Senior Applied Scientist, Shopping AI

Zillow

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Work type
Remote
Location
Remote
Salary
$164,400–$262,600 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
2 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $213k
This role $214k
$153k most similar roles pay here $275k

This role pays less than 52% of similar roles. Most pay $177,287–$248,375 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $214k versus about $213k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

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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

Zillow currently has 35 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $162,650–$259,850 across 28 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Senior Applied Scientist, Shopping AI

As a Senior Applied Scientist, Shopping AI, you will join the Shopping AI team to develop machine learning systems powering personalized search, recommendations, and display optimization for a digital real estate marketplace. You will lead the end-to-end design, development, and deployment of ranking, recommendation, and generative AI models. Your daily responsibilities include performing data exploration, building scalable pipelines for feature engineering and model training, conducting offline analyses and online experiments, and implementing responsible AI practices like fairness and bias checks. You will collaborate with cross-functional partners to translate business needs into technical roadmaps while mentoring other scientists and engineers. The role requires expertise in advanced statistical modeling, large-scale data sets, and A/B testing to solve complex problems in the home shopping experience, ensuring that users can discover and shop for homes more intuitively and efficiently.

What does a Applied Scientist earn?

Median $231000 from 40 postings across 11 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Design, develop, and deploy machine learning models for ranking, recommendation, and generative AI systems.
  • Lead the end-to-end lifecycle of ML models from problem formulation and data exploration to productionization.
  • Architect scalable pipelines for data preparation, feature engineering, model training, and serving.
  • Conduct offline analyses and online experiments to evaluate performance and recommend data-driven improvements.
  • Translate ambiguous business needs into clear scientific requirements and technical roadmaps.
  • Implement responsible AI practices including monitoring, fairness checks, and bias mitigation.
  • Mentor and coach other scientists and engineers on machine learning techniques and best practices.

What we're looking for

  • 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.
  • Experience delivering machine learning models into production environments.
  • Proven experience working with large-scale data sets and model performance measurement for consumer or enterprise products.
  • Experience conducting experimentation or A/B testing to evaluate model performance.
  • Demonstrated success collaborating in cross-functional teams to turn research insights into shipped features.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous business needs into clear scientific requirements and technical roadmaps.
  • Ability to mentor and coach other scientists and engineers on machine learning techniques and tools.

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