Software Developer II - Conversational Search

Our Conversational Search team is building Redfin’s next generation artificial intelligence powered home search experience, redefining how millions of users discover homes. This is one of Redfin’s most ambitious and visible product initiatives for 2026, combining conversational UI, LLM powered reasoning, and high performance backend systems to create a fast, intuitive and deeply helpful way to search for homes. Because this new search paradigm attracts significant engagement and traffic, performance, reliability, and thoughtful UX design are critical. By joining the team, you’ll work at the intersection of AI, product design, and large-scale distributed systems to create a fundamentally better way for people to search for homes.

If you’re excited about building highly polished, user-facing products, experimenting rapidly, and helping define the future of search at Redfin, this is the team.

Who We Are

• High impact and high visibility. We’re building Redfin’s new AI-powered search experience — a core product surface used by millions of homebuyers.

• Next-generation search. We design conversational UI, natural language understanding, and intelligent agent behaviors that let users search in ways traditional filters never could.

• Full stack ownership. Our teams own everything from backend data pipelines, LLM integrations, and agent reasoning layers to the polished web and mobile UX people interact with every day.

• Performance and reliability obsessed. Conversational sessions attract heavy user engagement; our systems must be fast, accurate, and resilient at scale.

• AI-forward, customer-obsessed. We push the boundaries of what AI can do for home search while delivering clear, visible value to users on day one.

The Role

• You will develop responsive, resilient, scalable, and high-quality conversational experiences using React, Java, AWS, Sierra AI 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 lead the development of significant multi-person projects.

• You will stay up to date with the rapidly evolving AI ecosystem and help evaluate new tools, models, and frameworks.

• You will mentor and guide other junior engineers

About You

• 3+ years of professional full stack software development experience specifically in React and Java.

• You’re excited about LLMs, agent development, conversational UX, and emerging AI technologies.

• You have experience with modern frontend technologies (React, TypeScript).

• Proven track record of designing, building, and maintaining scalable, high-performance web applications.

• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a team environment, handle ambiguity, and empathize with customers.

• You are eager to help us in our mission to create a fundamentally better real estate experience for our customers.

Technologies We Use

• Java

• JavaScript, ReactJS

• SQL, Hibernate, PostgreSQL

• AWS, Redis Cache, Kafka

• CSS, HTML

• Kubernetes

• Production monitoring tools

• GraphQL

• Sierra AI SDK, OpenAI APIs, Model Context Protocol (MCP), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, Massachusetts, Colorado, New York City, New Jersey, Jersey City, California, D.C. and Washington candidates only:

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 only an estimate and is subject to revision from time to time as the Company, in its sole and exclusive discretion, deems appropriate. The Company may determine during its review 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.

Redfin is an equal opportunity employer committed to an inclusive workforce.

An inclusive culture is vital to Redfin's mission of making real estate better for people from all walks of life. We’re proud that Redfin is a place where different points of view and backgrounds are encouraged and respected. We constantly strive to build a company that reflects the world around us, based on our conviction that pursuing and developing talent of all types is the right way for a business to thrive over the long haul.

Redfin provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local law. If you need accommodation in the application or recruitment process because of a disability or special need, please contact [email protected]

Redfin encourages individuals with criminal record histories to apply for employment and considers such individuals for employment consistent with the requirements of any applicable fair chance acts, including but not limited to the California, San Francisco and Los Angeles County Fair Chance Acts. Philadelphia applicants can access a copy of Philadelphia Fair Criminal Records Screening Standards ordinance poster here.

Redfin accepts applications on an ongoing basis.