The Real Deal is looking for a Technical Delivery Lead to join our growing digital team. This is not a traditional developer role or a product manager role — it’s a hybrid execution-focused position for someone who knows how to work with code, organize work for others, and ensure that features, fixes, and platform updates go out smoothly.

You’ll act as the glue between product, dev, and business teams — owning tasks from spec to QA, and stepping into code when needed to unblock or ship. If you’re the kind of person who sees a half-written ticket and thinks “I’ll clean that up and get it done” — this role is for you.

Keep the backlog clean, scoped, and prioritized

Help define sprint goals and ensure tasks are realistically sized

Work with the senior developer to plan, assign, and track work

Translate stakeholder requests into clear action items

QA features before launch and coordinate testing

Log bugs, verify fixes, and handle regressions quickly

Keep track of what’s released, what’s blocked, and what’s broken

Jump into frontend/backend/scripting to fix bugs or ship small features

Prototype internal tools or scrape/transform data for business use

Review and support pull requests as needed

Field incoming requests from sales, editorial, subscriptions, and marketing

Ensure everyone knows what’s being worked on and what’s next

Maintain documentation and sprint updates

3–6 years of dev experience (React, Python, or similar stack)

A love for organization, clarity, and clean handoffs

Experience doing QA, ticket grooming, or sprint planning

Comfort wearing multiple hats and working with many departments

Strong communication and task management instincts

$120,000 - $160,000 a year

 

The Real Deal is the largest real-estate news outlet in the US, reaching millions of professionals daily through our media channels. We have received 60+ awards for editorial excellence over the past six years, including the General Excellence award from the Society of Business Writers and Editors.

 

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As a publication, The Real Deal is to real estate what Variety is to entertainment or what Politico is to Beltway politics – a plugged-in news outlet that is read by the entire industry.

 

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