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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.
At Realtor.com, we’re on a mission to revolutionize the way people find and secure their dream homes. Every day, we process terabytes of data to power intelligent search and personalized recommendations that serve millions of home buyers, renters, and real estate professionals. Our core search engine sits at the heart of this experience—helping users discover the right home faster, with greater confidence.
Are you passionate about solving complex problems, building scalable systems, and delivering impactful products? As a Senior Software Engineer at http://realtor.com , you'll be a critical member of our technology team, focusing on backend systems and search technologies. You will work on consumer-facing applications that handle high traffic and complex data while contributing to technical leadership within a cross-functional team. Join a team that thrives on data, experimentation, and continuous learning, and work with cutting-edge technologies like AWS, Node, Elasticsearch, and more to advance your career.
Three Reasons Why to Apply:
- Help build our next-gen Search Platform with the cutting-edge AI technologies
- Contribute to improving search experiences for millions of users
- Gain hands-on experience with a large-scale Search system
What You'll Do:
- Collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Engineers to develop scalable backend services and search platforms.
- Lead the architecture and development of high-performance search functionalities using Elasticsearch and other search technologies.
- Optimize and evolve our search platform to improve relevance, speed, and accuracy in helping consumers find their next home.
- Design and develop data pipelines, integrating machine learning models to enhance search and recommendation features.
- Drive performance optimizations for high-traffic, high-velocity applications, ensuring efficient data processing and reduced latency.
- Contribute to the optimization of our developer toolchain, focusing on automated deployment processes and improved development efficiency.
- Take ownership of multiple backend components, driving technical decisions that impact system architecture and scalability.
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:
- A skilled software engineer with experience in building scalable search platforms and backend services.
- Comfortable in leading projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive technical initiatives.
- Strong communication skills with a growth and learning mindset.
- Experienced in designing, developing, and deploying backend systems using modern technologies such as Node.js, Python, or Go.
- 5+ years of experience in software development, with specific experience in search technologies (e.g., Elasticsearch, Solr) and backend services.
- Knowledge of building efficient, scalable search algorithms and optimizing search performance.
- Strong understanding of computer science fundamentals, design patterns, and best practices.
- Experience with cloud-based architectures, particularly AWS (Lambda, EC2, S3, etc.).
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent professional experience.
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 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. 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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