Senior Software Engineer - Conversational Search

About the role

The Conversational Search team at Redfin is building the next generation of AI-powered home search experience. This initiative aims to redefine how millions of users discover homes through a combination of conversational UI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and high-performance backend systems.

Responsibilities

• Develop responsive, resilient, scalable, and high-quality conversational experiences using React, Java, AWS, Sierra AI, and other tools/libraries.
• Balance the trade-offs between complex infrastructure investments and quick, pragmatic solutions to meet specific business needs.
• Collaborate with other engineering and product stakeholders to define, design, and lead the development of significant multi-person projects.
• Mentor and guide other engineers, providing technical leadership and advocating for best practices.
• Stay up to date with the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem and help evaluate new tools, models, and frameworks.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional full-stack software development experience, specifically in React and Java.
• Experience with modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript).
• Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle ambiguity, and empathize with customers.

Qualifications

• Excited about LLMs, agent development, conversational UX, and emerging AI technologies.
• Loves elegant interfaces that can tell stories and inspire trust.

Skills

• Java
• JavaScript, React
• SQL, Hibernate, PostgreSQL
• AWS, Redis Cache, Kafka
• CSS, HTML
• Kubernetes
• Production monitoring tools
• GraphQL
• Sierra AI SDK, OpenAI APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Benefits

We provide a comprehensive range of benefits to support your well-being, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid-time off

Pay

$166,900.00 - $203,900.00 annually

Schedule

Flexible work schedule

On-Call Expectations

This role may include participation in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability. On-call responsibilities may include coverage during nights and weekends. If applicable, frequency and scheduling will be determined by team needs and communicated accordingly.

About Us

Redfin is revolutionizing the $75 billion real estate industry by using data, beautiful software, and innovative design to put customers first at every step in the home-buying and selling process. Join our team to solve complex business problems in a highly visible, customer-centric way.