Senior Software Development Engineer, Coretech

Zillow Zillow · Consumer · United States · Remote

Senior Software Development Engineer role focused on Zillow's CoreTech, specifically the Developer Experience Delivery Engineering team. The role involves designing, building, and operating CI/CD platforms, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and developer tools. A key aspect is applying AI to improve platform operations, triage, and decision-making, as well as optimizing developer productivity. The role requires expertise in cloud infrastructure, IaC, CI/CD, and practical experience with AI in engineering workflows.

What you'd actually do

  1. Lead and evolve the roadmap for Zillow’s CI/CD execution platform, including opportunities to apply AI to improve platform operations, triage, and decision-making.
  2. Own and operate build, deployment, and runner infrastructure across web, services, and mobile platforms, ensuring it is reliable, scalable, and secure.
  3. Improve developer productivity by reducing CI feedback time, queue delays, and infrastructure-related build failures.
  4. Mentor and provide technical guidance to junior members of the team

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of software engineering experience, or equivalent experience, with a track record of owning production systems.
  • Expert in cloud-based linux, macOS server administration, Android build ecosystem and optimizing compute infrastructure for CI/CD workloads
  • Deep understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, storage, observability, security, and cost optimization
  • Strong understanding of SDLC principles, architecture and operations.
  • Knowledge of containerized applications and Kubernetes
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform) and processes.
  • Experience with automation tooling (SaltStack, Ansible, Puppet, etc.)
  • Experience scripting/coding with Python, Java and/or Go.
  • Experience with CICD concepts and solutions (Gitlab, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Github).
  • Practical experience applying AI to engineering workflows, such as failure analysis, anomaly detection, or workflow optimization, with an understanding of safe and responsible adoption.
  • Strong collaboration and communication skills

What the JD emphasized

  • apply AI to improve platform operations
  • Practical experience applying AI to engineering workflows
  • Expert in cloud-based linux, macOS server administration
  • Deep understanding of cloud networking, virtualization, storage, observability, security, and cost optimization
  • Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools (Terraform) and processes.
  • Experience with CICD concepts and solutions (Gitlab, Jenkins, Spinnaker, Github).

Other signals

  • apply AI to improve platform operations, triage, and decision-making
  • Practical experience applying AI to engineering workflows, such as failure analysis, anomaly detection, or workflow optimization, with an understanding of safe and responsible adoption.