Senior Backend Architect - Mortgage Platform (Remote)

Zillow Group Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 160,000 - 258,000; Full time

Job summary

Zillow Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Mortgage engineering team. You will architect and implement scalable backend services aligned with business needs and drive end-to-end development from design through deployment.

You will mentor engineers, enforce strong coding standards, and champion observability, security, and performance. This is a Remote-USA role with collaboration across product and engineering teams.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience delivering production applications or services.
• Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to technical decisions and standards.
• Equivalent combination of education and experience accepted.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, and implement scalable, maintainable backend software.
• Lead end-to-end development, including design, coding, reviews, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
• Collaborate with product and partner teams to translate requirements into technical solutions.
• Mentor engineers and promote engineering best practices.

Skills

8+ years software engineering

Mentoring engineers

Cross-functional collaboration

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

Zillow Group Inc. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for our Mortgage engineering team. You will architect and implement scalable backend services aligned with business needs and drive end-to-end development from design through deployment.

You will mentor engineers, enforce strong coding standards, and champion observability, security, and performance. This is a Remote-USA role with collaboration across product and engineering teams.