About the job
Realtor.com has supported real estate professionals, buyers, sellers, and renters for over 25 years. The company connects people with reliable insights and expert guidance, aiming to simplify the home search and decision-making process. The mission centers on helping individuals move toward home ownership by removing barriers, building connections, and providing expert support at every step.
The RDC Next team builds new solutions within the real estate ecosystem. Their work improves how industry professionals and consumers connect, always focused on making the buying and selling process easier.
Role overview
The Staff Backend Software Engineer provides technical leadership across the backend platform. This position helps shape core systems and sets the direction for foundational technology at Realtor.com in Austin, Texas.
Main responsibilities
- Product collaboration: Work with Product Managers to analyze requirements, turn them into technical plans, and ensure solutions meet both user needs and technical constraints.
- Systems architecture: Lead the design, development, and testing of scalable content ingestion pipelines and APIs that improve the experience for consumers and real estate agents.
- AI platform strategy: Guide the integration of machine learning models and agentic AI into production workflows to advance Realtor.com’s AI capabilities.
- Third-party integrations: Architect solutions for seamless data exchange with external real estate partners and services.
- Notification systems: Build and scale systems that deliver real-time updates to millions of users.
- Operational standards: Set benchmarks for infrastructure, observability, and monitoring to maintain reliability and performance.

