About the Role
Join Realtor.com® on a 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. This role focuses on building fast, resilient, consumer-facing web experiences at scale and solving problems that span the full stack, from React rendering down to GraphQL APIs and caching architecture. You will work and learn from world-class talent that promotes a culture of experimentation and learning.
Responsibilities
- Build and expand consumer-facing features across our full stack: a React/Next.js frontend and a WordPress backend connected over GraphQL
- Build modular, performant, responsive, and accessible (WCAG 2.1) React components and pages, in collaboration with our Design System and content teams, that adhere to our best practices
- Develop and extend the platform's data layer: GraphQL queries and schema, persisted-query workflows, Node.js services, and the API surface between the frontend and the CMS
- Own and improve our caching and rendering architecture — Incremental Static Regeneration (ISR), CDN/edge caching, and object caching — to keep content fresh while serving it fast at scale
- Drive SEO and Core Web Vitals improvements on a high-traffic news property where search performance and page speed directly affect the business
- Ensure code is well-tested using automated frameworks, including unit, component, and end-to-end (e2e) tests
- Use frontier LLM AI tools to deliver high-quality code with velocity
- Improve developer experience and platform health: intuitive APIs, thorough documentation, observability, and reduced operational friction
- Provide technical guidance and support through code reviews, design sessions, and ad hoc collaboration
- Research and identify opportunities to improve our existing systems and processes, create analysis documentation and proofs of concept, and present initiatives to engineering and business audiences
- Work with team leadership to influence and define short/long-term goals and roadmaps
- Engage in Agile ceremonies like standups, weekly planning, and retrospectives, and contribute to our incident-response and operational practices
Requirements
- 5+ years of web development experience with strong knowledge of modern JavaScript/TypeScript and frameworks (e.g. React, Next.js)
- Solid backend experience in any language (e.g. Node.js, PHP, Python, Java, Ruby)
- Comfortable working across the stack, designing APIs, and reasoning about server-side behavior
- Experience with GraphQL (schema design, queries, clients such as Apollo or graphql-request) or a strong foundation in API design and an eagerness to go deep on GraphQL
- Knowledge of TypeScript and modern CSS approaches (e.g. styled-components, CSS Modules, Sass) and best practices around responsive layouts, accessibility, and performance
- Ability to troubleshoot and debug web application problems such as front-end performance (Core Web Vitals), bundle size optimization, SSR/SSG/ISR and caching issues, accessibility problems, layout issues, and cross-browser bugs
- Experience with SEO best practices and page performance optimization
- Experience with caching strategies (CDN/edge, object caching, static/incremental rendering) and an understanding of how they affect correctness and freshness
- Experience with digital accessibility and the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG); familiarity with manual accessibility testing using assistive technologies is a plus
- Experience with testing tools such as Jest, React Testing Library, and Playwright
- Experience with the AWS service ecosystem and modern CI/CD (e.g. CloudFront, ECS/EKS, S3, CircleCI, ArgoCD/Kubernetes) to support build automation, testing, and deployment
- Experience with build systems and transpilers (e.g. webpack, Babel, SWC)
- Ability to present complex technical concepts and trade-offs to both engineering and business audiences
- Strong communication skills with a growth and learning mindset
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/related field or equivalent professional experience
- Direct WordPress experience is not required
- People who have a passion for building great web experiences and love to learn new things are encouraged to apply
Skills
- React
- Next.js
- JavaScript
- TypeScript
- GraphQL
- Node.js
- CSS
- WCAG 2.1
- SEO
- Core Web Vitals
- AWS
- CI/CD
- Jest
- React Testing Library
- Playwright
- webpack
- Babel
- SWC
Location
- Remote
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Senior
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/related field or equivalent professional experience
About the Company
- 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.
- The technology team participates in the research and development of highly scalable, data-driven, consumer-facing applications and identifies new technologies and trends to continually enhance our products and business.
- 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.
- 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.
