As a Staff Software Engineer, you will lead design, drive projects, define architecture, mentor engineers, and collaborate on AI-driven products.
Luxury Presence is the leading digital platform revolutionizing the real estate industry for agents, teams, and brokerages. Our award-winning websites, cutting-edge marketing solutions, and AI-powered mobile platform empower real estate professionals to grow their business, operate more efficiently, and deliver exceptional service to their clients. Trusted by over 80,000 real estate professionals, including 31 of the nation’s 100 top-performing agents as published in the Wall Street Journal, Luxury Presence continues to set the standard for innovation and excellence in real estate technology.
The Role
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will serve as a technical leader within your team and across the broader engineering organization. You’ll drive high-impact initiatives that shape the future of our systems, architecture, and AI-first platform strategy. From setting architectural direction to mentoring others, you’ll play a key role in delivering intelligent, scalable, and user-centric products.
You’ll collaborate closely with product, design, and AI teams to launch features that leverage the latest advances in AI, while also championing engineering excellence and innovation across the org.
What You’ll Do
- Lead the design and implementation of complex systems and platform capabilities
- Drive large-scale, cross-functional projects that align technical strategy with business objectives
- Define architectural patterns and standards that improve system scalability, resilience, and maintainability
- Mentor engineers across teams, elevate technical skills, and influence career growth
- Partner with product, design, and AI teams to deliver AI-native product experiences and developer tooling
- Lead technical initiatives that improve developer efficiency, reduce risk, and unlock innovation
- Foster a culture of excellence through technical leadership in design and code reviews
- Share knowledge through documentation, workshops, and cross-team collaboration
What We’re Looking For
- Passion for building in an AI-augmented environment
- Familiarity with AI tools and agent workflows; experience building or deploying AI-driven products is a plus
- 8+ years of professional experience in full-stack engineering
- Deep expertise in JavaScript/TypeScript, Node.js, and modern front-end frameworks like React
- Experience designing and operating scalable microservice architectures in cloud-native environments (AWS preferred)
- Strong understanding of GraphQL, event-driven systems (Kafka/SQS), and distributed databases
- Proven track record leading high-impact initiatives from concept through production
- Expert-level grasp of software design principles such as SOLID, DI, and domain-driven design
- Experience building SaaS platforms, ideally with multi-tenant architecture
- Strong communicator and collaborator across product, design, AI, and engineering teams
- Ability to connect technical decisions to customer impact and long-term business value
Tech Stack
- Frontend: React, Tailwind, Apollo, SingleSPA
- Backend: Node.js, TypeScript (microservices), Python ETLs
- AI: LangChain, LangFuse, OpenRouter, Mastra
- Data: PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch
- Infrastructure: AWS, Kubernetes, Lambda
- Messaging: Kafka, SQS
Join us in shaping the future of real estate
The real estate industry is in the midst of a seismic shift, and the future belongs to those who break new ground. As one of the fastest-growing companies in the proptech and marketing sectors, Luxury Presence challenges the status quo of what technology can do for real estate agents, leaders, and brokerages.
We’re a team of agile and tenacious innovators working collaboratively to drive the industry forward. Together, we build game-changing products that empower modern real estate entrepreneurs to dominate their markets. From award-winning web design to agile SEO solutions to cutting-edge AI tools, we deliver tech that anticipates market shifts and keeps our clients ahead of their competition.
Founded in 2016 by Stanford Business School alum Malte Kramer, Luxury Presence has grown to a global team ranked on the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing companies list three years in a row. We’re backed by world-class investors, including Bessemer Venture Partners, Toba Capital, and Switch Ventures, and have raised $52.6 million to date.
More than 15,000 real estate businesses rely on our platform, including 31 of the RealTrends top 100 agents featured in The Wall Street Journal. Additionally, many of the industry’s most powerful brokerages — including Compass, Coldwell Banker, and Sotheby’s International Realty — rely on Luxury Presence as a trusted business partner.
Every year since 2020, Luxury Presence has ranked on BuiltIn’s Best Place to Work lists. HousingWire named our founder and CEO a 2024 Tech Trendsetter, we’ve received several Tech100 Awards, and our lead nurturing tool just scored an Inman Innovation Award for Best AI-Powered Platform.
Luxury Presence is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
Top Skills
AWS
DynamoDB
Elasticsearch
JavaScript
Kafka
Kubernetes
Lambda
Langchain
Langfuse
Mastra
Node.js
Openrouter
Postgres
Python
React
Sqs
Typescript
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