The RealReal · 19 hours ago
Principal Software Engineer - Remote USA (*eligible states)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$224K/yr - $258K/yr
12+ years expThe RealReal is the world’s largest online marketplace for authenticated, consigned luxury goods, and they are seeking a Principal Software Engineer to help solve complex challenges as they scale. This role involves a mix of technical architecture, mentorship, and active development, requiring collaboration with senior leadership and cross-team engineering efforts.
E-CommerceFashionLifestyleMarketplace
Responsibilities
Propose and build technical architecture and solutions to move our business forward
Advise and collaborate with senior engineering leadership on technical vision and strategy across a multi-year timeframe
Build a deep understanding of The RealReal’s business model, opportunities, and challenges
Provide technical direction and mentorship for engineers across the organization
Drive build vs buy evaluations, including research and initial assessment with vendors
Assist in coordinating cross-team engineering efforts and determining technical requirements
Review technical architecture proposals and pull requests and provide constructive feedback
Produce high-quality, performant, testable code, and systems
Document architecture and processes, and uplevel them across the company
Represent the company at conferences and other events, helping us to build brand awareness and attract talent
Qualification
Required
12+ years of professional web application/full-stack development experience
2+ years leading a high-performance engineering team or organization, in a fast-paced environment
Fluency with any of Ruby, Elixir, Erlang, or another object-oriented or functional programming language
Strong understanding of distributed systems and architecture
Strong understanding of web technologies: HTML5, Javascript, CSS/SASS, REST, JSON
Strong understanding of web-app performance fundamentals and related dev tools
Strong database fundamentals and experience with MySql or PostgreSQL
Experience using async message queues such as Kafka or Kinesis
Mastery of git and Github workflows
Experience with Microservices architecture
Bachelor of Computer Science degree or equivalent experience
Preferred
Experience building E-commerce, Operations, and Logistics applications
Experience with Headless E-Commerce APIs
Experience working with machine learning or related technologies
Experience with iOS/Android and mobile development
Experience with GraphQL
Experience with Docker and Kubernetes
Benefits
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
401K with Company Match
Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance
Paid Parental Leave
9 Paid Company Holidays
Flexible Time Off (With Manager Approval)
Company
The RealReal
The RealReal is an online marketplace for authenticated and consigned luxury goods.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (5)
2024 (10)
2023 (10)
2022 (14)
2021 (8)
2020 (6)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$356.87MKey Investors
GreyLion CapitalGreat Hill PartnersGreenspring Associates
2019-06-28IPO
2019-03-01Series H· $70M
2018-07-25Series G· $115M
Leadership Team
Rati Levesque
President & CEO
Frank Zhu
Chief Analytics Officer
Recent News
2026-01-08
2026-01-03
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