Senior Marketing Data Engineer

Zillow
US - Mexico
May 23, 2025
Marketing

About the team

We are looking for an experienced Marketing Technologist or Marketing Engineer in the Marketing Tech and Operations space to help build highly coordinated and efficient infrastructure that powers Zillow's marketing organization. We serve as technical liaison between marketing, product, engineering, and marketing vendor teams to bring all partners together toward a common goal. As part of the CDP team, you will integrate with and operate on various marketing systems and will be a key point person for data infrastructure that supports critical marketing initiatives and campaigns.
This role performs a combination of hands-on-keyboard work and technical program management, working collaboratively to deliver capabilities and empower our customers. The ideal candidate shines in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, and has a balance of program management and hands-on technical skills. If you like solving complex problems and are passionate about enabling marketing teams and delivering the vision of Zillow 2. 0, we want to hear from you!
This role performs a combination of hands-on-keyboard work and technical program management, working collaboratively to deliver capabilities and empower our customers. The ideal candidate shines in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment, and has a balance of program management and hands-on technical skills. If you like solving complex problems and are passionate about enabling marketing teams and delivering the vision of Zillow 2. 0, we want to hear from you!

About the role

Play a key role in the configuration of the Customer Data Platform and other marketing systems to enable centralized customer data management and power marketing campaigns

Drive the marketing technology roadmap by onboarding new platforms, including requirements definition, solution design, testing and validation, and training of end user teams
Be involved in shaping MarTech systems design and help guide technical architecture discussions and decisions to establish a flexible, scalable, and secure tech stack
Translate business requirements to technical specifications, identifying data needs to enable marketing to deliver a personalized customer experience

Build integrations between systems, write queries to transform and validate data, and develop ETLs to federate data to a variety of channels

Collaborate with teams across marketing, product, and engineering to develop and implement detailed technical project plans
Assess risks, anticipate bottlenecks, balance business needs versus technical constraints and refine scope to deliver the best product possible on schedule
Contribute to prototypes, code samples, demos, and peer reviews
Coordinate with other dev dependencies to align cross-tech team sprint schedules
Document and maintain standardized and efficient processes, automating as much as possible

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 in any part of Mexico, but preferably in Mexico City, as we would encourage attendance for occasional in-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

Gravitate toward the detail but can keep the big picture in focus
Very comfortable with analyzing and structuring large datasets
Highly analytical approach, using data to drive step-change results
Experience in agile methodology and program management tools like JIRA
Proven track record of leading cross-functional groups to deliver quality products on time
Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to lead and prioritize multiple projects with little supervision
Able to proactively identify dependencies/risks and work with engineering teams to mitigate
Exhibit a collaborative working style with a strong focus on execution and results
Strong interpersonal skills, effective in communicating with both technical and non-technical partners
Ability to influence without direct authority and partner with cross-functional teams to achieve shared goals
Have the modesty to question assumptions, seek broad input, and validate iteratively
Dedicated to operational excellence, clear communication, and taking ownership of your work

Qualifications

5+ years experience in Engineering, Analytics, Tech Operations, or Marketing Technologist role, leading technical programs across cross-functional teams to deliver scalable platforms and services
Expertise in SQL required, Python (or other programming languages) preferred; familiar with ETL tools and systems integration (marketing APIs and tools a plus)
Hands-on experience using AWS services like S3 and Lambda
Outstanding verbal and written communication skills and experience interacting with both business and engineering individuals at all levels including the executive level

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, Operations Management, or similar field preferred, or equivalent experience

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make it easier to unlock life's next chapter.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do is helping people move from dreaming to transacting - and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making this vision a reality.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation, o.

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Senior Marketing Data Engineer