Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, Premier Agent

About the team

Join our dynamic team that is helping to revolutionize the real estate industry at Zillow.
Zillow’s core business is connecting home shoppers with great real estate agents, and our organization owns the core agent experience. We build experiences that supercharge real estate agents and teams so they can successfully guide their customers into a new home. Our work spans various aspects of the real estate agent experience and interaction with Zillow, from generating insightful reports and metrics to providing timely actions and playbooks that drive success.
We are a cross-functional team, with engineering, product, design, and marketing professionals working together to deliver customer value. We address complex problems, innovate solutions, and celebrate our successes together. Our tech stack includes Javascript/Typescript, PHP, Python, AWS technologies, and frameworks such as React, Koa, Slim, and GraphQL.

About the role

Our engineering team owns reporting and data products for real estate agents. We’re on a mission to make agents as effective as possible and have end-to-end ownership of our agent-facing data products, from pipelines to the UI. We have a long-term roadmap and the alignment needed to build effective experiences powered by thoughtfully designed data engineering systems. Your work will have a direct and measurable impact on our customers’ business outcomes while also focusing on engineering leadership to improve our data systems and architecture.
 

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified by the Company. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $197,100.00 - $314,900.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

As an engineering manager at Zillow, you will help to solve ambitious cross-team challenges and coordinate the delivery of critical initiatives. You will work closely with multiple internal and external teams and should have experience paying down tech debt and adhering to a clear team charter.
 

The Apex team works within an org with seven related, multi-functional teams, full-stack and mobile, managing the full ZG experience for our Premier Agent partners. We cover the complete product lifecycle from data engineering and data stores to front-end experiences. The team plays a significant role in many of Zillow’s top priorities, including supporting the Zillow Home Loans, Seller Options, and Touring organizations. Senior managers are typically hands-on when it comes to system design and project management, while they keep it a priority to maintain a successful team with high morale through coaching, mentoring, and focused career development.

As a Senior Manager for the team, you will have an opportunity to:

• Lead a team that directly impacts our customers as they dream, shop, and connect with professionals throughout their home shopping journey.

• Cultivate leadership skills within your team by encouraging an environment that respects all identities and backgrounds and offering opportunities for growth and development.

• Drive the vision and strategy as the team evolves from a back-end-engineering team to one that operates on the full stack.

• Uphold a high standard of engineering excellence, working closely with other teams to use and improve best-in-class engineering tools and standard processes.

• Cultivate strong cross-functional relationships across the organization to promote collaboration and ensure alignment on project goals.
   

In addition to a competitive base salary, this position is eligible for equity awards based on experience, performance, and location.

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact us at RecruitingAccessibility@zillowgroup.com.

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