Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Zillow

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$204,400–$326,600 / yr
Posted
79 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $223k
This role $266k
$168k most similar roles pay here $344k

This role pays more than 82% of similar roles. Most pay $192,050–$254,750 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $266k versus about $223k for comparable roles.

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About Zillow

Zillow Group is a leading real estate and rental marketplace providing consumers with data, tools, and services to find, buy, sell, rent, and finance homes, and connecting buyers with agents and lenders. Industry: Real Estate Technology & Marketplace

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TL;DR · Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI

Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Agentic AI joins the Agentic AI team to develop advanced multimodal foundational technologies for real estate applications. This role involves prototyping, evaluating, and deploying models onto scalable infrastructure platforms while focusing on perception, language understanding, deep reasoning, and reinforcement learning to power autonomous agent decision-making. The engineer will design multi-agent systems using frameworks like AgentSDK, LangChain, and LangGraph, while integrating advanced GenAI models, including reasoning models and real-time voice APIs. Key responsibilities include mentoring engineers, distilling complex research into actionable insights for executives, and managing the lifecycle of applied science projects from experimentation to production. The role requires expertise in LLM models, AI planning, and natural language processing to solve problems related to context-aware interactions and multi-step reasoning within a high-scale environment requiring low latency and robust fault tolerance.

What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in Remote?

Median $229700 from 72 postings across 27 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design and develop multi-agent systems using frameworks like AgentSDK, LangChain, and LangGraph for autonomous interactions.
  • Build agentic prototypes using advanced GenAI models, reasoning models, and real-time voice APIs.
  • Develop perception, language understanding, deep reasoning, and reinforcement learning to power AI decision-making.
  • Deploy and scale AI services on high-volume infrastructure platforms ensuring low latency and high availability.
  • Mentor engineers on selecting appropriate technologies for agentic AI solutions and promoting responsible AI usage.
  • Translate complex research findings and system designs into actionable insights for executive leadership.
  • Drive the roadmap for applied science projects by managing timelines, prioritization, and technical alignment.
  • Refine processes for experimentation, A/B testing, and production rollouts to balance innovation with reliability.

What we're looking for

  • Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 7+ years of experience building large-scale, high-impact solutions.
  • Experience building agent-based systems or multi-agent collaboration within the last two years.
  • Expertise in foundational LLM, agentic AI, reinforcement learning, AI planning, or natural language processing.
  • Experience developing dialogue systems with long conversations and multi-step reasoning.
  • Experience deploying and scaling AI services for high availability and low latency at scale.
  • Proficiency with frameworks such as AgentSDK, LangChain, or LangGraph.
  • A track record of publishing research in top AI/ML venues is a plus.

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