.software development engineer - transaction ai teamabout the teamat zillow our mission is to give people the power to unlock life's next chapter.zillow's ai org plays an important part in delivering unique ai-powered experiences for the hundreds of millions of customers that visit zillow websites each month.the transaction ai team iterates quickly and solves problems at the forefront of ai product development. This role requires an entrepreneurial approach and a driven curiosity about the constantly evolving field of llms and ai-powered assistants and co-pilots.as a sde (full-stack) on the transaction ai team, you'll be partnering with a highly skilled group of applied scientists, software developers, and machine learning engineers working together toward a bold and audacious goal.about the rolewe are seeking a collaborative, customer-focused, and product-minded engineer, and expert in prototyping to invent collaboratively with design, engineering, and applied science.apply a growth-mindset and first principles to ambiguous customer problems to rapidly iterate on novel solutions and ways of working.collaborate closely with applied scientists, engineering, design and research to understand, scope, design, prototype, implement and iterate on internal and external facing prototypes supporting and implementing next generation ai applications.integrate prototypes with live data sources, emerging ai models, and instrumentation in design explorations strategically, with a short path to growing to production quality.lead efforts to deploy machine learning powered customer applications into production.cultivate connections with other teams for critical dependencies and infrastructure.contribute to carrying and growing our team culture of rapid innovation and creative frugality.who you areproficiency with web development (html, css, and frameworks, for example, react/ts)working experience with backend services (for example, python & fastapi)working experience in native mobile (ios/android) and/or mobile frameworks (swift, flutter, etc.)the communication skills to influence, collaborate with, and educate ics and leadership within our team and across the organization.experience prototyping, developing, and implementing new products and features with new technologies and diverse data.experience making effective decisions and managing ambiguous project work.comfortable presenting new and abstract ideas in design review and soliciting feedback.experience with pioneering products and technologythe tenacity to embrace and tackle challenging problems.practiced technical ability and passion for both owning implementation and contributing technical/thought leadership for a team of world-class scientists engineers.bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, or a related field.bonus qualifications:experience with generative ai or large language models and related technologies (knowledge retrieval solutions, for example)