Senior Software Engineer

Zillow

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Work type: Remote
Location: Remote
Salary: $164,400–$262,600 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 4 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live today

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $164k

This role $214k

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This role pays more than 89% of similar roles. Most pay $149,500–$177,781 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $164k for comparable roles.

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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 49 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $164,400–$262,600 across 40 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Software Engineer

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JOB TITLE: Senior Software Engineer The Senior Software Engineer joins the Mortgage engineering team within the ZHL platform group to develop key mortgage technology enablers. This backend role focuses on designing and implementing scalable, maintainable software applications and services that power tasks, workflows, customer experiences, operator tools, marketing, and analytics systems. You will lead end-to-end development efforts including solution design, coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring while optimizing for performance, reliability, security, and observability. You will mentor engineers, champion modern engineering practices like automation and CI/CD, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into technical solutions. The role addresses the technical challenge of creating a unified lending experience by transforming and designing innovative systems to streamline the real estate transaction process and mortgage domain workflows.

What does a Software Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $208800 from 354 postings across 50 companies.

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Skills

CI/CD Solution Design Observability Testing Automation Software Design Production Applications

What you'll do

Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable software applications and services.
Lead end-to-end development including solution design, coding, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Optimize application performance, reliability, security, and operability through thoughtful design and observability.
Translate business requirements into technical solutions in collaboration with product and engineering teams.
Mentor and coach engineers on software design, coding standards, and operational excellence.
Champion modern engineering practices such as automation, CI/CD, and testability.
Contribute to technical standards that improve overall software quality.

What we're looking for

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.
Ability to architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable software applications and services.
Experience optimizing application performance, reliability, security, and operability through thoughtful design and observability.
Proficiency in championing modern engineering practices including automation, CI/CD, and testability.
Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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