Marketing Technologist, Customer Data Platform

About the team

We are looking for an experienced Marketing Technologist or Marketing Data 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!

Zillow Group is a strategic, mission-driven organization focused on delivering exceptional experiences and measurable outcomes. Our work spans cross-functional partnership, scalable programs and operational excellence in support of Zillow’s mission. We bring deep experience working across diverse teams in a dynamic, high-growth environment, balancing strategic thinking with hands-on execution to drive meaningful business impact. We are seeking an experienced professional to support our workforce expansion in India.

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 contribute to 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

• Develop and utilize AI tools to build solutions, automate processes, and streamline workflows

• Collaborate with teams across marketing, product, and engineering to develop and implement detailed technical project plans

• 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

• Gravitate toward the detail but can keep the big picture in focus

• 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

• 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

• Have the modesty to question assumptions, seek broad input, and validate iteratively

• Dedicated to operational excellence, clear communication and take ownership of your work

This role has been categorized as an Office position. “Office” employees regularly work at the Zillow India office for approximately 80 to 100 percent of their time each month. Employees must live within a reasonable commuting distance of the office. Zillow has not defined a reasonable distance, and expects employees will use judgment in determining this for themselves and understand the implications re: time commitment and cost of daily commute.

In addition to a competitive base pay, employees in this role are eligible for incentive compensation subject to applicable laws and relevant Zillow policies. Actual amounts will vary depending on experience, performance and location.

Who you are

• 3+ years experience in Engineering, Analytics, Tech Operations, or Marketing Technologist role, shipping scalable platforms and services

• Expertise in SQL required; Python or other programming languages preferred

• Familiar with ETL tools and integration with Marketing systems

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science, Operations Management, or similar field preferred, or equivalent 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., Zillow helps millions of customers navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting with greater ease and confidence. Our teams in India play a critical role in building and scaling the technology, products, and operations that power this experience.

Whether you’re working in tech, operations, or shared services, you’ll collaborate with global partners to solve meaningful problems and help more people make home a reality.

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 2025, and included on the PEOPLE Companies That Care® 2025 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 an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive, innovative environment with the best employees. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, maternity status, HIV status, or veteran status. Reasonable accommodations will be provided to candidates with disabilities, in accordance with applicable policies.