Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Zillow is a leading real estate platform in the U.S. looking for a Senior Applied Scientist to join their Agentic AI team. The role involves researching and developing advanced LLM-powered reasoning systems tailored for the real estate domain, focusing on prototyping, evaluating, and deploying agents capable of deep reasoning and contextual decision-making.
Responsibilities
- Design, prototype, and build advanced agentic systems capable of highly autonomous, context-aware, and adaptive interactions across diverse real estate use cases
- Apply test-time scaling and post-training techniques to develop agents that can reason, collaborate, compete, or negotiate in dynamic, goal-driven environments to fulfill user needs
- Define and refine evaluation and experimentation processes for LLM-driven applications
- Stay at the forefront of agentic AI research and innovation, bringing emerging techniques into practical application to shape product direction
- Contribute to the broader scientific community through publications, conference presentations, and internal knowledge sharing
- Mentor and guide junior scientists and engineers, promoting best practices in applied research, scalable agentic architecture, and responsible AI development
Skills
- A Ph.D. or equivalent experience in Computer Science or a related field, with a focus on LLM, Agentic System, or Machine Learning
- 2+ years of experience in building large-scale, high-impact ML solutions, particularly in areas such as NLP, agent-based systems, or multi-agent collaboration or similar paradigms
- Experience in developing and working with LLM reasoning models or AI agents capable of multi-step reasoning and context-rich decision-making
- Strong background in rigorous experimental design and evaluation, including benchmark creation, ablation studies, qualitative and quantitative analysis, and principled measurement of reasoning quality, generalization, and safety
- Track record of publishing high-impact research in top AI/ML venues
Benefits
- Eligible for equity awards based on factors such as experience, performance and location.
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