Zillow Software Development Engineer reviews

5.0

100% would recommend to a friend

(32 total reviews)
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Jeremy Wacksman

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100% positive business outlook

Software Development Engineer employees have rated Zillow with 5.0 out of 5 stars, based on 32 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Software Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Zillow is rated 30% above average by Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Tecnologías de la información industry (3.9 stars).

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5.0
Dec 5, 2016
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Pros

Witnessing tremendous growth, but still maintaining rock solid culture. Really like how management cares about employees and listens. I mean it, employee surveys are taken seriously and actions are taken based on that. Innovation is at the core of the company. Always thinking big and moving fast to achieve those goals. It is hard to see from outside, but that is the reason Zillow dominates the markets and competition keeps on playing catch up game. Pretty much still bottom up approach with small teams diving up awesome products. There is level of autonomy given to engineers. Work life balance is great. I really like how we do all release activities during day time with almost no downtime to on live site. We have really efficient operations team that make this happen (they can be little stubborn at times, but they need to keep Zillow running -- understandable). That means no on call for developers.

Cons

Mostly due to flat organization structure hard to see clear career progression.

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Zillow Response
9y
Thank you for your comments. I'm glad you are part of the team and are enjoying your work and environment at Zillow. We put a lot of thought and work into creating a collaborative and innovative work culture where you connect with your team and feel empowered to do great work. We are always looking for ways to improve, so please continue to share your ideas and constructive feedback. Your manager and I welcome it. I'm always available if you want to talk. Sometimes career growth isn't always apparent, but even in our small team structure, we have been able to provide growth and leadership opportunities for both individual contributors and managers. I encourage you to talk with your manager about this. We are usually looking for engineers to lead projects, mentor others including new hires and lead teams as we grow and create new product teams within the org. Thanks again for your comments and all your hard work.
5.0
Apr 5, 2016

The Best

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Pros

Work/Life Balance - Never expected to work ridiculous hours. Tough Mudder. Talent Show. Happy Hours. Morale Events. I never watch the clock while I'm at work. Everyone here is intelligent and hard-working without a political "let me take credit for that" attitude. I've always been trusted to do good work and given the credit for my contributions without feeling cheated or taken advantage of. Hackweeks! Zillow wants me to succeed, so I want us to succeed.

Cons

No dogs allowed! Though our CEO has conveyed a personal wish for dogs, the building won't allow it which is a bummer. Maybe someday if we occupy enough floors!

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Zillow Response
10y
Thank you so much for the great comments. I am so glad you have found a place to call home, be part of a great team, contributing to our products, working hard and having fun. That's really what it is all about. And, I do have to say that I really enjoy the Hackweeks. It is impressive to see the great product ideas, features and engineering tools that come out of those weeks. As a recently new owner of the most awesome French Bulldog, Milo, I have to agree with you that I wish we could bring our dogs to work. Maybe some day. :-) Keep up the great work, and if you ever want to provide any comments to me directly or ask any questions about our engineer efforts or company, please stop by. - David Beitel, CTO Zillow Group #ZGisaTeamSport
5.0
Dec 17, 2015
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Pros

Innovative, fast moving, fast growing company with great people who love to come to work every day. We have very smart people here to learn from, excellent people who do their jobs well so we can do our job well. We work hard, but have a lot of fun. The work life balance is great.

Cons

The stock performance has been disappointing over the last year or so.

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