Senior Software Engineer, Big Data
Core
Building and operating the platform capabilities behind reporting, dashboards, interactive analytical applications, and AI-powered analytics for Zillow's internal teams.
Role type
Senior Software Development Engineer (Data Platform)
Builds
Trusted metrics foundation, compute and warehouse capabilities, and AI-enabled analytics experiences for engineers, data scientists, and executives.
Domain
Real Estate / Data Engineering & AI
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
software engineering fundamentals, data engineering, scalable platform design, Databricks, end-to-end project ownership, cross-functional collaboration
Preferred skills
AI/LLM-powered product development, prompt engineering, semantic layers, self-service analytics tooling
Technologies
Databricks, Tableau, Amplitude, Power BI, LLMs
Responsibilities
Build and evolve platform capabilities for reporting and AI-powered analytics; Develop systems to improve data discovery and usage; Contribute to metrics, metadata, and governance foundations; Improve analytics infrastructure and warehouse integrations; Design and ship AI-enabled workflows; Partner with stakeholders to deliver scalable analytics solutions; Define technical standards and reusable patterns.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC