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Senior Frontend Developer, 3D - Web
Zillow
2d ago
0$153k - $257kDevUnited Stateshimalayas
Frontend-Development3D-Web-DevelopmentFrontend-EngineerWeb-DevelopmentSoftware-EngineeringSenior
Job Description
About the teamZillow’s CMX Immersion Team builds virtual home tour experiences that power products like 3D Home and Interactive Floor Plans, helping people confidently explore homes online as part of Zillow’s broader home‑shopping journey. We bring together people from product, research, engineering, and business backgrounds to create media‑rich, immersive experiences on Zillow.com in close partnership with our computer vision and machine learning teams.About the roleAs a Senior Frontend Engineer on the CMX Immersion Team, you will design and build media‑rich web experiences for Zillow’s 3D Home and Interactive Floor Plan products, directly shaping how millions of shoppers explore homes online. You’ll work closely with our computer vision, machine learning, backend, product, and design partners to deliver high‑quality virtual tour experiences, influence frontend architecture, and champion performance, accessibility, and reliability across our 3D experiences.You will get to:Design, build, and maintain media‑rich web experiences for Zillow’s 3D Home and Interactive Floor Plan products using React, Redux, and TypeScript.Implement and optimize interactive 3D rendering experiences with Three.js, React Three Fiber, and WebGL to deliver smooth, immersive virtual tours in the browser.Collaborate closely with computer vision, machine learning, backend, product, and design teams to define requirements, iterate on prototypes, and ship high‑impact features end‑to‑end.Influence frontend architecture and technical direction to ensure our 3D experiences are scalable, maintainable, and resilient over time.Improve web performance, accessibility, and reliability, including work on server‑side rendering, monitoring, and observability for our experiences on Zillow.com.Engage with infrastructure and tooling when needed, including Node.js, GitLab pipelines, AWS services (such as S3 and CloudFront), build tooling (like webpack and code splitting), and monitoring tools like Sentry.Contribute to automated testing and quality practices, including end‑to‑end tests using tools such as Cypress or Playwright.Mentor other engineers, share best practices, and help foster an inclusive, collaborative engineering culture within the team.This role has been categorized as a Remote position. “Remote” employees 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. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.In California, Connecticut, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Washington state, and Washington DC the standard base pay range for this role is $160,900.00 - $257,100.00 annually. This base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.In Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Nevada, Ohio, Rhode Island, and Vermont the standard base pay range for this role is $152,900.00 - $244,300.00 annually. The base pay range is specific to these locations and may not be applicable to other locations.In addition to a competitive base salary this position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location. Employees in this role will not be paid below the salary threshold for exempt employees in the state where they reside.Who you areYou bring 5+ years of software development experience or relevant transferable skillsYou bring strong 3D rendering experience with Three.js and React Three Fiber, and a deep understanding of WebGL fundamentals, GPU rendering pipelines, shaders, and performance optimization techniques.You have extensive frontend development experience with JavaScript (and ideally TypeScript), React, and Redux, building complex, user‑facing web applications.You are comfortable working with GraphQL (for example, Apollo Client) and have a strong understanding of HTTP fundamentals, including caching, response codes, headers, cookies, and sessions.You are proficient in modern CSS, including responsive layouts, working with component libraries, and using layout systems.You are comfortable going beyond application code when needed, engaging with Node.js, build and deployment pipelines (e.g., GitLab), AWS services like S3 and CloudFront, build tooling such as webpack and code splitting, and monitoring tools like Sentry.You care deeply about web performance, accessibility, and reliability, and have experience (or strong interest) in areas such as performance tuning, monitoring, server‑side rendering, and observability.You contribute to automated testing and code quality, ideally including experience with end‑to‑end testing tools such as Cypress or Playwright.You have proven experience leading projects and mentoring other engineers, and you enjoy helping grow the skills of people around you.You collaborate effectively and respectfully with teammates
