Senior Software Engineer (Javascript)
About the role
The Rentals team pursues a range of cross-brand initiatives aimed at helping New York City renters find their next home.
Your role in this will be centered on building and delivering features which craft a delightful experience for both renters and brokers. This includes the chance to:
- Delight our users with the features you’ll ship
- Collaborate with multiple teams across all of our consumer brands
- Explore, learn and champion XP Agile practices within the team and wider ZG family
- Pair and learn from your peers
- Give and receive frequent feedback, promoting a transparent and collaborative environment
- Continually broaden and refine your own skills
- Work remotely or on-site in our New York office
About the team
We are a small, yet highly effective engineering team made up of team members who truly care about the product and each other.
- We value “culture add” over “culture fit”
- We have product managers, but everyone is expected to contribute their own ideas and understand the business
Who you are
- Desire to teach and drive implementation of modern frontend JS & CSS (React Preferred)
- Experience working closely with Designers and PMs on UX implementations
- Comfortable working as part of a remote and distributed team
- Experience or an interest in microservices and cloud native architectures
- Firm understanding of Software Design Patterns
- Experience with XP practices (TDD, CI/CD, pair programming)
- Desire to explore XP, Agile, LeanStartup and demonstrate these approaches to guide your engineering practice
- Desire to build solutions to real problems, ship MVPs and get quick customer feedback
- Dream to automate everything
- Have your own opinion and desire to engage in healthy debate. An equal eagerness to learn from others
- Believe we are never done learning or growing ourselves or our products
- We do a lot of Rails development. Experience not required, only a desire to learn
- Not a precise fit? Apply anyway! Don't self select out. We want people who will be excited about this position
Get to know us
Our mission is to build the largest, most trusted and vibrant home-related marketplace in the world.
Zillow Group is owned, fueled and grown by innovators who help people make better, smarter decisions around all things home. We encourage one another at every level, and our efforts are supported by extraordinary benefits that enable us to enjoy our lives outside the office while building fulfilling careers that impact millions of individuals every day.
Culture is one of our biggest strengths. People treat each other with respect and compassion, together fostering a culture of collaboration, learning, accountability and fun. There’s a commitment to understanding the whole person, helping to create a collegial and safe environment.
Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. Therefore, we provide employment opportunities without regard to age, race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, disability, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or any other protected status in accordance with applicable law. If there are preparations we can make to help ensure you have a comfortable and positive interview experience, please let us know.