[Remote] Data Scientist, Consumer Analytics

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillow is a real estate technology company that uses data and technology to help people navigate buying, selling, financing, and renting homes. The Specialist II, Data Science applies advanced analytics and machine learning to solve business problems, build scalable data products, and generate insights that support decision-making. The role partners with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to develop production-quality models, analyze complex datasets, and improve data quality and usability.

Responsibilities

• With guidance from your manager, lead the design, development, and deployment of end-to-end analytical and machine learning solutions that address moderately complex business problems and customer use cases
• Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to frame ambiguous questions into testable hypotheses, define success metrics, and translate requirements into robust analytical or modeling approaches
• Build, validate, and maintain scalable data pipelines, features, and models using modern data and ML tooling, ensuring reliability, reproducibility, and performance in production environments
• Analyze large, complex datasets to uncover trends, drivers, and opportunities, and clearly communicate findings and recommendations to technical and non-technical audiences
• Apply sound experimentation and evaluation practices (e.g., A/B testing, backtesting, error analysis) to measure impact, compare alternatives, and guide iteration on models and data products
• Contribute to shared standards, documentation, and best practices for data quality, model governance, and responsible use of data and AI within the Data Science community at Zillow

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Engineering, or a related discipline
• 5+ years of experience applying data science, advanced analytics, or machine learning in a professional setting
• Experience designing and implementing end-to-end analytical or ML solutions, including data preparation, feature engineering, model development, validation, and operationalization
• Experience working with large datasets and modern data ecosystems (e.g., distributed data processing, cloud-based data platforms) to develop insights and data products that support business decisions
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional partners to understand requirements, prioritize work, and deliver measurable outcomes using data and analytics
• Or an equivalent combination of education and experience

Benefits

• Remote work arrangement: “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. U.S. employees may live in any of the 50 United States, with limited exceptions.
• This position is also eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.

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