Senior Software Development Engineer

Zillow

Senior Software Development Engineer leading project delivery and support at Zillow. Contributing to feature designs and mentoring junior engineers in a collaborative environment.

Posted 5/31/2026full-timeRemote • Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $160,900 - $257,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Python

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead the delivery and ongoing support of projects from end-to-end.
Contribute to the design of new features.
Review the code of your peers
Advocate for standard methodologies
Facilitate engineering discussions
Mentor junior engineers
Participate in an inclusive, energetic and highly multi-functional team.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of software development experience with Python for APIs and services.
Experienced in a range of persistence strategies including relational and non-relational databases.
Fluent in English
Highly skilled with multiple modern development technologies used to design, deliver, debug, and maintain front-end user interfaces and back-end software systems.
Recognized as a technical leader on your team for several years and have an impact beyond your team.
Passionate about setting standard methodologies and raising the bar for systems design, testing, code quality, and maintainability - not only for the team but for the entire engineering organization!

Benefits

Comp & perks

equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location

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Hard Skills & Tools

PythonAPIsrelational databasesnon-relational databasesfront-end developmentback-end developmentcode qualitysystems designtestingmaintainability

Soft Skills

leadershipmentoringcommunicationcollaborationadvocacyinclusivityenergeticfacilitationimpactpassion