Is Zillow a good company to work for as a Senior Software Developer?

Senior Software Developer professionals working at Zillow have rated their employer with 2.8 out of 5 stars in 39 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Zillow employees being 3.4 out of 5 stars. Search open Senior Software Developer Jobs at Zillow now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Software Developer interview questions at Zillow .

Does Zillow pay Senior Software Developer employees well?

Senior Software Developer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Zillow with 2.9 out of 5 stars based on 39 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 18.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Software Developer salaries at Zillow.

How happy are Senior Software Developer professionals working at Zillow?

28% of Senior Software Developer employees at Zillow would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 71% in the past 12 months. Senior Software Developer professionals have also rated Zillow with a 3.4 rating for work-life-balance, 3.3 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 2.6 rating for career opportunities.

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What are the pros of working at Zillow according to real employee reviews?

"Benefits are great and helpful" ((in 369 reviews)); "Great people and mandatory fun (no joke)!" ((in 239 reviews)); "The company will consider input from all levels and fosters a great work life balance." ((in 175 reviews)); "Good WLB and Pay" ((in 80 reviews)); "Great teammates and company culture." ((in 60 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Zillow according to real employee reviews?

"Senior leadership made some very poor choices in allowing the Zillow Offers biz to continue on." ((in 86 reviews)); "Zillow thinks big and moves fast which can cause issues and is why there were massive layoffs" ((in 64 reviews)); "If you have a good manager who doesn’t micro manager you will be great." ((in 55 reviews)); "No training was given." ((in 29 reviews)); "Upper management seems adamant about providing the best work environment for their employees and has put forth much time and energy into this matter." ((in 29 reviews))

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Zillow Senior Software Developer reviews

2.8

28% would recommend to a friend

(39 total reviews)

Jeremy Wacksman

22% approve of CEO

22% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.4

Work/Life balance

3.3

Culture & values

3.3

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Compensation and benefits

2.6

Career opportunities

2.3

Senior management

Senior Software Developer employees have rated Zillow with 2.8 out of 5 stars, based on 39 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Software Developer professionals have an average working experience there. Zillow is rated 27% below average by Senior Software Developer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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39 reviews

1.0

Jul 16, 2020

Bad management and Toxic culture

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

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Pros

Good pay and benefits, modern tech stack in some teams ( still a lot of legacy code ), free snacks and used to be free lunch on Friday only

Cons

- Politics and nepotism, nothing is based on performance and what you deliver, It’s based on perception. lies and backstabbing, everyone stepping over each other. - Chaotic, always doing unuseful reorgs - Respect for differences and Diversity are non-existent except on the surface. - No clear roadmap or direction from management or product managers, especially with the Zillow Offer business. If you are looking to build and support a great product, then this is not the right place for you. - Biased, incompetent, and insecure middle management who lack integrity they work to protect themselves and not those under them and don't care about their career, and HR knows about that. - Turnover is high, a lot of tech people leaving - Lack of innovation in the tech side - Discretionary time off is not really used, your manager tells you to have limited days that you can take every year (2- 4) weeks so it's more of PTO - Cost-cutting everywhere even before covid19

Zillow Response

Hi there, this is David Beitel, CTO at Zillow. I appreciate you taking the time to share your thoughts about working in Zillow Group's Engineering org. As a leader, it can be hard to hear that not everything is going smoothly but I am here to listen and improve. You've listed a handful of topics that have caught my attention. If you're willing, I'd like to take this conversation offline with you to get some more details on your experience and discuss potential improvements to our team. Please reach out to me at davebei@zillowgroup.com if you'd like to connect. - David Beitel, CTO

2.0

Mar 19, 2020

It is really a roll of the dice

Senior software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great benefits, okay pay, wonderful location

Cons

Depends which org you end up, members of my org from directors down to IC who have been there for the past 5years create a super political toxic environment. Dead end career and too much negative talking.

Zillow Response

Thanks for your review - I am disappointed to hear your experience. If you would be willing to give me more detail please reach out to me at dans@zillowgroup.com .

5.0

Nov 15, 2019

Startup Soul - Big Business Resources

Senior software developer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

- strong development culture - emphasis on inclusion and diversity - good balance of code quality and feature development - constantly pushing the business forward, never resting on laurels - high emphasis on work life balance - good snacks - tight team culture - excellent communication from upper/middle management to individual contributors

Cons

- constant change can be a little tiring

Zillow Response

Thank you for your comments and strong engagement in our Vancouver office. Vancouver is one of our smaller engineering centers, but very important work is focused here. We are proud of our strong development culture and our work on equity and belonging, among other accomplishments and programs. Appreciate your efforts to support these programs. We do have a lot going on at the company, and your comments on change and communication challenges are heard. If you have ideas on how we could improve please discuss further with Jon and me. I believe the team is settling in nicely with the important projects they are driving with our teams in Seattle and Irvine.

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