Data engineer Jobs in Austin, TX

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Senior Data Engineer - Marketing Technologies (CRM Marketing)

At Realtor.com®, we believe that everyone deserves a home of their own. We're a community of nearly 2,000 employees that work hard to ensure that from the moment someone starts dreaming about a new home, to the moment they walk in the door and beyond, we're there to lend a helping hand. Every month, 80 million people trust us with their journey home by visiting our site and mobile apps, and we'd love to have you join our team to help.

We've got great offices across Canada and the US and lots of sweet jobs to choose from, so we're hoping you'll join us on our journey to make home buying and selling easier, and more rewarding for everyone.

Let's make a difference, together. For Real.

About the Role

We're looking for a Sr Data Engineer, to join the Marketing Technologies team supporting the CRM Marketing organization. You will build and scale systems that power personalized customer engagement across email, push, and SMS campaigns for millions of Realtor.com users.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop data pipelines and APIs that support CRM personalization and targeting
• Build integrations between internal data platforms and external marketing systems (Braze, Cordial, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, etc.)
• Create data models for segmentation, audience activation, and campaign measurement
• Collaborate with Data Engineering, Data Science, and CRM Operations to align architecture and data flow
• Implement monitoring, alerting, and logging to ensure reliability of CRM pipelines
• Improve automation, reduce manual workflows, and enhance campaign delivery performance
• Maintain clear documentation for data flows, processes, and systems
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and architecture discussions
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to technical best practices

About You

• 5+ years of experience in data engineering, preferably in MarTech or CRM systems
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Experience with Snowflake, Airflow, dbt, or similar data platforms
• Hands-on experience with Kafka, AWS (Lambda, S3, CloudWatch), or other event-driven systems
• Familiarity with marketing tools such as Braze, Cordial, Salesforce Marketing Cloud, or Hightouch
• Understanding of data modeling (dimensional, normalized) and real-time event processing
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills
• Effective communicator who thrives in cross-functional environments

Nice to Have

• Experience building APIs or ETL pipelines for marketing or customer data platforms
• Experience with real-time personalization or recommendation systems
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines (CircleCI, GitHub Actions)
• Understanding of customer lifecycle, campaign orchestration, and attribution measurement

What Makes This Opportunity Exciting

Work with Cutting-Edge AI Technology: Build AI-powered data pipelines using Hightouch and leverage tools like Claude to automate workflows, improve customer insights, and drive smarter, more personalized marketing campaigns.

Own and Scale a Customer Data Platform: Play a key role in supporting and evolving a new Customer Data Platform (CDP), integrating customer data from multiple sources to power personalized experiences for millions of Realtor.com users.

Make a Direct Business Impact: Partner closely with CRM and Digital Marketing teams to build end-to-end data pipelines that transform customer behavior into actionable insights, helping scale personalized campaigns and improve customer engagement.

How We Work

We balance creativity and innovation on a foundation of in-person collaboration. Our employees work four days in our Austin headquarters, 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 well-being 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.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.