Senior Staff Software Engineer, Backend

<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><strong>Lead Delivery - Senior Staff Engineer</strong></p> <p>Would you like to work in an engineering environment that rewards your passion? The&nbsp;Lead Services engineering team runs Realtor.com®’s Tier 1, mission-critical lead platform — the real-time system that ingests, allocates, and delivers the leads that directly drive revenue across our products and business lines. From the moment a consumer raises their hand to the instant a high-intent opportunity reaches the right agent or partner, this team ensures those connections are fast, reliable, and observable end-to-end.</p> <p>Join a team that strives for innovation and excellence using the latest technology and frameworks.</p> <p>We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs proficiently to accelerate development velocity, generate boilerplate, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. Beyond simple usage, this role requires the critical judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security, performance, and accuracy. You should be comfortable integrating AI tooling into your daily workflow to eliminate repetitive tasks, allowing you to focus on high-impact architectural and strategic engineering challenges.</p> <p><strong>What You'll Do:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Own system architecture and evolution for key parts of the Lead Services platform (e.g., lead ingestion pipelines, allocation engines, delivery services, ARM/lead management), defining clear boundaries, contracts, and data models between services.</li> <li>Lead design and delivery of complex, cross-squad initiatives—from early discovery and technical design through implementation, rollout (including CRs/CAB where required), and post‑launch iteration.</li> <li>Shape the technical roadmap for Lead Services: partner with EMs, PMs, and Principal Engineers to define and sequence work that advances both business goals and platform health (performance, reliability, security, cost).</li&