Software Engineer - Cloud Platform

<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 Engineer to join our infrastructure organization. At Realtor.com®, we are deeply committed to building a "Paved Path" for our engineers. This is a high-impact opportunity to treat our internal developer experience as a product, building the tools, third-party integrations, and automation that allow our engineering teams to ship faster, cost-effectively, and securely on AWS.</p> <p data-path-to-node="5">This Software Engineer role sits squarely within the Cloud Governance team. Your mission is to embed compliance, security, and financial visibility into automated, self-service developer workflows—making the right, governance-compliant path the easiest path to take. You will manage your own commitments, flag blockers proactively, and adopt a RealOwnership mindset as you build and scale our Internal Developer Portal (IDP) based on the Backstage platform.</p> <p data-path-to-node="6">We believe in leveraging the best tools to solve problems faster. You will be expected to utilize AI coding assistants and LLMs (such as Copilot or Windsurf) proficiently to accelerate development velocity, efficiently generate boilerplate for new plugins, and troubleshoot complex debugging scenarios. This role requires the judgment to verify AI-generated outputs for security and performance, ensuring high-quality delivery.</p> <p>What you’ll do:</p> <p data-path-to-node="8">Backstage Core &amp; Plugin Development</p> <ul data-path-to-node="9"> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,0,0">Portal Evolution: Build and maintain our Backstage instance, working across the full stack from React-based frontend components to high-performance Node.js microservices on the backend.</p> </li> <li> <p data-path-to-node="9,1,0">Third-Party Integrations: Design, develop, and maintain custom plugins to integrate tooling (Finout, ServiceNow, CircleCI, monitoring suites, and security tools) into a single pane of glass.</p> </li>