Zoopla

Join Zoopla and help us re-imagine the future of home buying

Founded 2007
501-1000 employees
  • Real Estate & Property Management
  • Headquarters address
    The Cooperage, 5 Copper Row, London SE1 2LH (near Tower Bridge)

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    Hired Top Employer in 2022 and 2021

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    Our story

    Launched in 2008, Zoopla has since been one of the fastest growing websites in the UK, now attracting around 70 million visits per month and we are proud to have collected numerous awards and accolades along the way, including being named one of the Top 10 UK Tech Companies (Guardian) and one of the Top 10 Most Innovative UK Companies (Smarta).

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    Product & Technology

    The Zoopla Product & Technology team spans five key areas: Data Science, Design, Engineering, Product, Product Analytics.

    • Engineering - Engineering is at the heart of Zoopla. We're building the platforms and the software to help achieve our ambition of making Zoopla the number one destination for property in the UK.

    • Design - We are responsible for how users feel when they interact with our products and have made it our mission to always create a positive, delightful and seamless experience across our digital ecosystem.

    • Product - We’re growing our team to help shape the vision of our products by delivering iterative value to market and mitigate the risks along the way.

    • Data Science - We improve the Zoopla experience for consumers as well as agents by using machine learning to create recommendation engines, data-driven segmentations and extract property and area metadata.

    What characteristics do we value?

    • Value-centric and inquisitive people
    • A dedication to learning and improving, both self and team
    • A passion for our domain
    • A drive to satisfy the needs of our customers through best-in-class technology solutions
    • Empathy for colleagues and customers
    • The ability to translate insights and ideas into action
    • A desire to work collaboratively by listening to and reflecting on the purpose and needs of the teams around us
    • Great communicators who can take stakeholders on a journey

    Life at Zoopla

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    We believe that all current and future employees should have fair and equal access to all opportunities within Zoopla, regardless of age, sexual orientation, gender, disability, race, nationality, ethnic origin, membership of trade union, religion or belief.

    Take a closer look at how we're making an impact

    Zoopla is a founder member of The Tech She Can Charter, launched in a bid to increase the number of women entering the technology sector and the number of girls choosing to study science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) and careers in technology.

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    Meet the residents

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    Our interview process

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    Tech stack

    GO, C#, .Net Core, .NET, React, AWS, Python, TypeScript, JavaScript, Azure, Google Analytics, R, React Native, Tableau

    Benefits

    Compensation and retirement

    Performance bonus
    Pension plan

    Health and wellness

    Insurance (Health)
    Insurance (Dental)
    Insurance (Life)
    EAP (Employee Assistance Program)
    On-site fitness center
    Fitness reimbursement

    Vacation and time off

    Paid holidays
    Work from home flexibility
    Volunteer time off
    Maternity benefits
    Paternity benefits
    Adoption assistance
    Sabbatical

    Personal development

    Management training
    Job training
    Internship program
    Hackathons

    Values and quality of life

    Diversity program
    Accessible via public transportation
    Bike parking
    Employee groups and committees
    Snacks and beverages
    Catered meals
    Matching charitable donations
    Company activities
    Games and recreation
    Employee discount programs
    Showers