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This role pays more than
90%
of similar roles. Most pay
$169,550–$210,000
— the blue band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$248k
versus about
$190k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
Employer
About Zillow
Zillow Group is a leading real estate and rental marketplace providing consumers with data, tools, and services to find, buy, sell, rent, and finance homes, and connecting buyers with agents and lenders. Industry: Real Estate Technology & Marketplace
Zillow currently has
54 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$164,400–$262,600
across 40 roles with salary data.
The Principal Software Development Engineer, Full Stack joins the Data Engineering & Enterprise Tools team to power Zillow Rentals through mission-critical analytics tools, AI enablement solutions, and high-fidelity data products. In this leadership-first individual contributor role, you will architect and drive the end-to-end design of complex, high-scale web applications and services. You will set technical direction for multi-team initiatives, establishing engineering standards for full-stack development, testing, and operations. Key responsibilities include mentoring senior engineers, shaping cross-team architecture, and translating business objectives into actionable technical roadmaps. You will utilize skills in front-end and back-end components, APIs, data stores, and cloud infrastructure. The role focuses on reducing fragmentation and strengthening shared foundations to solve systemic technical challenges within the internal-tooling ecosystem.
What does a Software Development Engineer earn?
Median $169050 from 240 postings across 19 companies.
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Python
SQL
Streamlit
FastAPI
PostgreSQL
MySQL
Docker
Kubernetes
Git
CI/CD
RESTful APIs
Data Visualization
ETL
Software Development Life Cycle
Data Modeling