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Zillow, Inc. is hiring a Principal Software Engineer

About the Role

This position leads the development of complex systems, guiding technical strategy and mentoring engineering teams to build reliable, customer-centric platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture and design of large-scale, distributed systems
  • Collaborate with product and design teams to define technical roadmaps
  • Mentor engineers across multiple teams to improve technical excellence
  • Drive adoption of best practices in code quality and system reliability
  • Evaluate emerging technologies for strategic implementation
  • Champion software scalability, security, and performance
  • Participate in high-impact technical decision-making across engineering
  • Define and enforce engineering standards and patterns
  • Solve ambiguous problems with long-term technical vision
  • Work closely with data scientists and backend teams to integrate insights
  • Ensure systems meet high availability and fault tolerance standards
  • Guide migration efforts from legacy to modern platforms
  • Promote reusability and modular design across services
  • Contribute to incident response and post-mortem analysis
  • Lead technical discovery for new product initiatives
  • Foster collaboration between engineering and business stakeholders
  • Improve CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation
  • Support on-call rotations for critical systems
  • Drive innovation through proof-of-concept projects
  • Ensure compliance with data privacy and security policies

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid

Team

Part of a cross-functional engineering team driving innovation in real estate technology

Why This Role Matters

  • This role shapes the foundation of technology that powers home search and transactions for millions of users.
  • You will directly influence how customers discover and interact with real estate data.

Growth Opportunities

  • Opportunities to lead technical initiatives across multiple product areas.
  • Access to executive-level strategy discussions and innovation labs.

Available

Required Skills
GoJavaC#NodeJSDistributed SystemsBackend Web ServicesDatabase ManagementTechnical MentoringCross-Team CollaborationSystem Architecture
About company
Zillow, Inc.
Zillow is the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., helping customers navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease and confidence.
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Posted 6 months ago