About the role
As a Senior Software Development Engineer, working on the Platform Engineering team, you will be a technical leader driving the architecture and implementation of the next generation of developer tools and platform that enables developers across Zillow Group to quickly build and maintain products. Our work has a significant impact in support of Zillow's mission to build the most trusted home-related marketplace in the world!
A metrics driven approach and can make informed decisions using data
Thinks about systems — their edge cases, failure modes, and lifecycles
An eye for being able to spot patterns and the ability to hide implementation details behind well thought abstractions
Identify cultural and process improvement opportunities
Raise the bar on technical excellence and mentor other engineers
Collaborate and effectively communicate with multi-functional teams comprising of business partners, engineers and product management to produce the best solutions possible
Be a champion of the DevEx Platform team, and help gain adoption across the various teams at Zillow Group
Who you are
You are passionate about building high-quality software products. You enjoy finding new and better ways to deliver quality products and strive for continuous improvement. You are an excellent communicator with technical teams as well as business leaders. We are looking for someone who has a breadth of experience using tools and practices that can apply the right solution for each problem.
5+ years of experience in leading the design and development of highly available systems at scale
High efficiency and quality in software design, development, testing, and debugging issues across the whole stack
You demonstrate expertise in:
Programming languages like Java, Python, JavaScript/Node.js or Golang
Cloud technologies and providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure
You have experience with:
Containerization and Container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
REST and microservices architecture
Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions like Terraform
Service discovery and service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd
Reliability, Monitoring and AI Ops tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, Splunk, SumoLogic, Prometheus, New Relic, DataDog
Transferable Skills
Here at Zillow - we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.
In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.Zillow Group
Seattle Washington
United States
Information Technology
(No Timezone Provided)
About the role
As a Senior Software Development Engineer, working on the Platform Engineering team, you will be a technical leader driving the architecture and implementation of the next generation of developer tools and platform that enables developers across Zillow Group to quickly build and maintain products. Our work has a significant impact in support of Zillow's mission to build the most trusted home-related marketplace in the world!
A metrics driven approach and can make informed decisions using data
Thinks about systems — their edge cases, failure modes, and lifecycles
An eye for being able to spot patterns and the ability to hide implementation details behind well thought abstractions
Identify cultural and process improvement opportunities
Raise the bar on technical excellence and mentor other engineers
Collaborate and effectively communicate with multi-functional teams comprising of business partners, engineers and product management to produce the best solutions possible
Be a champion of the DevEx Platform team, and help gain adoption across the various teams at Zillow Group
Who you are
You are passionate about building high-quality software products. You enjoy finding new and better ways to deliver quality products and strive for continuous improvement. You are an excellent communicator with technical teams as well as business leaders. We are looking for someone who has a breadth of experience using tools and practices that can apply the right solution for each problem.
5+ years of experience in leading the design and development of highly available systems at scale
High efficiency and quality in software design, development, testing, and debugging issues across the whole stack
You demonstrate expertise in:
Programming languages like Java, Python, JavaScript/Node.js or Golang
Cloud technologies and providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure
You have experience with:
Containerization and Container orchestration with Docker and Kubernetes
REST and microservices architecture
Infrastructure automation and Infrastructure as Code solutions like Terraform
Service discovery and service mesh technologies such as Istio, Linkerd
Reliability, Monitoring and AI Ops tools such as Nagios, Zabbix, Splunk, SumoLogic, Prometheus, New Relic, DataDog
Transferable Skills
Here at Zillow - we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.
In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.