Software Developer II - Search at Rocket Companies in Seattle, WA

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.
• 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

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• 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.

Skills

Required

• Full stack software development
• React
• Java
• AWS

Benefits

• 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.
• 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.