Director, Engineering - Listings and Evaluation

About the team

Zillow’s Customer Engineering organization builds the dream, shop, and connect experiences across Zillow’s sites and apps. In this role, you will lead the engineering teams behind Zillow’s For Sale Home Details Page and listing evaluation experiences across web, iOS, Android, and backend services, helping customers better understand and evaluate a home with confidence.

About the role

We’re looking for a product-minded engineering leader to shape the future of Zillow’s listings and evaluation experience. You will lead teams building customer-facing products that help people understand, compare, and evaluate homes more clearly, using Zillow’s rich listing data, media, personalization, and AI capabilities. This role calls for strong technical judgment, people leadership, and cross-functional partnership to turn ambitious product goals into durable engineering strategy and high-quality execution.

You Will Get To

• Lead multiple engineering teams across web, iOS, Android, and backend that power Zillow’s listings and evaluation experiences, including the Home Details Page.

• Set the engineering strategy for experiences that help customers evaluate homes with greater clarity and confidence.

• Partner closely with Product, Design, Data Science, AI, and adjacent engineering teams to deliver high-impact customer experiences across Zillow’s shopping journey.

• Guide the development of AI-powered shopping and evaluation experiences that make Zillow more helpful and differentiated for customers.

• Drive strong execution through clear goals, prioritization, operating rhythms, and measurable improvements in quality, reliability, and delivery.

• Coach and grow engineering leaders, helping them build healthy teams, strengthen technical judgment, and support career development for engineers and managers.

• Improve engineering effectiveness by strengthening planning, accountability, and the tools and practices that help teams move faster with high quality.

• Influence decisions across organizational boundaries, balancing near-term delivery with longer-term product, platform, and architecture investments.

This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees do not have a permanent corporate office workplace and, instead, work from a physical location of their choice, which must be identified to the Company. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.

In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $245,600.00 - $392,400.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maine, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Virginia the standard base pay range for this role is $233,400.00 - $372,800.00 annually. The base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.

In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. Employees in this role will not be paid below the salary threshold for exempt employees in the state where they reside.

Who you are

• You have experience leading multiple software engineering teams through managers and growing both managers and senior engineers.

• Experience improving engineering productivity, quality, and ways of working across multiple teams or a broader organization.

• You have a track record of delivering consumer-facing product experiences at scale while balancing customer impact, technical quality, reliability, and speed.

• You can turn broad product or business goals into clear engineering direction and aligned execution across cross-functional partners.

• You bring sound technical judgment and can engage on architecture, delivery tradeoffs, and system evolution while improving execution and operational rigor.

• You are excited by the opportunity to build AI-powered customer experiences and can help teams apply emerging capabilities in practical ways.

• You are a strong communicator who can tailor your message to executives, peers, managers, and engineers alike.

• Experience leading engineering for shopping, marketplace, or decision-support product experiences is a plus.

Here at Zillow, we value the experience and perspective of candidates with non-traditional backgrounds. We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.

Get to know us

At Zillow, we’re reimagining how people move—through the real estate market and through their careers. As the most-visited real estate platform in the U.S., we help customers navigate buying, selling, financing and renting with greater ease and confidence. Whether you're working in tech, sales, operations, or design, you’ll be part of a company that's reshaping an industry and helping more people make home a reality.

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the country. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2025, and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 list, reflecting our commitment to creating an innovative, inclusive, and engaging culture where employees are empowered to grow.

No matter where you sit in the organization, your work will help drive innovation, support our customers, and move the industry—and your career—forward, together.

Zillow Group is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please contact your recruiter directly.

Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with applicable state and local law.

Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company’s reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.