Zillow's Industry Software organization is looking to simplify workflows, improve transparency, and help agents, brokers, and MLS partners deliver better outcomes for their clients by building platforms and tools that empower real estate professionals to succeed.
Requirements
- Skilled in distributed systems, SaaS platforms, and B2B systems, with the ability to balance immediate needs and long-term design.
- Experienced in setting architecture strategy for organizations and shifting technical momentum as needed.
- Deep expertise in microservice design, event-driven and stream processing platforms (e.g., Kafka, Flink, Spark), and data-centric architectures.
- Experience with enterprise monetization platforms is a plus (billing, payments, subscriptions, entitlements, usage metering)
- 10+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade software or services.
- Ability to navigate ambiguity and break down complex problems into clear, actionable steps.
- Experience with cloud-based technologies and containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes) is not mentioned but implied by the need for scalability
Responsibilities
- Set technical vision and strategy across Industry Software, ensuring architectures align with business goals and organizational scalability.
- Balance architecture with execution by engaging in code reviews, prototypes, and system-wide strategy.
- Rapidly build domain expertise in real estate professional workflows to connect technical decisions to customer needs.
- Leverage experience scaling B2B/SaaS platforms to introduce fresh patterns and systems thinking.
- Drive innovation by anticipating technology and business trends, translating foresight into product and platform improvements.
- Influence through code and communication, guiding teams on when to simplify, invest, or create leverage.
- Partner closely with Product, Design, Data, and Marketing to ensure technical decisions strengthen business outcomes.
Other
- A hands-on technical leader with 10+ years of experience building and shipping production-grade software or services.
- A trusted cross-functional partner who builds strong relationships across Product, Design, BizOps, and Marketing.
- An exceptional communicator, fluent in code reviews, design docs, executive briefings, and cross-org alignment.
- Passionate about mentoring and growing technical leaders, amplifying the impact of others.
- Must be able to work remotely and have a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company.
