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Zillow
Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering
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About the teamZillow Rentals helps millions of renters find their next home
The Tenant Placement team owns the most consequential part of that journey: helping landlords choose the right tenant and get them moved in. This includes rental applications, screening, lease tools, and move-in workflows. Our rental applications product generates substantial revenue, with significant room to scale. Just as important, tenant placement is the pivotal moment where a landlord shifts from finding a tenant to managing one
- and helps landlords manage the entire rental lifecycle.
The Tenant Placement team owns the most consequential part of that journey: helping landlords choose the right tenant and get them moved in. This includes rental applications, screening, lease tools, and move-in workflows. Our rental applications product generates substantial revenue, with significant room to scale. Just as important, tenant placement is the pivotal moment where a landlord shifts from finding a tenant to managing one
- making it a critical on-ramp to the rest of Zillow's rental offerings.
- Define and drive the technical strategy and roadmap for one or more software engineering teams, ensuring alignment with product and business objectives
- Lead the design, development, and operation of scalable, secure, and reliable software systems, setting standards for code quality, testing, observability, and performance
- Manage, coach, and develop engineering managers and senior engineers, building an inclusive, high-performing team culture focused on learning, accountability, and impact
- Partner with Product Management, Technical Program Management, and other stakeholders to prioritize work, balance short-term delivery with long-term platform health, and make data-informed trade-off decisions
- Establish and track engineering metrics (for example, reliability, throughput, and quality) to guide continuous improvement in how teams deliver, operate, and maintain software
- Influence and coordinate cross-team initiatives, resolving dependencies and risks to ensure cohesive end-to-end solutions across domains and services
- Champion modern engineering practices (such as CI/CD, automation, and cloud-native architectures) and drive the adoption of tools and patterns that improve developer productivity and operational excellence.