Senior Applied Scientist

About the team

At 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. As a Senior Applied Scientist on the Agent 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 role

The Agent 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.

We are seeking a collaborative, customer-focused, and product-minded scientist with deep experience with applied machine learning. You are a roll-up-the-sleeves and get-it-done researcher and engineer with a deep understanding of metrics, online and offline experimentation, applied product research, and supporting and iterating on models at scale and in production.

• 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 systems supporting and implementing next generation AI applications.

• Cultivate connections with other teams for critical dependencies and infrastructure.

• Contribute to carrying and growing our team culture of rapid innovation and creative frugality.

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. Employees may live in any of the 50 US States, with limited exceptions. In certain cases, an employee in a remote-designated job may need to live in a specific region or time zone to support customers or clients as part of their role.

In California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington the standard base pay range for this role is $156,300.00 - $249,700.00 Annually. This base pay range is specific to California, Colorado, Connecticut, Hawaii, Nevada, New York and Washington 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.

Who you are

• Proficiency with a high-level programming language (we most commonly use Python and PySpark)

• Practical knowledge of statistics (for example, causal inference, Frequentist or Bayesian inference)

• The communication skills to influence, collaborate with, and educate others (whom you may need to educate on methods and requirements in experimentation and statistics).

• Experience prototyping, developing, and implementing algorithmic solutions and new technologies with diverse analytics and data.

• The 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).

• Experience with regulated, private or sensitive data, document understanding, user interest modeling, or reinforcement learning. 

• Experience collaborating with science, engineering, design, research and product partners in a team with a startup culture.

• Ph.D. or equivalent experience in Computer Science or Engineering, Machine Learning, or related field.

Get to know us

Zillow is reimagining real estate to make home a reality for more and more people.

As the most-visited real estate website in the United States, Zillow® and its affiliates help movers find and win their home through digital solutions, first class partners, and easier buying, selling, financing and renting experiences. Millions of people visit Zillow Group sites every month to start their home search, and now they can rely on Zillow to help make it easier to move. The work we do helps people get home and no matter what job you're in, you will play a critical role in making