Senior Software Engineer, Full Stack

About the role

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.

Senior Full Stack Software Engineer — News & Insights: We are seeking a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer to join the News & Insights team. The team builds the platform behind Realtor.com’s high-traffic news experience, serving millions of readers and distributing content to major publishing partners. This is a backend-heavy full-stack role for an engineer who can own server-side systems while contributing to frontend features. You will work across APIs, data integrations, React and Next.js product surfaces, caching, and platform reliability while partnering with Product, editorial stakeholders, and other engineers. The role will also contribute to the AI-powered Hyperlocal content experience. Cloud delivery, CI/CD, and operational reliability are important parts of the work, but the role is not primarily a DevOps position.

Responsibilities

• Full-Stack Product Development: Build and expand consumer-facing features across the frontend and backend; contribute to React and Next.js features, especially when work spans both sides of a product feature; own full-stack work from technical design through testing, release, and production support.
• Backend Systems & APIs: Design, build, and scale backend services and APIs supporting the News & Insights platform; develop and maintain Node.js and TypeScript services, GraphQL schemas, persisted queries, and RESTful APIs; own server-side data flows and make sound decisions around service boundaries, performance, and maintainability.
• Platform Performance & Reliability: Improve caching and delivery strategies, including CDN or edge caching, object caching, and incremental rendering; contribute to logging, monitoring, alerting, incident response, and production reliability; support automated testing, CI/CD, and safe, repeatable releases in partnership with platform and infrastructure teams.
• Hyperlocal & Collaboration: Contribute to the backend services, integrations, and data flows supporting the AI-powered Hyperlocal content platform; work closely with Product, editorial stakeholders, and engineering partners to shape technical priorities; communicate technical trade-offs clearly and contribute to design discussions, code reviews, Agile ceremonies, and roadmap planning.

Requirements

• 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with a strong backend foundation and meaningful frontend experience.
• Experience owning full-stack features or product areas from design through production.
• Strong JavaScript or TypeScript experience; Node.js is strongly preferred.
• Experience building frontend features with React, Next.js, or a comparable modern framework.
• Experience designing and operating RESTful APIs, GraphQL APIs, or comparable service interfaces.
• Experience with automated testing, production troubleshooting, and reliability-focused engineering decisions.
• Familiarity with cloud deployment, CI/CD, AWS, or comparable platform practices.
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

Skills

• Frontend: React, Next.js, JavaScript