Software Test Eng - Associate

Recognized as the No. 1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home. Through its robust suite of tools, Realtor.com® not only makes a significant impact on the real estate industry at large, but for consumers, navigating the biggest purchase they will make in their life, by providing a user experience that is easy to use, easy to understand, and most of all, easy to make decisions.

Join us on our mission to empower more people to find their way home by breaking barriers to entry, making the right connections, and building confidence through expert guidance.

The Role:

As an Associate SDET for Leads Platform Team at Realtor.com (RDC), you are a valuable contributor who supports the quality of the web and mobile interfaces that power our primary consumer and agent interactions. You will assist in ensuring the reliability, performance, and seamless quality of essential digital interactions, with a particular focus on critical user journeys.

What You'll Do:

Strategic Planning & Quality Execution

• Contribute to quality initiatives for client-side experiences, focusing on user interface correctness, visual consistency, and front-end performance metrics.

• Execute assigned portions of the layered test strategy for your squad, primarily focusing on End-to-End (E2E) and integration testing using modern automation frameworks.

• Assist in identifying quality risks in client-side flows (e.g., cross-browser compatibility, form validation, and state management) and focus on writing and executing actionable Playwright scripts.

Technical Contribution (API and Backend testing)

• Perform hands-on testing for lead applications, start building API Testing for browser automation, and validating data integrity through basic queries.

• Apply principles of testability, including focusing on contract validation (e.g., for GraphQL schemas), verifying complex business logic, and ensuring data integrity across service interactions.

• Work with developers to ensure components and client-side logic are validated early in the development lifecycle.

Test Automation & Performance

• Write and update test scripts within the robust automation suites using Python.

• Assist with executing API and contract validation for GraphQL schemas.

• Participate in the maintenance and execution of automated UI checks integrated into CI/CD pipelines (e.g., CircleCI, GitHub Actions) and assist in triaging failing checks to maintain a healthy build signal.

• Support performance testing efforts for client-side load times and core web vitals using tools like k6.

Collaboration & Learning

• Participate fully in Agile/Scrum processes, ensuring UI quality signals are included in the definition of done.

• Collaborate with Product and Design partners to translate user requirements into reliable automated acceptance tests.

• Actively learn from team members and utilize shared best practices and utilities within the automation and development codebases.

What You'll Bring:

• 1+ year of experience in software and/or test engineering, with a focus on web applications and back-end testing or development.

• Familiarity with testing GraphQL APIs, including writing simple queries.

• Proficiency in Python and an understanding of reusable test utilities.

• Familiarity with CI/CD concepts and an understanding of techniques to reduce flakiness in test suites.

• Familiarity with browser-based debugging tools and observability platforms to isolate client-side errors.

• Experience with visual regression testing or accessibility (a11y) testing is a plus.

• Interest in exploring and applying AI/Agentic testing methodologies (e.g., LLMs, Claude, Copilot) to enhance test coverage, generate data, or accelerate automation script creation.

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent professional experience.

How We Work:

We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. For most roles, our employees work three or more days in our offices, where they have the opportunity to collaborate in-person, adding richness to our culture and knitting us closer together.

How We Reward You:

Realtor.com is committed to investing in the health and wellbeing of our employees and their families. Our benefits programs include, but are not limited to:

• Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage

• Family forming benefits

• 13 Paid Holidays

• Flexible Time Off

• 8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off

• Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match

• Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs

• 1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions

• Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program

• Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

Do the best work of your life at Realtor.com®

Here, you'll partner with a diverse team of experts as you use leading-edge tech to empower everyone to meet a crucial goal: finding their way home. And you'll find your way home too. At Realtor.com®, you'll bring your full self to work as you innovate with speed, serve our consumers, and champion your teammates. In return, we'll provide you with a warm, welcoming, and inclusive culture; intellectual challenges; and the development opportunities you need to grow.

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.