Director of Software Engineering

About the position

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. We’re seeking a technology leader for a new product line that connects the consumer and their agent’s experience with a new suite of applications. You will lead a large team of engineers across multiple teams. The Director of Software Engineering is a key technical influencer and contributor through all stages of the software development lifecycle. You will be able to make an impact, leveraging your highly developed leadership and collaboration abilities to execute on broad cross-organization initiatives, producing industry-leading solutions. You will be a partner in designing and delivering the best solution. The charter of RDC Next team at Realtor.com is to build and deliver innovative solutions across the real-estate ecosystem that deepen relationships with industry players (namely MLS organizations), consumers, and brokers/agents. We are in the starting phase of the first product that will change the experience of agents and consumers through the home buying journey.

Responsibilities

• Lead managers and engineering teams to rapidly deliver value through Agile incremental implementation with high quality.
• Collaborate closely with stakeholders, Product Managers, Analysts, Scientists, and Engineers, fostering a dynamic environment.
• Mentor, guide, and empower colleagues, fostering their growth and enabling them to exceed expectations.
• Manage day-to-day operations around your product suite including coordinating delivery and maintaining consistent product quality.
• Continually optimize our tools and practices cross-team and cross-organization to experiment faster and deliver value more quickly.
• Build a high-performing culture built on trust, collaboration, goal attainment, and continuous improvement.
• Inspire and lead by example, championing best practices, enhancing quality, and driving speedy delivery.

Requirements

• Minimum 10 years experience in leading software engineering teams in a technology company, and several years of managing other managers.
• A results and outcome-driven focus, understanding the value derived from rapidly shipping code and learning/iterating on the results.
• Strong ability to coach and mentor managers, principal engineers, helping them improve their skills and grow their careers.
• Strong software engineering instincts: meaningful and deeply rooted opinions about sound architecture, code quality, and testing.
• Strong ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical partners.
• Deep understanding of modern web architectures (React, Angular), mobile architecture (iOS and Android), and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP).
• Hands-on experience with high-level design and familiarity with best practices and design patterns.
• Strong empathy for our customers and a passion for exceeding their expectations, always!
• A passion for learning, continuous improvement, sharing, and working in a team environment.
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science/Engineering or a related field, or equivalent professional 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.
• Snacks and refreshments in each office location.