Principal Frontend Software Development Engineer - Mexico

About the team

The Principal, Software Engineering, Front End leads the design and delivery of performant, accessible, and resilient user interfaces across Zillow’s consumer and partner experiences. This role sets front-end architecture and coding standards, drives cross-team alignment on web application strategy, and mentors engineers to build intuitive, scalable solutions that power Zillow’s “super app” vision and real-estate marketplace.

About the role

- Define and evolve front-end architecture, patterns, and best practices to deliver secure, performant, and maintainable web experiences at scale. - Lead the design and implementation of complex, consumer-facing features and UI systems from concept through launch, balancing customer impact, technical risk, and operational excellence. - Partner with product, design, back-end, and data teams to shape roadmaps, translate ambiguous customer problems into technical strategies, and align investments across multiple squads. - Raise the engineering bar by reviewing critical code and designs, setting quality standards (testing, accessibility, reliability), and guiding teams through trade-offs in a high-scale, distributed environment. - Coach and mentor senior and staff engineers, building technical leadership capacity across teams and fostering an inclusive, growth-oriented engineering culture. - Evaluate and introduce modern front-end technologies, frameworks, and tooling to improve developer productivity, site performance, and customer experience while managing long-term platform health. - Influence organization-wide engineering decisions and cross-functional initiatives, using data and experimentation to drive continuous improvement in front-end experiences and outcomes.This role has been categorized as a teleworker position. Teleworkers 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. Employees may live anywhere in Mexico, with availability to travel to Mexico City, as we recommend attendance at occasional office events.

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

- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field. - 10+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production web applications, including significant experience with modern JavaScript/TypeScript front-end frameworks. - Demonstrated experience leading the end-to-end technical design and delivery of complex, high-visibility front-end initiatives across multiple teams. - Proven track record influencing architecture, standards, and technical direction for large-scale, consumer-facing or enterprise web experiences. - Experience mentoring and developing other engineers, including senior-level talent, in a collaborative, distributed environment. - Experience working in cloud-based environments and collaborating closely with back-end, data, and product teams to deliver integrated solutions. - Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

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 people 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.

How we work is a key part of that transformation. Through Cloud HQ, our strategic approach to distributed work, most employees have the flexibility to work from wherever they’re most productive—enabling us to move fast, stay connected and deliver on our people promise. 

Zillow is honored to be recognized among the best workplaces in the U.S.. Zillow was named one of FORTUNE 100 Best Companies to Work For® in 2026, and included on TIME’s America’s Best Companies 2026 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 committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment and to providing equal employment opportunities. We comply with applicable laws that prohibit discrimination in employment and recruitment.

If you have a disability or special need that requires reasonable accommodation during the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter directly.

Qualified applicants will be considered for employment based on their qualifications and ability to perform the functions of the position, without discrimination and in accordance with applicable 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.