About the team
The Agentic Orchestration team builds and scales the core orchestration layer that powers Zillow's AI-driven experiences. We're building a platform that enables domain teams across the company to extend and enhance agentic AI capabilities. This role requires an entrepreneurial approach and a driven curiosity about the constantly evolving field of LLMs, agentic systems, and AI-powered assistants.As an SDE (backend) on the Agentic Orchestration team, you'll be partnering with a highly skilled group of applied scientists, software developers, and machine learning engineers working together to scale and evolve Zillow's next-generation AI platform.
About the role
We are seeking a collaborative, product-minded backend engineer with strong Python fundamentals and a passion for building reliable, scalable systems that power AI applications.
- Build and maintain the orchestration platform that routes requests, manages context, and integrates tools for agentic AI experiences.
- Contribute to platform infrastructure that enables domain teams across the company to build on top of the orchestrator without bottlenecks.
- Support scaling the orchestration layer to handle significant traffic increases as AI-powered experiences expand to more users.
- Collaborate closely with applied scientists and machine learning engineers to integrate new AI capabilities into production systems.
- Participate in operations and reliability efforts including incident response, performance optimization, and cost management.
- Apply a growth-mindset and first principles to ambiguous problems to iterate on novel solutions and ways of working.
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
Experience with agentic AI frameworks (e.g., LangChain, LangGraph) or large language model integration
Experience building platform infrastructure that other teams consume as a service
Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar tool-integration patterns for AI systems
Experience with event-driven architectures and streaming platforms (e.g., Kafka)
Familiarity with data platforms and observability tooling (e.g., Databricks, DataDog)
Experience in a startup environment or on a small team building products from scratch
Experience collaborating with science, engineering, design, and product partners in a team with a startup culture
Advanced degree (M.S. or Ph.D.) or equivalent experience in Computer Science
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.