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About the Role

Realtor.com is seeking a Director of Engineering for the Consumer experience to build and operate critical product experiences, platforms, and services. This leader will oversee managers and senior technical leaders across multiple domains supporting core revenue. The role involves shaping strategy, developing leaders, raising the engineering bar, and guiding modernization efforts across web, mobile, and service boundaries, partnering closely with Product, Design, Data, and peer engineering organizations.

Responsibilities

Partner with Product, Design, Analytics, and business stakeholders to shape roadmaps that improve consumer experience and business performance
Translate company and org strategy into engineering plans, staffing priorities, delivery milestones, and measurable outcomes
Drive execution across a portfolio of initiatives with varying levels of ambiguity, dependency complexity, and organizational visibility
Set technical direction across a diverse portfolio of consumer applications, platforms, and services
Guide architectural decisions spanning web, native, backend, and platform boundaries
Lead modernization efforts that improve scalability, consistency, observability, security, and developer productivity
Raise the quality bar for engineering design, code health, testing strategy, CI/CD, reliability, and operational excellence using AI from the get go
Drive adoption of AI-enabled engineering practices that improve planning, coding, testing, documentation, and operational workflows
Help the organization evolve toward systems and practices that are easier for both humans and AI tools to understand, operate, and extend
Build an engineering organization that can scale quality and delivery without scaling complexity at the same rate
Lead an engineering organization through managers and senior leaders, creating clarity in structure, ownership, and accountability
Coach, develop, and support leaders through regular feedback, performance management, succession planning, and career growth
Create an inclusive, high-accountability culture where engineers and leaders can do strong work, grow their impact, and operate with trust
Hire and retain strong engineering talent while maintaining a high bar for leadership, technical judgment, and collaboration

Requirements

10+ years of software engineering experience with at least 5 years leading engineering teams, including managing managers
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
Strong technical foundation in modern web development and architecture (TypeScript, React, GraphQL, AWS)
Comfortable operating across levels: from strategy to critical technical and delivery decisions
Strong instinct for connecting engineering execution to business metrics: you think in terms of conversion, retention, and revenue impact, not just shipping features
Excellent cross-functional communication and stakeholder management able to influence without authority, represent platform value to product and business leaders, and navigate competing priorities across multiple stream-aligned teams
A collaborative, empathetic leader with strong cross-functional communication skills
Ability to identify and utilize each individual team members strengths, benefiting the greater organization
Experience with AI developer tooling strategy: evaluating, deploying, and driving adoption of AI-assisted development tools across an engineering organization
Exposure to commerce, subscription systems, or monetization surfaces
Familiarity with modern web and service architectures using technologies such as GraphQL, AWS, event-driven systems, observability platforms, and CI/CD pipelines in large engineering environments
Experience with mobile (iOS/Android architecture, React Native or native)

Skills

TypeScript
React
GraphQL
AWS
AI developer tooling
Commerce systems
Subscription systems
Monetization surfaces
Event-driven systems
Observability platforms
CI/CD pipelines
Mobile architecture
React Native

Location

Austin headquarters

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Director
10+ years of software engineering experience
5+ years leading engineering teams
Managing managers

Education Level

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
Family forming benefits
13 Paid Holidays
Flexible Time Off
8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

About the Company

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.
Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®
Here, you’ll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you’ll find your way home too. At Realtor.com®, you’ll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return, we’ll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Equal Opportunity

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.