Software Eng, Sr Staff

Doist; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Holidays

Snacks and refreshments

Job summary

Realtor.com is seeking a Senior Staff Software Engineer to guide technical direction across multiple teams, delivering durable client-facing experiences from UI to data stores. You will set architectural standards, mentor engineers, and balance short-term product needs with long-term reliability and scalability.

You will collaborate with Product Management, Design, and Engineering to define strategy, shape solutions for complex initiatives, and ensure high-quality code and testing practices

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience.
• 10+ years of software development experience.
• 4+ years contributing to architecture and design.
• Experience with Python, NestJS, React, TypeScript, Next.js in Realtor.com tech stack.
• Experience with data warehouses and pipelines (Snowflake, Airflow); AWS knowledge preferred.
• Strong communication and collaboration across teams and departments.
• Proven track record mentoring engineers and raising the technical bar across organizations.

Responsibilities

• Own the delivery, quality, and reliability of client-facing applications from UI to data store.
• Lead the design and evolution of scalable architectures across teams and platforms.
• Provide guidance on trade-offs between speed, maintainability, and scalability.
• Drive technical discovery and solution shaping for complex initiatives.
• Mentor engineers through code reviews, design discussions, and planning.
• Engage with customers and stakeholders to ensure measurable value from solutions.
• Contribute to production support, performance profiling, and root cause analysis.
• Create secure, well-documented API endpoints using Apollo GraphQL.
• Introduce reusable components for data transformation and quality improvements.

Skills

System design

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

API design

GraphQL APIs

Python

NestJS

React

TypeScript

Next.js

AWS

Snowflake

Airflow

Testing

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Tools

NestJS

React

TypeScript

Next.js

Python

Snowflake

Airflow

AWS

Job description

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.

About the team

You will be joining the Client Experiences tech community at Realtor.com, where we build scalable applications, explore new technologies and trends, and create solutions that help customers buy, rent, and sell homes while also equipping real estate professionals with tools to manage listings, collaborate effectively, and grow their businesses.

The Role

A Senior Staff Software Engineer at Realtor.com is a seasoned technical leader who focuses on the most ambiguous and high-impact problems facing the organization. Building on the Staff Software Engineer expectations documented for Client Experiences, this role operates with a holistic, system-wide perspective, guiding technical direction across multiple teams and shaping decisions that balance short-term product needs with long-term business and operational success. In this role, you will partner closely with Product Management, Engineering, Design, and other cross-functional stakeholders to identify opportunities, define technical strategy, and deliver durable solutions for our customer- and client-facing experiences. You will set a high bar for engineering excellence through your technical leadership, code quality, design judgment, and ability to mentor engineers across teams.

What You'll Do:

• 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.

What You'll Bring:

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.

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 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 degree 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.