Senior Software Engineer

Zillow is hiring a Senior Software Engineer for its Mortgage engineering team, which develops backend technology enablers for mortgage tasks and workflows. The role leads the design, development, and operation of scalable software services, while collaborating across teams and mentoring engineers.

Responsibilities:

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable software applications and services that align with business and user needs
• Lead end-to-end development efforts, including solution design, coding, code reviews, testing, deployment, and monitoring for complex features
• Optimize application performance, reliability, security, and operability through thoughtful design and observability
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and other partner teams to translate requirements into technical solutions and drive alignment
• Mentor and coach engineers by sharing best practices in software design, coding standards, and operational excellence
• Champion modern engineering practices (automation, CI/CD, testability) and contribute to technical standards that improve quality

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer engineering, or a related technical field
• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience designing, building, and supporting production applications or services
• Demonstrated experience delivering complex software solutions in a collaborative, cross-functional environment
• Experience mentoring other engineers and contributing to team-level technical decisions and standards
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience