Zillow · 1 month ago
Senior Software Development Engineer, Big Data
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$161K/yr - $257K/yr
5+ years expZillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S., dedicated to reshaping how people navigate the housing market. The role involves processing vast amounts of data to produce insights and indicators for businesses and policymakers, while collaborating with data science teams to enhance data products and processing frameworks.
MarketplaceOnline PortalsPropTechReal Estate
Responsibilities
Build data systems to link raw data and concrete Housing Trends insights
Build and extend our internal forecasting model development framework
Develop and maintain scalable data products and deliver pipelines built for speed, accuracy, and consistency that will scale as our stakeholders’ need
Identify, design, and implement internal process improvements: automating manual processes, optimizing data delivery, re-designing infrastructure for greater scalability and performance, etc
Collaborate with data scientists to understand their data requirements and build systems/tools that enable efficient model training and experimentation
Implement feature stores and ETL pipelines to streamline feature engineering and model development
Build and maintain infrastructure for deploying machine learning models into production environments
Be a trusted partner for our stakeholders, such as Forecasting, Zestimates, and the ML teams within the AI organization to assist them for data investigation/publication, ML model development and infrastructure support
Qualification
Required
Strong proficiency in Python programming
Hands-on experience with big data ecosystems, architectures and modern data platforms, including AWS cloud data services and Lakehouse/Lakebase platforms
Proven ability to design, build, and orchestrate batch and real-time data pipelines, processing large-scale datasets from diverse sources
Practical experience with cutting-edge data engineering technologies such as SparkSQL and Spark Streaming, PostgreSQL, EKS, and Kubernetes
Familiarity with Agile/DevOps software development processes and tools such as GitLab and CI/CD
A good understanding of data science concepts, fundamental machine learning algorithms/libraries, and development lifecycle is a must-to-have
Strong ability in performing root cause analysis to address operational issues and identify opportunities for improvement
Exceptional communication skills to drive effective customer engagement, collaborate with cross-functional teams, and clearly articulate technical concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders
Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment
5+ years of experience in Big Data Engineering or Machine Learning Engineering roles
Preferred
Hands-on experience with Databricks is a significant advantage
Familiarity with LLM and Agentic AI technologies and engineering patterns is a big advantage
Benefits
Equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location
Company
Zillow
Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$96.63MKey Investors
Legg MasonPAR Capital Management
2016-08-01Post Ipo Equity
2014-04-01Post Ipo Equity
2012-12-12Post Ipo Equity· $4.13M
Leadership Team
Lloyd Frink
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chair
Rich Barton
Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair
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