Zillow

Principal Software Development Engineer, Full Stack

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Remote, United StatesStaff+
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Base Salary

$182k - $306k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Architect and drive the end-to-end design of complex, high-scale web applications and services across user interfaces, APIs, data stores, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Lead technical direction and decision-making for multi-team initiatives and establish full-stack engineering standards and best practices.
  • Translate business objectives into engineering plans, technical roadmaps, foundational capabilities, and sequenced investments.
  • Mentor and coach senior and staff engineers and influence engineering practices across teams.
  • Guide technical reviews and design forums, providing feedback on architecture, implementation approaches, and risk mitigation.
  • Resolve systemic technical challenges involving service boundaries, data models, and integration strategies.
  • Champion code quality, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, incident response, developer experience, scalability, and operational excellence.
  • Evaluate and introduce technologies, frameworks, and architectures that improve internal products and engineering effectiveness.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production web applications.
  • Significant experience across both front-end and back-end components.
  • Demonstrated experience leading the technical design and delivery of complex, high-scale systems or platforms involving multiple teams and services.
  • Experience mentoring senior engineers and influencing engineering practices and standards across teams.
  • Experience working in an agile, product-focused environment.

Benefits

  • Remote position; U.S. employees may work from any of the 50 United States with limited exceptions.
  • Eligible for equity awards based on experience, performance, and location.
  • Zillow offers a flexible distributed-work approach through Cloud HQ.
  • Equal opportunity employer with disability accommodation support.

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About Zillow

5,001-10,000 employees

Having a place to call your own changes everything. It’s where life happens, where stability grows and possibility begins. At Zillow, we’re transforming real estate so more people can take their next step with confidence and ease. We bring clarity to the process and progress to an industry ready for change, working alongside the people who make real estate work every day. With Cloud HQ, our distributed-first way of working, you can do meaningful work from wherever you work best. We’re always looking for smart, passionate people to help reimagine how people get home. Join us. https://www.zillow.com/careers/

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