Senior Analytics Engineer

About the teamThe Data team at Zillow turns complex data into insights, models, and data products that help power smarter decisions across the business. As part of our broader Data Analytics and Insights organization, this team partners closely with product, engineering, and business leaders to solve meaningful problems, improve the quality and usability of our data, and build scalable solutions that create impact for customers and employees alike. Together, we foster a collaborative, inclusive environment where curiosity, analytical rigor, and a passion for impact help shape how Zillow works and grows.About the roleAs an Analytics Engineer, you are responsible for building the trusted, governed, and scalable data models and metrics that underpin how the company measures its business and makes decisions. You translate raw data into well-structured analytical assets that serve dashboards, self-service tools, data science workflows, and increasingly, AI-powered analytics interfaces.You will get toLead the design, development, and maintenance of trusted, scalable analytical data products, including reusable data models, standardized metrics, and semantic layer components that support business intelligence, self-service analytics, data science, and AI-powered interfaces.Translate complex business requirements into well-structured data models and precise metric definitions, ensuring business logic is implemented in the appropriate layer and applied consistently across teams and analytical surfaces.Partner with Data Engineering, Data Science, Business Intelligence, Product Management, and business stakeholders to prioritize analytics engineering initiatives, define technical requirements and data contracts, and manage cross-team dependencies.Drive improvements in data quality, governance, discoverability, and documentation through automated validation, clear metadata, consistent metric definitions, and proactive resolution of data issues.Build, optimize, and operate relia