Senior Applied Scientist

Job Summary

Driving the next generation of ranking, recommendation, and generative AI systems, the full-time remote Senior Applied Scientist will research, design, and deploy innovative machine learning models to enhance Zillow's home-shopping experience.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of applied machine learning models and algorithms
• Architect robust, scalable pipelines for data preparation, feature engineering, model training, and model serving
• Conduct rigorous analyses and experiments to evaluate model performance and recommend data-driven improvements

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Electrical Engineering, or a related quantitative field
• 8+ years of experience applying machine learning or advanced statistical modeling in an industry setting
• Proven experience working with large-scale data sets and model performance measurement
• Demonstrated success collaborating in cross-functional teams to deliver features or operational improvements
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience