Senior Systems Engineer
Core
Design, build, and operate core cloud infrastructure and developer platforms for Zillow Rentals, supporting high-scale, business-critical services.
Role type
Senior Systems Engineer (Infrastructure)
Builds
Production infrastructure, Kubernetes platforms, and cloud networking solutions for Zillow Rentals.
Domain
Real Estate / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes (GKE/EKS), Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), Cloud Networking (VPC, routing, load balancers, DNS, TLS, VPN), Incident Investigation, Observability (metrics, dashboards, alerts)
Preferred skills
Database management, Ansible, Packer, Java, Python
Technologies
GCP, AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, GKE, EKS, ArgoCD, Helm, VPC, CloudFront, WAF, Cloud Armor
Responsibilities
Design and implement production infrastructure in GCP and/or AWS; Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code modules and state management; Own Kubernetes platforms including cluster upgrades and workload configuration; Architect and secure cloud networking patterns; Improve observability and operations by defining metrics and runbooks.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC