Key skills
AI servicesMachine learning systemsCloud computingSoftware design patternsPythonGoTypescriptDatabricksKafkaKubernetesGenerative AICommunication skillsCollaboration skillsOrganizational skillsTypeScriptAIMachine LearningMLGenAILarge Language ModelsETLSparkGraphQLAWSAzureGCPLeadershipCommunicationCollaboration
About this role
Zillow is a leading real estate platform reimagining how people navigate the market. They are seeking a skilled Senior Software Development Engineer to aid in designing and delivering AI-powered experiences, focusing on scalable and secure software systems and infrastructure.
Responsibilities:
- Design, implement, AI services and data infrastructure that are scalable, performant, maintainable, and secure
- Architect (and re-architect) GenAI systems that push the boundaries of latency and scaleability
- Promote operational efficiency by establishing benchmarks in software design, implementing automated testing, and observability mechanisms
- Serve as a feedback giver to teammates on their system designs and code quality
- Use AI coding assistants and tools to implement your vision and magnify your impact
- Collaborate with team members from diverse domains: product, data, and science
- Provide leadership that helps navigate the team through complicated technical challenges
- Support the growth and development of individuals and the team through interviewing, onboarding, and mentorship
Requirements:
- 5+ years of software development experience implementing scalable service infrastructure and productionalizing machine learning systems
- Familiarity with common AI and ML back-end technologies such as Databricks, Kafka, Temporal, GraphQL, Kubernetes, etc
- Have successfully integrated AI code assistants into your workflow
- Fluent in languages such as Python, Go, Typescript
- Hands-on experience with cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP
- Strong understanding of software design patterns, principles, architecture, and operations
- Comfortable in a small team/fast-paced environment
- Excellent communication, collaboration, and organizational skills
- Experience building ETL pipelines using Spark, Databricks, etc
- Experience in monitoring and observability of high availability systems across tech stacks
- Experience with building applications that use Generative AI or Large Language Models and related technologies