectures, providing guidance not only within your immediate team but also across adjacent teams and platforms.
• Drive sound technical trade-offs between speed, maintainability, scalability, and long-term operational health, while promoting reuse of proven solutions wherever practical.
• Partner with Product Management on project ideas, technical discovery, and solution shaping for complex, ambiguous initiatives.
• Engage with customers, stakeholders, and peers to ensure the solutions we build address meaningful problems and deliver measurable value.
• Provide support for production issues, profile performance, and lead root cause analysis when something goes wrong.
• Create API endpoints that are secure, reliable, scalable, and well-documented through Apollo GraphQL.
• Develop reusable components and frameworks for data transformation, anomaly detection, and data quality improvements.
• Actively seek out new technologies, evaluate them, and make recommendations on how to integrate them into our products and engineering solutions.
• Present products, architectural direction, and key initiatives to internal stakeholders and leadership.
• Mentor and develop engineers across teams through code reviews, design discussions, technical coaching, and team planning.
• Operate effectively in a primarily Agile/Scrum product development environment.
• Be self-directed, take initiative, and drive toward solutions with little to no guidance.

Skills

Communication skills

Collaboration

Mentoring

System design

Agile/Scrum

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Python

NestJS

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Snowflake

Airflow

AWS

Job description

Realtor.com is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to lead architecture and guide multiple teams within the Client Experiences tech community. You will mentor engineers, define technical strategy, and deliver scalable, secure, data-driven solutions for customer- and client-facing experiences.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Design, and other stakeholders to deliver durable solutions while maintaining engineering excellence and operational ownership.