HomeLight

Full Stack Engineer (D2C), San Francisco, CA

HomeLight$140K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience in data, software, or backend engineering roles
  • Experience applying LLMs and prompt engineering to real-world workflows
  • Strong proficiency in Python for building services, data pipelines, and backend systems
  • Experience designing, building, and operating service-oriented architectures and APIs
  • Solid understanding of data modeling, system design, and scalable architecture patterns
  • Hands-on experience with data pipelines and ETL workflows (Airflow or similar)
  • Experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Cursor, Copilot)

Responsibilities

  • Leverage AI tools to accelerate development and uncover insights
  • Apply an AI-first mindset to automate workflows and enhance decision-making
  • Partner with cross-functional teams to define and build key business metrics
  • Develop and evolve data models and warehouse architecture to support growing data needs
  • Build and maintain systems to ingest, process, and serve data reliably
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines and ETL workflows
  • Improve and scale existing data infrastructure for performance and reliability

Benefits

  • Medical, Dental & Vision insurance options
  • Long-Term and Short-Term Disability coverage
  • 401k plan with contribution matching
  • Annual paid sabbaticals after tenure
  • Volunteer Days for community service
  • HomeLight Services to assist in real estate transactions
Full Job Description
Who You Are:

We're looking for a product-minded, AI-native engineer who doesn't just ship features - but builds intelligent systems. AI is not an add-on here; it's embedded into how we design, build, and scale.

If you actively leverage AI to move faster, think in systems, and enjoy operating in ambiguity - this role is for you.

What You'll Do Here:
  • Collaborate closely with engineers, product managers, designers, and cross-functional partners to build scalable, AI-powered product experiences.
  • Design, implement, and maintain highly scalable and performant backend services using Ruby on Rails.
  • Build modern, responsive frontend applications using React.js (and React Native where applicable).
  • Integrate AI-driven capabilities into business workflows (LLM-powered features, intelligent automation, semantic search, copilots, or workflow agents).
  • Architect systems that combine traditional service-oriented architecture with AI components (model APIs, orchestration layers, evaluation loops).
  • Continuously improve code quality through refactoring, automated testing, system testing, and deployment automation.
  • Leverage AI development tools responsibly to increase velocity and maintain high-quality standards.
  • Review code developed by other engineers and provide thoughtful feedback on performance, scalability, security, and maintainability - including AI-generated code.
  • Maintain a deep understanding of business requirements and partner with stakeholders to design thoughtful, scalable solutions.
  • Collaborate across marketing, platform, DevOps, data, product, and analytics teams to ensure engineering decisions align with broader company goals.
  • Use data and experimentation to make informed engineering and product decisions.
  • Monitor production systems, including AI-driven features, using observability and monitoring tools.

What You Bring:
  • 2+ years of professional experience as a software engineer.
  • 2+ years of production experience with Ruby on Rails.
  • 2+ years of experience with React.js or React Native.
  • Hands-on experience integrating or building AI-powered features into business workflows (e.g., LLM integrations, AI-assisted user experiences, automation pipelines).
  • Experience designing, building, deploying, operating, and maintaining service-oriented architectures.
  • Strong experience with relational and non-relational databases.
  • Experience navigating ambiguous and complex project requirements with ownership and clarity.
  • Experience with observability and monitoring systems (NewRelic, CloudWatch, Sentry).
  • Strong written and verbal English communication skills.
  • A product mindset with the ability to balance deterministic software systems and probabilistic AI systems.

Bonus Points For:
  • Experience building AI copilots, internal productivity tools, or intelligent automation systems.
  • Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, semantic search, or AI retrieval patterns.
  • Exposure to ElasticSearch.
  • Experience with React Native.
  • Experience working with Docker and containerized environments.
  • Familiarity with the Amazon AWS ecosystem.
  • Experience working in a small, fast-moving team, ideally at a startup.
  • Contributions to AI-related side projects, prototypes, or open-source initiatives.

Why This Role Is Different:
  • AI is embedded in our product strategy and engineering culture.
  • Engineers are encouraged to experiment, prototype, and rethink workflows through intelligent automation.
  • You'll help shape how AI is implemented across the organization - not just consume APIs.

The Perks
  • Medical (Aetna or Kaiser), Dental & Vision (Guardian)
  • Long-Term Disability & Short-Term Disability
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Accident Plan, and Employee Critical Illness (Guardian)
  • 401k (Vestwell), Life Insurance (Guardian) & Pet Insurance (Nationwide)
  • Commuter benefits are offered in certain locations
  • PTO, including Volunteer Days to give back to your community
  • Annual Anniversary Perks, including one month paid sabbaticals!
  • HomeLight Services to help you with buying and selling your home

The following compensation information is provided to comply with job posting disclosure requirements in Colorado, New York, Washington, and California.
Base Pay Range: $140,000.00 - $160,000.00, base pay will vary depending on several factors, such as the position, location, qualifications of the individual, market conditions, and other operational business requirements. Range is dependent on the leveling process during the interview process.

Let's chat!

About HomeLight

HomeLight is a real estate technology company that provides a platform for home buyers and sellers to connect with top real estate agents in their area. The company was founded in 2012 by Drew Uher and has since raised over $500 million in funding. HomeLight's platform uses data and machine learning algorithms to match home buyers and sellers with the best real estate agents for their needs. The company also offers a suite of tools for real estate agents to manage their business, including lead generation, marketing, and transaction management.
Learn more about HomeLight
Size
500 employees
Industry
Founded
2012

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