Zillow
Principal Analytics Engineer
US · Principal · full-time
Sponsorship not specified$144k-$229kDetected 71 days ago
SQLSnowflakeDatabricksMachine LearningdbtData EngineeringData ScienceRoadmappingCustomer SupportCommunication
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About the role
- At Zillow Group, we are constantly innovating ways to operate, monetize, and improve our nationwide real estate marketplace.
- Our structure is very flat and you will soon find yourself interacting directly across a wide variety of roles.
- As a Principal Analytics Engineer, you will shape the practice itself, defining how BI and analytics engineering scales across the company and how our data infrastructure evolves to meet the demands of AI-powered analytics.
Responsibilities
- Drive alignment on metric definitions and data governance standards across business lines
- Influence build-versus-buy decisions for analytics tooling, semantic layer platforms, and data governance systems
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional experience in analytics engineering, data engineering, visualization, or a related technical data role
- Experience shipping customer facing, production grade reporting on time and accurately every day.
- Deep experience with semantic layer design, metrics-as-code patterns, and data governance at organizational scale
- Experience evaluating and adopting analytics engineering tooling at the organizational level (dbt, Databricks, Snowflake, or similar)
- We encourage you to apply if you have transferable skills or related experiences.
Skills
- Expert-level SQL and data modeling skills with experience designing data architectures that span multiple business domains
- Strong understanding of how AI systems, conversational analytics tools, and machine learning workflows consume structured data
Compensation
- In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $143,600.00 - $229,400.00 annually.
- The base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.
Benefits
- This role requires deep technical expertise, strategic vision, and strong influence across teams.
- In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.
Company info
- The Data Science, Analytics and Engineering team supports several lines of business across the company by partnering closely with business leaders and engineering to model, analyze, and visualize business relevant metrics that inform both short- and long-term decision-making.
- Lead cross-organizational data initiatives that align with company strategy and roadmap planning
- Operate high availability data and reporting within SLA through quality alerting, detecting issues before customers and resolving with a sense of urgency.
- You will build a deep understanding of our mission, business model, and customers to identify opportunities to simplify processes, improve alignment, and strengthen our metrics platform.
Visa & Work Authorization
- al employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status
This listing is sourced directly from Zillow's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.