h1. Sr. Software Engineer — News & Insights (Full Stack)

Are you passionate about 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'll be right at home here. 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. Work and learn from world-class talent that promotes a culture of experimentation and learning.

The News & Insights team is looking for a Senior Full Stack Software Engineer with a strong frontend focus. You will help shape the experience behind [Realtor.com|http://Realtor.com]'s News & Insights platform ([http://realtor.com/news|http://realtor.com/news|smart-link] ),  a decoupled, headless content system that serves millions of readers and distributes content to partners like MSN, Yahoo, and The Wall Street Journal. Our architecture pairs a React/Next.js frontend with a WordPress + WPGraphQL backend, connected through persisted GraphQL queries and a multi-layered caching stack. As part of this team, you'll build and expand features end-to-end, harden the platform's performance and reliability, and help us grow the system that powers one of [Realtor.com|http://Realtor.com]'s highest-traffic content surfaces.

h2. About the role...

• Work on the News & Insights team to 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, anywhere human judgement and decision making isn’t needed. Help the team to improve their AI fluency and effectiveness. 
• 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; help bridge gaps between product, design, content, and engineering
• 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

h2. About you...

• Passionate about building high-quality consumer web experiences and solving problems that span the frontend and backend
• Attention to detail and a commitment to performance, reliability, and great user experiences
• 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). You're 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 — especially valuable for a content-heavy, search-driven property
• 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

Note: Direct WordPress experience is not required. We have WordPress specialists on the team. What matters is that you're a strong full-stack engineer who's frontend-forward and comfortable working in a backend codebase regardless of the language.

Missing checkmarks on a few items in the "About you…" section? Don't fret! We're looking for people who have a passion for building great web experiences and love to learn new things, so we'd still love to hear from you if you think you'd be a great fit!