Senior Data Engineer

About The Team

The Agent Software and Advertiser organization at Zillow Group drives innovation in real estate technology, building products like Zillow Listing Showcase and solutions for showing management, feedback, offer management, recruiting, transaction management, and analytics. Our team’s work brings efficiency and value to agents, partners, and clients across the industry.

About The Role

As a member of the Business Data team, you will play a key role in shaping data-driven decisions and enhancing customer experiences across our products. Your work will directly influence business strategy and the value we deliver to our users.

As A Senior Data Engineer, You Will Get To:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to understand business needs and translate them into technical requirements.
• Design, implement, and maintain scalable data pipelines to collect, process, and store large volumes of data from diverse sources.
• Monitor, troubleshoot, and optimize data pipeline performance to ensure reliability and efficiency.
• Proactively identify opportunities to automate and improve team processes.
• Rapidly learn new business domains and work closely with partners to understand and support evolving data needs.
• Develop and evolve data models that support business use cases and adapt to changing requirements.
• Communicate complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Champion engineering best practices by reviewing designs and code, providing constructive feedback, and mentoring team members.

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, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $145,500.00 - $232,500.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, Vermont, Washington state, and Washington DC 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

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience building and maintaining data-intensive applications.
• Proven ability to design, build, and maintain scalable data pipelines for large datasets.
• Proficiency with modern data technologies such as Spark and Airflow.
• Strong programming skills in Python, Java, or Scala.
• Advanced SQL skills and experience with data modeling to translate business requirements into flexible data structures.
• Experience deploying, monitoring, and ensuring the reliability of production data systems.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills across teams and functions.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Databricks, or data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus.
• 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.

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. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

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 your recruiter directly.

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