Hiring: Staff Backend Software Engineer, RDC Next Company: Realtor.com Location: Austin, TX Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:41:46 Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Clean Architecture, DynamoDB, Event-Driven, Financial Planning, Java, Machine Learning, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, Python, Rust, Systems Design, TypeScript, User Experience About the job Experience: •8+ years experience in software architecture and backend systems development. Required Skills: •As a Staff Engineer, you will provide technical leadership for our backend ecosystem, architecting the core pillars of our platform. •Product Partnership: Work directly with Product Managers to deeply understand product requirements, translate them into technical specifications, and ensure the implementation aligns with both user needs and technical feasibility. •Architect Core Systems: Lead the design, implementation, and testing of high-scale content ingestion pipelines and user-facing APIs that power the consumer and agent experience. •Advance AI Innovation: Shape our AI platform strategy, integrating machine learning models and agentic AI into production workflows to transform the industry. •Expand the Ecosystem: Design reliable architectures for 3rd party integrations, ensuring seamless data exchange with external real-estate services and partners. •Ensure High-Reliability Communication: Build and scale a notification system capable of delivering real-time, meaningful updates to millions of users. •Operational Excellence: Set the standards for infrastructure, observability, and monitoring, ensuring our distributed systems are resilient, transparent, and scalable. •Collaborative Leadership: Guide technical decisions for complex features, lead rapid prototyping, and evolve the architecture using Clean Architecture principles. Qualifications: •Backend Expertise: Proficiency in modern distributed languages such as Python, TypeScript, Rust, Go, or Java. •Cloud & Infrastructure: Experience with AWS (or similar) and a commitment to operational health. •Data Modeling: Expertise in relational databases (e.g., Postgres) and NoSQL stores (e.g., DynamoDB, MongoDB). •System Design: A track record of building scalable APIs, event-driven architectures, and integrations. •Observability Mindset: A focus on maintaining system health through monitoring, logging, and tracing. •AI Interest: Curiosity or experience in building AI platforms and agentic workflows. •Communication: Ability to break down complex problems and share solutions clearly with both technical and non-technical partners. •Data-Driven: A data-informed approach balanced with strong empathy for the people using our products. •We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work three or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together. •Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage Compensation: •Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3 Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!