About The Team
At Zillow, we’re on a mission to give people the power to unlock life’s next chapter. We’re creating innovative, connected, and equitable solutions to help people move from dreaming to transacting.
Zillow’s AI Org plays an important part in delivering unique AI-powered experiences for the hundreds of millions of customers that visit Zillow websites each month. As a Senior Software Engineer on the Agent AI team, you’ll be partnering with a highly skilled group of applied scientists, software developers, and machine learning engineers working together toward a bold and ambitious goal.
The Agent and Loan Officer AI team at Zillow is focused on making real estate agents, loan officers, and the buyers they are helping have a smoother and more delightful experience. We build end-to-end applications and AI-driven services that help agents and loan officers use their time more efficiently, giving them more insight into how to help each buyer they are interacting with, and by using machine learning tools like Large Language Models to help them communicate more effectively with home buyers.
About The Role
We are seeking a skilled Sr Software Development Engineer with data engineering experience to aid in designing and delivering AI-powered experiences.
You Will Get To:
- Collaborate with team members from diverse domains: product, data, and science
- Design, implement, and document technical solutions (API services, ETL workflows) that are scalable, performant, maintainable, and secure
- Promote operational efficiency by establishing benchmarks in software design, implementing automated testing, and observability mechanisms
- Provide leadership that helps navigate the team through complicated technical challenges
- Support the growth and development of individuals and the team through interviewing, onboarding, and mentorship
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. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.
In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $156,300.00 - $249,700.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington and may not be applicable to other locations.
In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.
Who you are
Our ideal candidate would meet the following requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience implementing scalable service infrastructure and productionalizing machine learning methods
- Comfortable in a small team/fast-paced environment
- Comfortable contributing across the stack, including backend services, ETL pipelines, and product front-end.
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, principles, architecture, and operations
- Independently crafted and built scalable and reliable ETL, services, and pipelines, using Python/Flask/FastAPI/etc, Next.js, Kafka, Flink, Kubeflow, Spark, etc.
- Fluent in languages such as Python, Java, and Javascript.
- Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
- Nice to have:
- Experience with building applications using Generative AI or Large Language Models and related technologies
- Excitement about how to unlock the power of AI for real estate professionals.
Get to know us
Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.
As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. 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. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.
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. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life.
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
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