Zillow Group is looking to revolutionize the real estate process by making it easier for buyers, sellers, and renters to find, finance, and move into their dream home. The Mortgage engineering team is central to this mission, connecting and streamlining every step of the real estate journey. The backend developers are transforming lending systems to deliver a unified, joyful experience for all our customers.
Requirements
- 8+ years of software development experience with strong proficiency in Go, Java, C, NodeJS, or similar languages for backend web services.
- Skilled at collaborating with engineers, product managers, and analysts to deliver critical projects.
- Passionate about engineering, distributed systems, and driving technical excellence.
- Experience in the mortgage industry and familiarity with relevant tools and applications is a plus.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of new features and the future vision for ZHL’s mortgage technology.
- Review code and architectural proposals from peers to ensure high standards and scalability.
- Advocate for engineering best practices and facilitate technical discussions.
- Mentor and support engineers at all levels, fostering growth and knowledge sharing.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including product managers and analysts, on high-impact projects.
- Work with a range of technologies, including Go, Java, C, NodeJS, and both relational and non-relational databases.
Other
- Participate in an inclusive, energetic, and highly collaborative team environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with a track record of effective cross-team collaboration.
- Experienced in mentoring, coaching, and onboarding teammates.
- Comfortable translating informal customer requirements into clear problem definitions and solutions.
- Holds a degree in Computer Science or a related technical field, or has equivalent work experience.
