Position Details

Salary $206K – $330K USD / year

Type Full-Time

Experience senior

Exp. Years 8+ years

Education Not specified

Category Software Engineering

About this role

Lead a team of engineers to ensure the reliability, evolution, and adoption of Zillow’s Centralized Leads Platform, focusing on modernization, reliability, and cross-organizational influence.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and grow engineering team
Modernize platform and migrate legacy systems
Design end-to-end lead journeys
Shape reliability and observability strategy
Use data and AI insights to improve routing

Technical Overview

Managing backend microservices, cloud migrations, reliability engineering, observability, and data-driven insights within a SaaS environment.

Ideal Candidate

The ideal candidate is a senior engineering leader with extensive experience managing backend systems, migrating legacy platforms, and implementing reliability and observability strategies. They possess strong leadership skills and a strategic mindset to influence cross-functional teams.

Must-Have Skills

LeadershipBackend servicesReliabilityObservabilitySystem migration

Nice-to-Have Skills

AI and data insightsReal estate industry knowledgeCRM toolsCustomer experience platforms

Tools & Platforms

AWSAzureCRM toolsMonitoring dashboards

Required Skills

LeadershipBackend servicesReliabilityObservabilitySystem migrationMicroservicesCloud workflowsData and AI insights

Hard Skills

Systems thinkingBackend servicesReliability engineeringObservabilityData and AI insightsSystem migrationMicroservicesCloud workflows

Soft Skills

LeadershipCross-organizational influenceTechnical systems thinkingPeople managementStrategic planning

Industry & Role

Industry Real Estate / SaaS

Job Function Engineering leadership for platform reliability and modernization

Keywords for Your Resume

Senior ManagerSoftware EngineeringBackend servicesReliability engineeringObservabilitySystem migrationMicroservicesCloud workflowsData and AI insightsLeadershipCross-organizational influenceReliabilityMonitoring dashboardsSystem healthIncident response

Deal Breakers

Lack of leadership experience in software engineering, No experience with system migration or reliability engineering, Unable to work remotely in US

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