Manager, Software Engineering - RDC Next

<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p> <p>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.</p></div><p data-path-to-node="4">We are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to join our RDC Next organization. The charter of the RDC Next team is to build and deliver innovative solutions across the real estate ecosystem that deepen relationships with MLS organizations, consumers, brokers, and agents. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead the squad building the product that will change the experience of agents and consumers through the home buying journey.</p> <p data-path-to-node="5">As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a high-performing squad of backend engineers dedicated to building, scaling, and delivering end-to-end product features for the RDC+ search-to-own platform. The engineers on this team are highly experienced, ranging from Senior to Senior Staff Engineers. Managing this senior tier requires a leader who balances strong technical governance with advanced people coaching, helping tenured technical leaders scale their organizational impact while maintaining a culture of trust and high performance. You will play a pivotal role in accelerating value delivery and engineering excellence while maintaining a RealOwnership mindset across your team.</p> <p data-path-to-node="6">We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to lead the adoption of modern, AI-native engineering workflows across your squad. You will mentor the team on effective prompting strategies, establish guardrails for code security and quality assurance within AI-assisted workflows, and continuously evaluate emerging tooling to keep our engineering practice at the cutting edge.</p> <p>What you’ll do:</p> <p data-path-to-node="8">Team Leadership &amp; Talent Scaling</p> <ul data-path-to-node="9"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,0,0">Direct &amp; Support: Lead and empower a squad of senior, staff, and senior staff backend engineers, fostering an environment of high autonomy, trust, and continuous improvement.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-no