Software Development Engineer

Development Engineer, you'll contribute to building and scaling the features that power Follow Up Boss' core communications platform. While this role leans primarily toward backend development in PHP, you'll also work with React to deliver customer-facing features and ensure seamless, end-to-end functionality.

You'll work closely with teammates across web, mobile, and backend, collaborating with product managers and designers to build robust and user-friendly solutions that scale with the needs of top-performing real estate businesses.

In this role, you will:

• Design, build, and maintain backend services in PHP to support calling, messaging, and emailing features.

• Implement and enhance customer-facing experiences using React.

• Collaborate with mobile engineers, designers, and PMs to ensure consistency across platforms.

• Contribute to modernization efforts, adopting new frameworks, patterns, and best practices for reliability and scalability.

• Diagnose and resolve performance bottlenecks, bugs, and data integrity challenges.

• Write clean, maintainable code with strong test coverage.

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 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

You're an engineer who enjoys working across the stack, with a strong foundation in backend systems and enough frontend expertise to create polished experiences. You care deeply about code quality, scalability, and usability, and you're eager to collaborate in a cross-functional environment where communication is key.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency with PHP 8 and experience building scalable backend services.

• Comfort with modern JavaScript and experience developing with React.

• Strong understanding of relational databases, caching, and API design.

• Experience with frontend routing, state management, and real-time features (e.g., websockets).

• Experience with testing frameworks and CI/CD pipelines.

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems.

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills in a cross-functional team environment.

• Experience with Twilio, SendGrid, and email protocols such as IMAP/SMTP are a bonus. - nice to have

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.