Senior Systems Engineer

About the team

About the role

In this role youll be a hands-on contributor to infrastructure and developer platforms. You will use Infrastructure as Code deep Kubernetes expertise and strong cloud networking fundamentals to design and operate systems across GCP and AWS. Youll drive reliability and security lead incident investigations and collaborate across engineering teams to deliver resilient observable and cost-effective infrastructure that enables rapid product delivery.

You Will Get To:

• Design implement and operate production infrastructure in GCP and/or AWS supporting high-scale business-critical services for Zillow Rentals.

• Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (primarily with Terraform) including modules state management and reusable patterns for platform services.

• Own Kubernetes platforms (e.g. GKE/EKS): perform cluster upgrades tune workloads manage Teraform ArgoCD/Helm-based deployments and debug complex production issues.

• Architect and secure cloud networking (VPCs subnets routing load balancers DNS TLS VPN WAF) and ingress/egress patterns for internal and external traffic.

Improve observability and operations by defining metrics dashboards alerts and runbooks that raise the bar for reliability and incident response

In addition to a competitive base salary and benefits this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience performance and location.

Who you are

• 4 years of hands-on experience designing building and operating production systems in GCP and/or AWS (at least one at depth both strongly preferred)

• Infrastructure as Code (IaC): Experience with Terraform and IaC practices (modules state management) for managing cloud infrastructure and platform services.

• Cloud networking: Proven experience with cloud networking (VPC design subnets routing NAT security groups/firewalls load balancers DNS TLS VPN) and securing ingress/egress paths (e.g. ALB/ALB controller CloudFront GCP load balancers WAF/Cloud Armor)

• Kubernetes: Deep experience running Kubernetes in production (e.g. GKE EKS) including cluster upgrades workload configuration with ArgoCD / Helm and incident debugging

• Must have bullet point: 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

Optional: Add 3-5 preferred skills as separate bullet points

• Experience in Database management and operations

• Provisioning with tools such as Ansible and Packer

• Programming experience with Java or Python

Get to know us

At Zillow were reimagining how people movethrough 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 youre working in tech sales operations or design youll be part of a company thats 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 industryand your careerforward 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 Companys reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.