Software Development Engineer,Big Data

About the team

At Zillow Group, our mission is to empower people to unlock life's next chapter. We're currently seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Big Data to join the Analytics Tooling team! This team owns and manages the tools and processes that support customer oriented, data-driven decision making. We build and manage innovative tools for the cross-functional data community, needed for data driven decision making with a focus on deriving faster insights and enabling easy access to data.

About the role

As a part of the Analytics Tooling team, you will engage with internal customers to build tools and  establish processes that define how we do analytics at Zillow. 

The role involves working on the following: 

• ROBBIE (A greenfield LLM co-pilot on top of Zillow’s lakehouse to enable text to sql analytics at Zillow)

• Semantic Layer (A config driven framework to centralize logic for business metrics)

• Product Analytics (Currently using Amplitude)

• Business Intelligence Tooling (Tableau, Databricks dashboards) for reporting and dashboarding.

You will: 

• Participate in the architecture, implementation, and operations of tools and processes for gaining insights from Terabytes of data.

• Collaborate with analysts, product managers, data scientists, data engineers to understand their analytical needs and drive technical solutions.

• Apply devops approach to continuously drive value for our end users while balancing support burden.

• Research and pioneer the adoption and use of new technologies within Zillow.

• Drive process improvements that affect hundreds of internal Zillow users.

This role has been categorized as a teleworker position. Teleworkers 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. Employees may live in any part of Mexico, but preferably in Mexico City, as we would encourage attendance for occasional in-office events.

In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits, this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.

Who you are

You are a curious and passionate problem-solver who thrives in complexity and uncertainty. You are able to dive into new technologies and are comfortable with change. You have broad experience in data engineering as well as gen AI. Join us and use your expertise to change the fundamentals of analytics workflow at Zillow.

Basic Qualifications:

• A degree (BS+) in Computer Science or a related discipline

• 3+ years of experience with building and maintaining data pipelines on databricks or spark/airflow tech stack.

• Strong background in Java or Python 

• Excellent interpersonal skills and passionate about collaborating across organizational boundaries

• Experience with Product analytics tools such as Amplitude, MixPanel

• Experience with BI Tools such as Tableau, Mode, Thoughtspot, Power BI, etc.

• Experience with big data technologies (Spark, Flink, Kafka, Airflow, Databricks)

• Passionate about data, analytics, and distributed systems.

• History of leading projects independently at scale (company/org wide)

• Excellent interpersonal skills and passionate about collaborating across organizational boundaries

Nice to have:

• Experience with LLM and prompt engineering.

• Experience working with cloud services (AWS/Azure/GCP)

• Experience with Product analytics tools such as Amplitude, MixPanel, or BI Tools such as Tableau, Mode, Thoughtspot, Metabase, etc.

• Collaboration across the company - needs to be able to partner with many different teams

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life’s next chapter. 

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 is helping people move from dreaming to transacting — and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality. 

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, and a  fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging. 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 in 2022 list, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, honoring the Best Places to Work in 2022, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index 2022, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index and Best Place to Work for LGBTQ Equality 2022, 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, and gender identity. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.