Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S. seeking a Senior Software Development Engineer for Android to help shape their design system. The role involves building reusable components and tooling to enhance the Android experience while ensuring high quality and consistency across mobile products.
Responsibilities
- Architect and build reusable Android components, patterns, and infrastructure using Kotlin and modern Android frameworks, including Jetpack Compose, to support consistent, high-quality product experiences across Zillow
- Evolve the Android design system to help developers build faster and more effectively, including through AI-assisted and agent-enabled tooling where it adds value
- Build and maintain tooling that helps teams generate design-system-compliant Android code and improve development workflows
- Uphold a high bar for code quality through technical design, code reviews, testing, and maintainable implementation practices
- Manage the component library release lifecycle, delivering reliable, versioned, backward-compatible updates to support production stability
- Partner with engineers, designers, and product teams to resolve integration challenges and improve adoption of the design system
- Create clear documentation and guidance that helps teams use shared Android components and tooling effectively
- Grow your technical leadership by partnering across functions, influencing platform direction, and helping scale the team’s impact across Zillow
Skills
- 5+ years of Android engineering experience, with strong proficiency in Kotlin, Jetpack Compose, Android architecture patterns, and modern development tooling
- Experience building libraries, frameworks, or reusable component systems, with a strong interest in design systems and platform-level UI development rather than one-off feature work
- Strong understanding of accessibility, performance, animation, and Android UI best practices
- Demonstrated ability to independently design, implement, test, and deliver complex technical solutions, including translating ambiguous design intent into scalable engineering outcomes
- Experience collaborating closely with designers and cross-functional partners to create intuitive, high-quality user experiences
- Familiarity with AI-assisted development tools and the judgment to apply them thoughtfully, while maintaining high standards for code quality, organization, and documentation
- Strong communication skills and a collaborative, empathetic approach to working across teams
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Computer Engineering, or equivalent work experience
Benefits
- In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as 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.
Company Overview
Zillow is an online real estate marketplace for finding and sharing information about homes, real estate, and mortgages. It is a sub-organization of Zillow Group. It was founded in 2005, and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington, USA, with a workforce of 5001-10000 employees. Its website is http://www.zillow.com.Company H1B Sponsorship
Zillow has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 12 in 2026, 179 in 2025, 150 in 2024, 171 in 2023, 256 in 2022, 239 in 2021, 195 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.