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Zillow · 8 hours ago

Senior Data Engineer

Zillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S. seeking a Senior Data Engineer to enhance customer experiences and influence business strategy through data-driven decisions. The role involves designing and maintaining scalable data pipelines, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and championing engineering best practices.

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Responsibilities

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

Qualification

Data pipeline designData modelingPython programmingSparkAirflowSQLCloud platformsCollaboration skillsInterpersonal skillsMentoring

Required

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

Preferred

Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP), Databricks, or data visualization tools (e.g., Tableau, Power BI) is a plus

Benefits

Equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location

Company

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.

H1B Sponsorship

Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (179)
2024 (150)
2023 (171)
2022 (256)
2021 (239)
2020 (195)

Funding

Current Stage
Public Company
Total Funding
$96.63M
Key Investors
Legg MasonPAR Capital Management
2016-08-01Post Ipo Equity
2014-04-01Post Ipo Equity
2012-12-12Post Ipo Equity· $4.13M

Leadership Team

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Lloyd Frink
Co-Founder & Co-Executive Chair
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Rich Barton
Co-founder and Co-Executive Chair
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