Senior Software Quality Engineer

About the team

Zillow Home Loans provides customers with a streamlined option for their home financing needs. By applying Zillow's home-buying expertise and innovative technology, we’re working to create an easier, smoother ‘check-out’ experience in the real-estate transaction.

About the role

Zillow accepts daunting challenges like this one, and that's why we are looking for a Senior Software Quality Engineer who is quality obsessed — a customer advocate who is passionate about the experience and efficiency of the product for our consumers and the business. Successful SQEs enjoy uncovering new challenges and growing capabilities to further support their colleagues and drive their collective team to improve. We believe in autonomy and thinking big, so self-motivation and the energy to blaze trails is a must-have for this role. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!
 

You Will Get To:

• Plan for and test a broad array of user-facing and back-end features.
• Become a leader in each feature area with a broad understanding of interrelated services.
• Own and participate in efficient, timely, and effective testing with guidance to developers, program managers, business owners, and operations.
• Drive test automation strategy and implementation with our development team seeking your direction.
• Debug test automation failures and environment issues, analyze test results, and guide the development team on ways to improve coverage.
• Provide daily updates to related teams on progress against the timelines and goals, identifying risks as appropriate
• Investigate and drive new processes to improve the delivery of changes to our customers

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. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York City and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $118,600.00 - $189,400.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Nevada, New York City and Washington 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.

Who you are

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field or equivalent years of proven experience.
• 5 years of test experience with software technologies covering user experience, service API, business workflows, and backend job processing.
• Excellent planning, coordination, and communication skills.
• Experience working with Java, Python, React, SQL, and/or AWS.
• Experience in agile development principles and rapid release within a CI/CD pipeline.
• Ability to identify and prioritize risk areas with a steadfast focus on testing those areas.
• Familiar with SRE practices and how to use SLAs, SLOs, and SLIs for a set of features.
• Willingness to learn and improve your testing craft.
   

Transferable Skills

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

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, our passion to redefine the employee experience, a fundamental commitment to Equity and Belonging, and world-class benefits. These benefits include comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverages as well as parental leave, family benefits, retirement contributions, and paid time off. We’re also setting the standard for work experiences of the future, where our employees are supported in doing their best work and living a flexible, well-balanced life. But don’t just take our word for it. Read recent reviews on Glassdoor and recent recognition from multiple organizations, including: the 100 Best Companies to Work For, Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index, Human Rights Campaign (HRC) Corporate Equity Index, and TIME 100 Most Influential Companies list.

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 us at RecruitingAccessibility@zillowgroup.com.

Applicants who receive job offers from Zillow Group will be asked to sign a Proprietary Rights Agreement which includes confidentiality, intellectual property assignment, customer and employee non-solicitation, and non-competition provisions. If you are contacted for a role at Zillow Group and wish to review a copy of the Proprietary Rights Agreement prior to receiving an offer, you may request a copy from your Recruiter.