Stewart Boyd
Principal Software Developer at Zillow
- Role
- Principal Software Development Engineer at Zillow
- Location
- Long Beach, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
Experience
Principal Software Development Engineer
Feb 2025 — Present
Lead engineer in Zillow’s AI organization, building the media ingestion and processing pipeline powering ML-driven experiences (room attribution, floor plans, virtual walkthroughs, sky tours).Architected a unified orchestration layer for ingesting media from diverse MLS and partner sources (e.g. Aryeo), enabling scalable, observable ML workflows.Redesigned the data model to support natural extensibility and immutability; introduced schemas for changelog visibility and continuity models decoupling identifiers across business lines.Drove observability modernization, instrumenting the pipeline to provide clear introspection for both engineers and stakeholders.Authored zkafka, a high-performance Go library for Kafka consumption/publishing — open-sourced and widely adopted for its instrumentation, ergonomics, and reliability.Advanced Zillow’s platform architecture by creating an enterprise-grade gRPC service leveraging HTTP streams for efficient high-volume data transport.
Education
University of Michigan
Master of Science (M.S.), Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
2012 — 2013
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science - BS, Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
Georgia Institute of Technology
Master of Science - MS, Computer Science
The University of Texas at Austin
Bachelor of Science, Aerospace Engineering
2007 — 2011
Skills
- Matlab
- Fluid Dynamics
- C++
- Python
- Aerodynamics
- Abaqus
- Numerical Analysis
- Solidworks
- Powerpoint
- Microsoft Excel
- Mathematica
- Fluid Mechanics
- Finite Element Analysis
- Microsoft Office
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