Senior Applied Scientist

About the team

Are you interested in innovating new computer vision and deep learning technologies to power immersive experiences that change how people experience and envision their next home? Zillow’s Rich Media Experiences (RMX) team employs computer vision, 3D, and deep learning to invent the technology that enables Zillow's customers to make sense of home information in order to find their dream home. Using groundbreaking technologies, our team works across product, research, engineering, and business to enable people to virtually walk through a home. You'll have the chance to be a part of empowering the next-generation of home shopping by creating new state-of-the-art technologies that deliver unrivaled information and visual experiences to our customers.

About the role

The RMX Team is looking for an Applied Scientist to help us advance Zillow's mission by developing outstanding and highly engaging user experiences. This is a new space, and the team wants to add a curious and intuitive scientist to help advance this initiative. The team is staffed with researchers, engineers, and designers building spatial understanding algorithms and deep learning models that power immersive media experiences for buyers and renters.

As an Applied Scientist, you will work to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of our team’s technical and research work and position them to thrive. You will be encouraged to think outside the box and challenge established assumptions and expectations, not by building on what we already have, but coming up with new ideas that spark innovation and creativity. Our solutions will ingest large volumes of data (imagery and metadata), and process it to build the exciting and immersive experiences that can be explored on zillow.com.

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

As an Applied Scientist, you are a roll-up-the-sleeves and get-it-done researcher in machine learning with an understanding of computer vision fundamentals. This is a new space, and we are looking for someone who has:

• A Ph.D. in Computer Science or Engineering, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, or related domain

• Solid background in computer vision research, building models & algorithms

• Understanding of 2D/3D geometry and experience framing geometrical problems within modern differentiable frameworks like PyTorch and Tensorflow

• Proficiency with a high-level programming language (Python is preferred)

• Experience training machine learning models in frameworks like Tensorflow and PyTorch

• Good publication record and an excitement to walk us through what they’ve learned! 

• Practical knowledge of deep learning 

• The communication skills to work collaboratively with other scientists and engineers to prototype, develop, and implement new technologies

• The tenacity to embrace and solve challenging problems

• Exposure to the latest advancements in generative AI

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 home a reality for more and more people.

Our efforts to streamline the real estate transaction are supported by a deep-rooted culture of innovation,