Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillow is a leading real estate platform that empowers individuals to navigate the real estate market. The company is seeking a Software Development Manager to lead a team focused on building backend data and analytics capabilities for their Industry Software suite, shaping the technical direction and collaborating with various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and delivery of backend data and analytics platforms, including data services, metrics, pipelines, and datasets that power Industry Software applications
- Lead, hire, and develop engineers through coaching, feedback, and career support
- Improve team processes to accelerate delivery and maintain high-quality execution
- Partner with product and stakeholders to shape the technical roadmap for analytics applications
- Set technical direction and quality standards across engineering craftsmanship, observability, and performance
- Collaborate with business leadership, data science, product, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
Skills
- BS in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 5+ years of software development experience using object-oriented languages such as Go, Java, or C#
- 2+ years of experience leading engineers and providing technical direction
- Experience with data platforms and storage technologies such as SQL Server, Oracle, PostgreSQL/Aurora, Databricks, or DynamoDB, along with ETL workflows, data pipelines, and AWS tooling
- Experience architecting, building, and scaling resilient backend services using agile development practices
- Experience supporting customer-facing systems and responding to critical production issues
- Strong collaboration, communication, adaptability, and creative problem-solving skills in fast-paced environments
Benefits
- Equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location
Company Overview
Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.zillow.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2026, 179 in 2025, 150 in 2024, 171 in 2023, 256 in 2022, 239 in 2021, 195 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.