Software Development Engineer at Zillow

We need one to Work with partner teams to understand and resolve sophisticated issues.

Who you are

• 8+ years front end experience
• 7+years of experience building and shipping production grade software or services
• Firm understanding of software design patterns and principles
• 4+ years of experience building distributed services
• Operational ownership of low-latency, high-availability services
• Experience with consumer-facing, high-visibility services
• Experience in developing high-scale and high availability services
• Strong communication skills to interact with audiences that include customers, peers and executive leadership
• In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.

About the team

This is an opportunity on Zillow Group's Identity Access Management team, which is at the center of Zillow's multi-year strategy. In the web and mobile-first world, we seek to improve the customer experience by better understanding and defining the journey to make home buying or the rental process more accessible.

About the role

In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will have an opportunity to join our team and contribute meaningfully to the #1 real estate portal. We are a technology driven group who strives to build products that delight our users. We are re-imagining an authenticated customer journey by adding customer-facing features and bringing creative solutions to develop strong but comprehensible identity systems.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will:

• Contribute and deliver long-term product strategy for Identity across all Zillow brands and lines of business
• Build and evolve high scale distributed services.
• Work with partner teams to understand and resolve sophisticated issues.
• Communicate strategy, roadmap, and development to senior leadership
• Champion improvements in the quality and stability of service fundamentals and promote engineering best practices
• Demonstrate strong customer empathy, curiosity and willingness to question and learn
• This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice which must be identified to the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.
• In Colorado, the standard pay range for this role is $144,000.00 - $230,000.00 Annually. This range is specific to Colorado and may not be applicable to other locations.

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates offer customers an on-demand real experience. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move — and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. We're also building the workplace of the future, where our employees are less tethered to the office, and have more flexibility in their lives. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: Fortune’s 100 Best Companies to Work For® List 2021, TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2021, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index and HRC’s Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2021, Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials 2021, and Fortune Best Workplaces for Women 2021.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at [email protected].

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