Software Developer II - Search

Rocket Mortgage

$139K — $170K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full stack software development experience on customer-facing applications.
  • Proficient with AI code generation tools like GitHub Copilot or similar.
  • Experience designing and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills for effective teamwork and customer empathy.
  • Passion for creating elegant and user-friendly interfaces.
  • Curiosity and willingness to embrace new ideas and risk-taking.

Responsibilities

  • Leverage AI tools to document, architect, and create software code.
  • Stay updated on AI ecosystem developments and evaluate new tools.
  • Develop high-quality software using React, Java, AWS, and other libraries.
  • Balance infrastructure investments against quick solutions for business needs.
  • Collaborate with engineering and product stakeholders on projects.
  • Mentor and guide junior engineers in their development.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401K retirement plan.
  • Paid time off policy.
  • Supportive workplace culture ensuring well-being for employees and families.
  • Opportunities for personal and professional development.
Full Job Description
This position is a hybrid role requiring employees to work from our headquarters location in Seattle, WA every Tuesday and Wednesday, and remote all other days.

The Search Personalization team is redefining how people connect with homes by creating a personalized and engaging search experience that helps millions of users find their dream home. We power some of Redfin's most visible features-including the Homepage, login and registration systems, and home discovery tools like Favorites and Saved Searches. By joining Search Personalization, you'll help shape one of the most impactful parts of the search journey, building experiences that make home discovery simpler, smarter, and more personal.

Who We Are
  • High impact and high visibility. We develop and maintain some of the highest visibility systems on redfin.com. Our work serves millions of customers daily and is the essential top of the funnel for Redfin's businesses.
  • Full Stack Full Ownership. From data pipelines to the user interface, we own our features end to end.
  • Performance is critical. Because our features attract so much traffic, everything we develop must meet strict performance criteria. We dictate performance initiatives and best practices for the rest of the company because we have the most expertise and experience.


About the role

  • You will leverage AI code generation tools to document, architect, and create code.
  • You will stay up to date with the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem and help evaluate new tools, models, and frameworks.
  • You will develop responsive, resilient, scalable, and high-quality software using React, Java, AWS, and various other tools/libraries.
  • You will balance the trade-offs between complex infrastructure investments and quick, pragmatic solutions to meet specific business needs.
  • You will collaborate with other engineering and product stakeholders to define, design, and develop projects, taking full ownership for leading projects from start to finish.
  • You will mentor and guide other junior engineers


About you

  • 3+ years of professional full stack software development experience, developing full-stack, customer-facing applications.
  • You have experience using AI code generation tools tools such as GitHub CoPilot, Anthropic Claude Code, Cursor, or similar.
  • Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.
  • You love elegant interfaces that can tell stories and inspire trust.
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle ambiguity, and empathize with customers.
  • You're curious and a life-long learner: you're willing to take risks and champion new ideas.
  • You are eager to help us in our mission to create a fundamentally better real estate experience for our customers.


What you'll get

Our team members fuel our strategy, innovation and growth, so we ensure the health and well-being of not just you, but your family, too! We go above and beyond to give you the support you need on an individual level and offer all sorts of ways to help you live your best life. We are proud to offer eligible team members perks and health benefits that will help you have peace of mind. Simply put: We've got your back. Check out our full list of Benefits and Perks.

On-Call Expectations
This role may include participation in an on-call rotation to support production systems and ensure service reliability. On-call responsibilities may include coverage during nights and weekends. If applicable, frequency and scheduling will be determined by team needs and communicated accordingly.

This job description is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this position and may be modified at the discretion of the company at any time. The compensation information below is provided in compliance with all applicable job posting disclosure requirements. The compensation for this position is $139,100.00-$170,100.00. The position may also be eligible for an annual bonus, incentives, and other employment-related benefits including, but not limited to, medical, dental, and vision benefits, 401K retirement plan, and paid-time off. More information regarding these benefits and others can be found here. The information regarding compensation and other benefits included in this paragraph is the company's current, good faith estimate at the time of posting. [Compensation and benefits are subject to modification from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate.] The Company may determine during its future reviews of the proposed compensation and benefits provided for this position, that the compensation and benefits for such position should be reduced. In no event will the Company reduce the compensation for the position to a level below the applicable jurisdictional minimum wage rate for the position. Los Angeles County and San Francisco Candidates only: qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment per the Fair Chance Ordinance and the Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring.

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