Senior Manager, Software Development Engineering, Big Data

About the team

At Zillow, the top real estate website in the U.S., we’re on a mission to give people the power to unlock life’s next chapter.

We’re creating innovative, connected, and equitable solutions that help people move from dreaming to transacting. The Engagement Data Warehouse (EGDW) team sits within Zillow’s Data Engineering, Science & Analytics organization and is at the heart of that mission. This team builds and operates engagement and top‑of‑funnel data products that show how customers discover, explore, and return to Zillow across our Growth and Shopping experiences.

We work primarily with large‑scale clickstream and engagement data, plus core email, push, SEO/traffic, and seller engagement data. Our data products are used every day by partners in Data Science, AI/ML, Marketing Analytics, Experimentation, and Product to make high‑impact decisions, design experiments, and build better customer experiences.

Over the next few years, the team will continue to evolve top‑of‑funnel and search/traffic metrics into well‑modeled, self‑serve datasets, build new user retention and engagement metrics that shape how we understand long‑term customer value, and deepen SEO and landing‑page analytics while continuing to build and enhance petabyte‑scale clickstream datasets. You’ll be stepping into a high‑visibility leadership role at the center of these initiatives.

We’re looking for a Senior Manager, Data Engineering to lead the Engagement Data Warehouse team. In this role, you will own the vision and roadmap for engagement and top‑of‑funnel data products that serve partners across Growth, Shopping, Marketing, and Experimentation teams, and lead a team of data engineers working with petabyte‑scale clickstream and engagement datasets. You’ll spearhead new data products in critical areas like Growth, Shopping, retention, and SEO/traffic, building foundational components of Zillow’s enterprise‑wide engagement data model.

You will serve as a bridge between technical and business leaders, translating ambiguous, high‑level goals into clear data strategies and execution plans, and you’ll build a team culture that prioritizes proactive problem‑solving, strong ownership, and thoughtful support for people’s growth and well‑being.

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 $ - $ annually.

This 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.

• Define & Drive the Data
  
  Roadmap:
  
  Own the strategy for engagement and top‑of‑funnel data products (clickstream, SEO, retention, and lifecycle marketing). Partner with Data Science, AI/ML, and Product leaders to identify gaps and deliver end‑to‑end solutions that define how Zillow understands the customer journey.
• Lead & Scale a High‑Impact Team:
  Manage and grow a team of engineers, aligning them around measurable outcomes. Prioritize team health by balancing new product work with platform stability and ongoing operational work to prevent burnout.
• Champion Engineering Excellence:
  Serve as a technical thought partner, raising the bar through rigorous design reviews, strong data modeling standards, and robust observability for petabyte‑scale systems.
• Communicate with Influence:
  Translate complex technical trade‑offs into business‑relevant terms for senior leadership. Author clear design docs and stakeholder updates that align cross‑functional teams on…